Marine Science Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Email: bush@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Project:             Population Genetics of Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi) for Use in Restoration

Education:          B.A.                           Botany, University of Hawaii                                                                      1974

                             M.S.                           Plant Physiology, UC Berkeley                                                                  1979

                             Ph.D.                         Plant Physiology, UC Berkeley                                                                  1983

                             Postdoctoral               Botany, UC Berkeley                                                                     1984 – 1989

 

Positions:          1998-Present             Associate Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara

1998-Present             Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UC Santa

                            1990-1997                  Assistant/Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Dept. of Biological Sciences

                            1989-1990                  Assistant Research Botanist, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Botany

                            1984-1989                  Postdoctoral Associate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Botany

                            1979-1983                  Research Associate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Plant and Soil Biology

                            1977-1979                  Statistician, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Plant and Soil Biology

 

Research Interests:

Genetics of natural plant populations, Evolutionary Genetics, Plant cell biology, cell calcium and transduction of hormonal signals. Membrane transport events induced by plant growth regulators. Programmed cell death.

 

Distinctions:    1990                             Henry Rutgers Fellow

1987                            EMBO Workshop Fellowship, Patch Clamp Techniques, Göttingen, West Germany

                            1980-1981                   Presidents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications:

Rodriguez, M.T. and D.S. Bush. 1999. Gibberellin-induced cell death in the wheat aleurone. Plant Physiology (submitted).

Silverman, P., Assiahmah, A., and D.S. Bush. 1998. Cytokinin action in root hairs of Medicago sativa. Planta 205: 25-31.

Subbaiah, C., Bush, D.S., and M. Sachs. 1998. Mitochondria contribution to the anoxic Ca²⁺ signal in maize suspension-cultured sells. Plant Physiology 118: 759-771.

Thompson, M.D., Bush, D.S., and L.E. Bello. 1997. Possible Wilson's disease: A case presentation. Arch Clin Neuropsych 12(4): 416-416.

Bush, D.S. 1996. Effects of gibberellic acid and environmental factors on cytosolic calcium in wheat aleurone cells. Planta. 199: 89-99.

Kuo, A., Cappellutti, S., Cervantes-Cervantes, M., Rodriquez, M., and D.S. Bush. 1996. Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, blocks calcium changes, gene expression and cell death induced by gibberellin in wheat aleurone. The Plant Cell 8: 259-269.

Rodriguez, M.T. and D.S. Bush. 1996. Programmed cell death and hormonal responses in wheat aleurone cells. Mol Biol Cell 7: 2015-2015 Suppl. S.

Silverman, F.P. and D.S. Bush. 1996. Membrane transport and cytokinin action in alfalfa root hairs. Mol Biol Cell 7: 1761-1761 Suppl. S.

Bush, D.S. 1995. Calcium regulation in plant cells and its role in signaling. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiology. Plant Molecular Biology 46: 95-122.

Bush, D.S. and T. Wang. 1995. Diversity of calcium efflux transporters in wheat aleurone cells. Planta. 197:19-30.

Cervantes-Cervantes, M., Cappelluti, S.J., and D.S. Bush. 1995. Identification of Plant Ca²⁺ Transport Proteins by Complementation in Yeast. Plant Physiol 108(2): 37-37 Suppl. S.

Silverman, P., Assiamah, A.A., and D.S. Bush. 1995. Cytokinin Action in Medicago-Sativa Root Hairs. Plant Physiol 108(2): 46-46 Suppl. S.

Subbaiah, C., Bush, D.S., and M. Sachs. 1994. Elevation of cytosolic calcium precedes anoxic gene expression in maize suspension-cultured cells. The Plant Cell 6:1747-1762.

Bush, D.S. 1993. Regulation of cytosolic calcium in plants. Plant Physiology 103: 7-13.

Bush, D.S., Biswas, A.K., and R.L. Jones. 1993. Hormonal regulation of Ca²⁺-transport in the endomembrane system of the barley aleurone. Planta 189: 507-515.

Bush, D.S. 1992. The role of Ca²⁺ in the action of GA in the barley aleurone. In: CM Karssen, LC Van Loon, and D Vreugdenhil, eds. “Progress in plant growth regulation: Proceedings of the 14^th International conference on plant growth substances, Amsterdam, 21-26 July, 1991.” pp. 96-104. Kluwer Academic Pub., Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Drøbak, B.K., Bush, D.S., Jones, R.L., Dawson, A.P., and I.B. Ferguson. 1992. Analysis of calcium involvement in host-pathogen interactions. In: Gurr, S.J., M.J. McPherson, and D.J. Bowles eds. “Molecular Plant Pathology: A Practical Approach”. Vol. II, pp. 159-194. IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Cambridge.

Arnalte, M.E., Cornejo, M.J., Bush, D.S., and R.L. Jones. 1991. The effect of gibberellic acid on the lipid composition of barley aleurone protoplasts. Plant Science 77: 223-232.

Bush, D.S., Sticher, L., and R.L. Jones. 1991. Gibberellic acid-regulated a-amylase synthesis and calcium transport in the endoplasmic reticulum of barley aleurone cells. In: “Gibberellins: Tokyo 1989”. pp. 106-113.

Jones, R.L. and D.S. Bush. 1991. Gibberellic acid and abscisic acid regulate the level of a BiP cognate in the endoplasmic reticulum of barely aleurone cells. Plant Physiology 97: 456-459.

Jones, R.L., Sticher, L., and D.S. Bush. 1991. Secretion of hydrolases from cereal aleurone cells. In: Hawes, C., J. Coleman and D. Evans, eds. “Endocytosis, Exocytosis and Vesicle Traffic in Plants”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Bush, D.S. and R.L. Jones. 1990. Hormonal Regulation of Ca²⁺ transport in microsomal vesicles isolated from barley aleurone layers. Calcium in plant growth and development. Leonard and Hepler eds. American Society of Plant Physiologists 4: 60-65.

Bush, D.S. and R.L. Jones. 1990. Measuring intracellular Ca²⁺ levels in plant cells using the fluorescent probes, indo-1 and fura-2: progress and prospects. Plant Physiology 93: 841-845.

DuPont, F.M., Bush, D.S., Windle, J.J., and R.L. Jones. 1990. Calcium and proton transport in membrane vesicles from barley roots. Plant Physiol. 94: 179-188.

Hillmer, S., Bush, D.S., Robinson, D.G., Zingen-Sell, I., and R.L. Jones. 1990. Endomembrane structure and function in barley aleurone protoplasts. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 52: 169-173.

Sticher, L., Biswas, A.K., Bush, D.S., and R.L. Jones. 1990. Heat shock inhibits a-amylase synthesis in barley aleurone without inhibiting the activity of endoplasmic reticulum marker enzymes. Plant Physiol. 92: 506-513.

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