MS Biotechnology Management, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
PhD State University of New York at Buffalo
Postdoctoral Research, University of Nevada, Reno and Pennsylvania State University, State College
Research Summary
Climate change responses and adaptations in C4 photosynthesis plants and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants
Applications of microalgae for carbon sequestration and production of value-added products.
STEM education, equitable and inclusive ways of science education.
Office hours
By appointment.
Courses Taught
Bio 198 Controversial Biology
Bio 199 Biology in News
Bio 201 Cell Biology
Bio 387 Communicating in Biology
Bio 369 Biology of Microbes
Selected Publications
Zhang, J., Hu, R., Sreedasyam, A., Garcia, T. M., Yerramsetty, P., Liu, D., Ng, V., Schmutz, J., Cushman, J. C., Borland, A. M., Pasha, A., Provart, N. J., Chen, J. G., Muchero, W., Tuskan, G. A., & Yang, X. (2020). Light-responsive expression atlas reveals the effects of light quality and intensity in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi, a plant with crassulacean acid metabolism. GigaScience, 9(3), giaa018. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa018
Warner, B. E., Ballinger, M. J., Yerramsetty, P., Reed, J., Taylor, D. J., Smith, T. J., Bruenn, J.A. (2018). Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus. PeerJ 6:e5679. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5679
Yerramsetty P, Agar EM, Yim WC, Cushman JC, Berry JO. (2017). An rbcL mRNA binding protein is associated with C3 to C4 evolution and light-induced production of Rubisco in Flaveria (In press, Journal of Experimental Botany doi:10.1093/jxb/erx264
Yerramsetty P, Stata M, Siford R, Sage TL, Sage RF, Wong G K-S, Albert VA, Berry JO. (2016) Evolution of RLSB, a nuclear-encoded S1 domain RNA binding protein associated with post-transcriptional regulation of plastid-encoded rbcL mRNA in vascular plants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16, 141 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0713-1
Garner D M-G, Mure CM, Yerramsetty P, and Berry JO. (2016) Kranz Anatomy and the C4 Pathway. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001295.pub3
Berry JO, Mure CM, Yerramsetty P. (2016) Regulation of Rubisco gene expression in C4 plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 31:23-28. DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2016.03.004
Bruenn JA, Warner BE, Yerramsetty P. (2015). Widespread mitovirus sequences in plant genomes. PeerJ 3:e876; DOI 10.7717/peerj.876
Rosnow J, Yerramsetty P, Berry JO, Okita TW, Edwards GE. (2014) Exploring mechanisms linked to differentiation and function of dimorphic chloroplasts in the single cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici. BMC Plant Biology 14, 34
Bowman SM, Patel M, Yerramsetty P*, Mure CM, Zielinski AM, Bruenn JA, Berry JO. (2013) A novel RNA binding protein affects rbcL gene expression and is specific to bundle sheath chloroplasts in C4 plants. BMC Plant Biology 13,138. (*Equal contributor)
Berry JO, Yerramsetty P, Zielinski AM, Mure CM. (2013) Photosynthetic gene expression in higher plants. Photosynthesis Research 117:91-120.