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evolutionary ecology, phenotypic plasticity, mutualism evolution, Medicago, Arabidopsis, environment dependent fitness, phenology, life cycle, Sinorhizobium, nitrogen fixation

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Pennsylvania State University: University Park, PA, US

2020-02-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Plant Science)
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Liana Burghardt

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Minnesota: St. Paul, Minnesota, US

2015-07-01 to 2020-01-31 | Postdoctoral training (Plant and Microbial Biology)
Education
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Duke University: Durham, NC, US

2009-09-01 to 2015-05-07 | Phd (Biology)
Education
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Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island, US

2007-08-01 to 2009-07-31 | Research Technician (Ecology Evolution and Behavior)
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Liana Burghardt

Carleton College: Northfield, MN, US

2003-09-01 to 2007-05-29 | Bachelor of Arts (Biology)
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Professional activities (2)

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences: State College, Pennsylvania, US

2020-02 to present | Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair
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New Phytologist Trust: Lancaster, GB

2020-05 | Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science
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Funding (10)

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering Host- and Environment-dependencies in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis by Dual-Seq Transcriptomics and Directed Genome Engineering

2023-09-01 to 2026-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Alexandria, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.13552375
GRANT_NUMBER: 2243819
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THE GENETIC BASIS OF MAIZE RESPONSE TO ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI

2022-09-15 to 2026-09-14 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.12951116
GRANT_NUMBER: PENW-2022-07492
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Changing Microbiomes: A symposium hosted by the Microbiome Center at the Pennsylvania State University

2022-03-01 to 2023-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.10012553
GRANT_NUMBER: 2022-67019-36985
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Liana Burghardt via DimensionsWizard

Laying the groundwork to breed for mutualisms:Tracking long-term adaptation of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia to alfalfa in agricultural fields

2022-02-15 to 2025-02-14 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.10002376
GRANT_NUMBER: 2022-67013-36860
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Rhizobial cycling between diverse legumes in crop rotations: understanding the effects on soil and plant health

2022-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9967380
GRANT_NUMBER: 2022-67013-36673
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RESEARH-PGR: Genomics of strain- and host-specific performance in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis

2019-08-01 to 2022-07-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8522404
GRANT_NUMBER: 1856744
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Leveraging natural diversity to identify the genetic basis of microbial success in legume-rhizobia mutualism and non-host environments

2017-09 to 2019-08 | Grant
U.S. Department of Energy (DC, DC, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CSP-503446
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Liana Burghardt

RESEARCH-PGR: Leveraging the Medicago HapMap to characterize genome-by-genome interactions in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

2017-08-15 to 2019-07-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.7056629
GRANT_NUMBER: 1724993
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DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Predicting Plant Life-Cycles in Changing Environments

2013-05-15 to 2016-04-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000076/1311406/DISSERTATION-RESEARCH-Predicting-Plant-Life-Cycles-in-Changing-Environments
GRANT_NUMBER: 1311406
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Graduate Research Fellowship

2009-09 to 2014-05 | Award
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
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Liana Burghardt

Works (38)

The activity of soil microbial taxa in the rhizosphere predicts the success of root colonization

2024-12-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.07.627353
Contributors: Jennifer E. Harris; Regina B. Bledsoe; Sohini Guha; Haneen Omari; Sharifa G. Crandall; Liana T. Burghardt; Estelle M. Couradeau
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Mutations in legume symbiosis genes create a complex selective landscape for natural genetic variation in rhizobia during multi-strain inoculations

2024-09-13 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.11.612462
Contributors: Sohini Guha; Regina B. Bledsoe; Jeremy Sutherland; Brendan Epstein; Gwendolyn M. Fry; Nevin D. Young; Peter Tiffin; Liana T. Burghardt
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Temperature and host plant ecotype drive nitrogen fixation, but not nodule community composition, in hairy vetch

2024-08-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.28.610160
Contributors: Rebecca Fudge; Paula Gardner; R Ford Denison; Liana Burghardt; Julie Grossman
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A Multitrait Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals a Requirement for the Strigolactone Receptor MtDWARF14 in Optimal GOLVEN Signaling

2024-06-26 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.24.599968
Contributors: Sonali Roy; Yun Kang; Shulan Zhang; Ivone Torres-Jerez; Divya Jain; Bailey Sanchez; Liana Burghardt; Xiaofei Cheng; Jiangqi Wen; Jeremy D. Murray et al.
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Precipitation timing and soil substrate drive phenology and fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in a Mediterranean environment

Functional Ecology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14391
Contributors: Alejandra Martínez‐Berdeja; Miki Okada; Martha D. Cooper; Daniel E. Runcie; Liana T. Burghardt; Johanna Schmitt
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Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis

Molecular Ecology
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16602
Contributors: Brendan Epstein; Liana T. Burghardt; Katy D. Heath; Michael A. Grillo; Adam Kostanecki; Tuomas Hämälä; Nevin D. Young; Peter Tiffin
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The evolutionary ecology of rhizobia: multiple facets of competition before, during, and after symbiosis with legumes

Current Opinion in Microbiology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102281
Part of ISSN: 1369-5274
Contributors: Liana T Burghardt; George C diCenzo
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Host-Associated Rhizobial Fitness: Dependence on Nitrogen, Density, Community Complexity, and Legume Genotype

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2022-08-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00526-22
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Brendan Epstein; Michelle Hoge; Diana I. Trujillo; Peter Tiffin; Jennifer B. Glass
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Phenotypic and genomic signatures of interspecies cooperation and conflict in naturally occurring isolates of a model plant symbiont

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-07-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0477
Contributors: Rebecca T. Batstone; Liana T. Burghardt; Katy D. Heath
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Evolving together, evolving apart: Measuring the fitness of rhizobial bacteria in and out of symbiosis with leguminous plants

2021-12-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.52843/cassyni.z9pv18
Contributors: Liana Burghardt
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Adaptive Evolution of Plant Life History in Urban Environments

Urban Evolutionary Biology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780198836841.003.0009
WOSUID: WOS:000573492200011
Contributors: Gorton, Amanda J.; Burghardt, Liana T.; Tiffin, Peter
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New Phytologist
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.16869
WOSUID: WOS:000566463900005
Contributors: Burghardt, Liana T.
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Host-associated rhizobia fitness: Dependence on nitrogen, density, community complexity, and legume genotype

2020-11-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.20.392183
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Brendan Epstein; Michelle Hoge; Diana Trujillo; Peter Tiffin
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Evolving together, evolving apart: measuring the fitness of rhizobial bacteria in and out of symbiosis with leguminous plants

New Phytologist
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16045
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt
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A 'Select and Resequence' approach reveals strain-specific effects of Medicago nodule-specific PLAT-domain genes

Plant Physiology
2019-10-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00831
Part of ISSN: 0032-0889
Part of ISSN: 1532-2548
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Legacy of prior host and soil selection on rhizobial fitness in planta

Evolution
2019-09-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13807
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Brendan Epstein; Peter Tiffin
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Filling in the gaps in survival analysis: using field data to infer plant responses to environmental stressors

Ecology
2019-06-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2778
Part of ISSN: 0012-9658
Part of ISSN: 1939-9170
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Genome-Wide Association Analyses in the Model Rhizobium Ensifer meliloti

mSphere
2018-10-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00386-18
Contributors: Brendan Epstein; Reda A. I. Abou-Shanab; Abdelaal Shamseldin; Margaret R. Taylor; Joseph Guhlin; Liana T. Burghardt; Matthew Nelson; Michael J. Sadowsky; Peter Tiffin; Julia Oh
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Select and resequence reveals relative fitness of bacteria in symbiotic and free-living environments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1714246115
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Brendan Epstein; Joseph Guhlin; Matt S. Nelson; Margaret R. Taylor; Nevin D. Young; Michael J. Sadowsky; Peter Tiffin
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Interpreting variation in dormancy and germination time under diverse seasonal conditions

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000398668701241
Contributors: Donohue, Kathleen; Edwards, Brianne; Burghardt, Liana
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Canalization of Seasonal Phenology in the Presence of Developmental Variation: Seed Dormancy Cycling in an Annual Weed

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icx065
Contributors: Brianne Edwards; Liana T. Burghardt; Katherine E. Kovach; Kathleen Donohue
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Transcriptomic basis of genome by genome variation in a legume-rhizobia mutualism

Molecular Ecology
2017-08-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14285
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Joseph Guhlin; Chan Lan Chun; Junqi Liu; Michael J. Sadowsky; Robert M. Stupar; Nevin D. Young; Peter Tiffin
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A Guide to Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Plants

Current Protocols in Plant Biology
2017-03-03 | Other
DOI: 10.1002/cppb.20041
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Nevin D. Young; Peter Tiffin
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Validating Genome-Wide Association Candidates Controlling Quantitative Variation in Nodulation

Plant Physiology
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01923
Contributors: Shaun J. Curtin; Peter Tiffin; Joseph Guhlin; Diana I. Trujillo; Liana T. Burghardt; Paul Atkins; Nicholas J. Baltes; Roxanne Denny; Daniel F. Voytas; Robert M. Stupar et al.
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Natural variation for gene expression responses to abiotic stress in maize

The Plant Journal
2016-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13414
Contributors: Amanda J. Waters; Irina Makarevitch; Jaclyn Noshay; Liana T. Burghardt; Candice N Hirsch; Cory D Hirsch; Nathan M Springer
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Maternal temperature effects on dormancy influence germination responses to water availability in Arabidopsis thaliana

Environmental and Experimental Botany
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2016.02.011
Contributors: Brianne R. Edwards; Liana T. Burghardt; Mercedes Zapata-Garcia; Kathleen Donohue
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Fluctuating, warm temperatures decrease the effect of a key floral repressor on flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist
2016-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13799
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; Daniel E. Runcie; Amity M. Wilczek; Martha D. Cooper; Judith L. Roe; Stephen M. Welch; Johanna Schmitt
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A cline in seed dormancy helps conserve the environment experienced during reproduction across the range of Arabidopsis thaliana

American Journal of Botany
2016-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500286
Contributors: L. T. Burghardt; C. J. E. Metcalf; K. Donohue
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Multiple paths to similar germination behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist
2015-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13685
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Avoiding the crowds: the evolution of plastic responses to seasonal cues in a density-dependent world

J Ecol
2015-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12391
Contributors: C. Jessica E. Metcalf; Liana T. Burghardt; David N. Koons; Roberto Salguero-Gómez
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Applying developmental threshold models to evolutionary ecology

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2015-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.11.008
Contributors: Kathleen Donohue; Liana T. Burghardt; Daniel Runcie; Kent J. Bradford; Johanna Schmitt
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Modeling the Influence of Genetic and Environmental Variation on the Expression of Plant Life Cycles across Landscapes

The American Naturalist
2015-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1086/679439
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; C. Jessica E. Metcalf; Amity M. Wilczek; Johanna Schmitt; Kathleen Donohue
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Secondary dormancy dynamics depends on primary dormancy status in Arabidopsis thaliana

Seed Sci. Res.
2015-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258514000440
Contributors: Gabriela A. Auge; Logan K. Blair; Liana T. Burghardt; Jennifer Coughlan; Brianne Edwards; Lindsay D. Leverett; Kathleen Donohue
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The community-level effect of light on germination timing in relation to seed mass: a source of regeneration niche differentiation

New Phytol
2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12955
Contributors: Chunhui Zhang; Charles G. Willis; Liana T. Burghardt; Wei Qi; Kun Liu; Paulo Roberto de Moura Souza-Filho; Zhen Ma; Guozhen Du
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The evolution of seed dormancy: environmental cues, evolutionary hubs, and diversification of the seed plants.

2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12782
PMID: 24684268
Contributors: Willis CG; Baskin CC; Baskin JM; Auld JR; Venable DL; Cavender-Bares J; Donohue K; Rubio de Casas R; NESCent Germination Working Group
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Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102209-144715
Contributors: Kathleen Donohue; Rafael Rubio de Casas; Liana Burghardt; Katherine Kovach; Charles G. Willis
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Genetic and physiological bases for phenological responses to current and predicted climates

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2010-09-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0128
Contributors: A. M. Wilczek; L. T. Burghardt; A. R. Cobb; M. D. Cooper; S. M. Welch; J. Schmitt
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The Evolution of Senescence in Annual Plants: The Importance of Phenology and the Potential for Plasticity

The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life
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DOI: 10.1017/9781139939867.014
Contributors: Liana T. Burghardt; C. Jessica E. Metcalf; Richard P. Shefferson; Owen R. Jones; Roberto Salguero-Gomez
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Peer review (52 reviews for 27 publications/grants)

Review activity for American journal of botany. (4)
Review activity for Annals of botany. (1)
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Review activity for Communications biology. (1)
Review activity for Ecology letters. (2)
Review activity for eLife (1)
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Review activity for Evolutionary applications. (1)
Review activity for Evolutionary ecology. (2)
Review activity for Functional ecology. (1)
Review activity for International journal of plant sciences. (1)
Review activity for Journal of the Royal Society interface : (1)
Review activity for Molecular ecology resources. (1)
Review activity for Molecular ecology. (3)
Review activity for MSystems. (3)
Review activity for Nature sustainability. (1)
Review activity for New phytologist. (10)
Review activity for Plant and cell physiology. (2)
Review activity for Plants. (2)
Review activity for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (1)
Review activity for Proceedings. (3)
Review activity for Scientific reports. (1)
Review activity for Seed science research. (1)
Review activity for The American naturalist. (2)
Review activity for The ISME journal (2)
Review activity for Trends in microbiology. (1)
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