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Robert VanBuren
PeerJ Editor & Reviewer
2,370 Points

Contributions by role

Reviewer 35
Editor 2,335

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Agricultural Science
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Biosphere Interactions
Ecotoxicology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Freshwater Biology
Mycology
Biotechnology
Natural Resource Management
Microbiology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Environmental Impacts

Robert VanBuren

PeerJ Editor & Reviewer

Summary

Assistant professor in the department of Horticulture at Michigan State University. Previously I was an NSF-NPGI postdoctoral associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. I completed my PhD at the University of Illinois under Ray Ming. My broad expertise are in the areas of plant genetics, genomics, evolution and molecular biology. I am interested in crop improvement and domestication, the evolution of sex chromosomes, and adaptive traits to arid environments such as the evolution of CAM photosynthesis and desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants.

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Genetics Genomics Plant Science

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Michigan State University

Work details

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University
Horticulture

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 21
  • Reviewed 1

Academic Editor on

October 13, 2020
An efficient sorghum protoplast assay for transient gene expression and gene editing by CRISPR/Cas9
Ruirui Meng, Chenchen Wang, Lihua Wang, Yanlong Liu, Qiuwen Zhan, Jiacheng Zheng, Jieqin Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10077 PubMed 33083135
June 26, 2020
Highly diverse root endophyte bacterial community is driven by growth substrate and is plant genotype-independent in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Aarón Barraza, Juan Carlos Vizuet-de-Rueda, Raúl Alvarez-Venegas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9423 PubMed 32617194
June 5, 2020
A de novo assembly of the sweet cherry (Prunus avium cv. Tieton) genome using linked-read sequencing technology
Jiawei Wang, Weizhen Liu, Dongzi Zhu, Xiang Zhou, Po Hong, Hongjun Zhao, Yue Tan, Xin Chen, Xiaojuan Zong, Li Xu, Lisi Zhang, Hairong Wei, Qingzhong Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9114 PubMed 32547856
January 6, 2020
Comparative analysis of primary metabolites and transcriptome changes between ungrafted and pumpkin-grafted watermelon during fruit development
Ali Aslam, Shengjie Zhao, Muhammad Azam, Xuqiang Lu, Nan He, Bingbing Li, Junling Dou, Hongju Zhu, Wenge Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8259 PubMed 31934503
November 11, 2019
Vitis flower types: from the wild to crop plants
João L. Coito, Helena G. Silva, Miguel J.N. Ramos, Jorge Cunha, José Eiras-Dias, Sara Amâncio, Maria M.R. Costa, Margarida Rocheta
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7879 PubMed 31737441
September 20, 2019
A draft genome and transcriptome of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) as resources for evolutionary, ecological, and molecular studies in milkweeds and Apocynaceae
Kevin Weitemier, Shannon C.K. Straub, Mark Fishbein, C. Donovan Bailey, Richard C. Cronn, Aaron Liston
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7649 PubMed 31579586
June 21, 2019
SMRT sequencing analysis reveals the full-length transcripts and alternative splicing patterns in Ananas comosus var. bracteatus
Jun Ma, Yixuan Xiang, Yingyuan Xiong, Zhen Lin, Yanbin Xue, Meiqin Mao, Lingxia Sun, Yujue Zhou, Xi Li, Zhuo Huang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7062 PubMed 31275743
April 17, 2019
Comparisons of WUE in twelve genotypes of winter wheat and the relationship between δ13C and WUE
Guirong Huang, Xinying Zhang, Yajing Wang, Fu Feng, Xurong Mei, Xiuli Zhong
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6767 PubMed 31024770
December 4, 2018
Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Dioscorea: Characterization, genomic resources, and phylogenetic analyses
Zhenyu Zhao, Xin Wang, Yi Yu, Subo Yuan, Dan Jiang, Yujun Zhang, Teng Zhang, Wenhao Zhong, Qingjun Yuan, Luqi Huang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6032 PubMed 30533315
December 4, 2018
Comprehensive tissue-specific transcriptome profiling of pineapple (Ananas comosus) and building an eFP-browser for further study
Qi Mao, Chengjie Chen, Tao Xie, Aiping Luan, Chaoyang Liu, Yehua He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6028 PubMed 30564517
September 11, 2018
Growth under cold conditions in a wide perennial ryegrass panel is under tight physiological control
Lena Förster, Jim Grant, Thibauld Michel, Carl Ng, Susanne Barth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5520 PubMed 30221088
July 17, 2018
Whole-genome amplification in double-digest RADseq results in adequate libraries but fewer sequenced loci
Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Brian D. Farrell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5089 PubMed 30038852
February 21, 2018
Diversity in root growth responses to moisture deficit in young faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plants
Kiflemariam Yehuala Belachew, Kerstin A. Nagel, Fabio Fiorani, Frederick L. Stoddard
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4401 PubMed 29492343
December 7, 2017
Population structure and phenotypic variation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the United States
Zhian N. Kamvar, B. Sajeewa Amaradasa, Rachana Jhala, Serena McCoy, James R. Steadman, Sydney E. Everhart
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4152 PubMed 29230376
October 31, 2017
Genome size and identification of abundant repetitive sequences in Vallisneria spinulosa
RuiJuan Feng, Xin Wang, Min Tao, Guanchao Du, Qishuo Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3982 PubMed 29104828
September 7, 2017
Particle bombardment and subcellular protein localization analysis in the aquatic plant Egeria densa
Yasuhide Osaki, Yutaka Kodama
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3779 PubMed 28894649
August 23, 2017
Allele specific expression analysis identifies regulatory variation associated with stress-related genes in the Mexican highland maize landrace Palomero Toluqueño
M. Rocío Aguilar-Rangel, Ricardo A. Chávez Montes, Eric González-Segovia, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, June K. Simpson, Ruairidh J.H. Sawers
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3737 PubMed 28852597
July 20, 2017
Herbicide injury induces DNA methylome alterations in Arabidopsis
Gunjune Kim, Christopher R. Clarke, Hailey Larose, Hong T. Tran, David C. Haak, Liqing Zhang, Shawn Askew, Jacob Barney, James H. Westwood
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3560 PubMed 28740750
September 29, 2016
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Gentiana lawrencei var. farreri (Gentianaceae) and comparative analysis with its congeneric species
Peng-Cheng Fu, Yan-Zhao Zhang, Hui-Min Geng, Shi-Long Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2540 PubMed 27703869
May 10, 2016
Heat shock factors in tomatoes: genome-wide identification, phylogenetic analysis and expression profiling under development and heat stress
Xuedong Yang, Weimin Zhu, Hui Zhang, Na Liu, Shoubo Tian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1961 PubMed 27190703
November 26, 2015
Reference genes selection for transcript normalization in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) under salinity and drought stress
Xiaoping Niu, Jianmin Qi, Meixia Chen, Gaoyang Zhang, Aifen Tao, Pingping Fang, Jiantang Xu, Sandra A. Onyedinma, Jianguang Su
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1347 PubMed 26644967

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August 24, 2018
Comparative analysis of whole flower transcriptomes in the Zingiberales
Ana Maria R. Almeida, Alma Piñeyro-Nelson, Roxana B. Yockteng, Chelsea D. Specht
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5490 PubMed 30155368