James Marden
Associate Director of Operations, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor of Biology
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208 Mueller Lab
University Park, PA 16802 - He/Him
- jhm10@psu.edu
- 814-863-3842
Research Summary
How physiological variation within species affects their ecology and evolution. Primarily with insects, but recently also with plants, and a particular interest in allelic variation in the pathogen resistance genes of tropical trees.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Integrative and Biomedical Physiology
- Ecology
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Ecology Institute
- Center for Pollinator Research
- Plant Institute
- Center for Chemical Ecology
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Publication Tags
Genes Insects Flight Oxygen Insecta Proteins Protein Transcriptome Population Gene Hypoxia Host Plants Genomics Gene Expression Alleles Pathogens Effect Viruses Lectins Phenotype Polysaccharides Enzymes Life History Genetic Variation Hot TemperatureMost Recent Publications
Teaching RNAseq at undergraduate institutions: A tutorial and R package from the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching
James Marden, Mark Peterson, John Malloy, Vincent Buonaccorsi, CourseSource, Vol 2. on p. online journal with no page numbers
Alleles in metabolic and oxygen-sensing genes are associated with antagonistic pleiotropic effects on life history traits and population fitness in an ecological model insect*
James H. Marden, Erica A. Langford, Molly A. Robertson, Howard W. Fescemyer, 2021, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution on p. 116-129
Enhanced heat tolerance of viral-infected aphids leads to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition
Mitzy F. Porras, Carlos A. Navas, James H. Marden, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Sylvain Pincebourde, Andrés Sandoval-Mojica, Juan A. Raygoza-Garay, German A. Holguin, Edwin G. Rajotte, Tomás A. Carlo, 2020, Nature Communications
Resistance genes affect how pathogens maintain plant abundance and diversity
Simon Maccracken Stump, James H. Marden, Noelle G. Beckman, Scott A. Mangan, Liza S. Comita, 2020, American Naturalist on p. 472-486
Host plant defense produces species-specific alterations to flight muscle protein structure and flight-related fitness traits of two armyworms
Scott L. Portman, Gary W. Felton, Rupesh R. Kariyat, James H. Marden, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
Widely distributed variation in tolerance to Phytophthora palmivora in four genetic groups of cacao
Andrew Fister, Mariela Leandro-Muñoz, Dapeng Zhang, James H. Marden, Peter Tiffin, Claude dePamphilis, Siela Maximova, Mark J. Guiltinan, 2020, Tree Genetics and Genomes
Gene Expression Modularity Reveals Footprints of Polygenic Adaptation in Theobroma cacao
Tuomas Hämälä, Mark J. Guiltinan, James H. Marden, Siela N. Maximova, Claude dePamphilis, Peter Tiffin, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution on p. 110-123
Discovery of antitumor lectins from rainforest tree root transcriptomes
Atip Lawanprasert, Caitlin A. Guinan, Erica A. Langford, Carly E. Hawkins, Janna N. Sloand, Howard W. Fescemyer, Matthew R. Aronson, Jacob A. Halle, James H. Marden, Scott H. Medina, 2020, PLoS One
Filling Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids: Estimating Success by Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Suriyasri Subramanian, Anna C. Maurer, Carol M. Bator, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Kevin B. Turner, James H. Marden, Luk H. Vandenberghe, Susan L. Hafenstein, 2019, Human Gene Therapy on p. 1449-1460
Antipredator behavior by a nesting hummingbird in response to a caterpillar with eyespots
James H. Marden, José Freiner Pérez Carrillo, 2019, Ecology
Most-Cited Papers
Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges
Anaïs Gouin, Anthony Bretaudeau, Kiwoong Nam, Sylvie Gimenez, Jean Marc Aury, Bernard Duvic, Frédérique Hilliou, Nicolas Durand, Nicolas Montagné, Isabelle Darboux, Suyog Kuwar, Thomas Chertemps, David Siaussat, Anne Bretschneider, Yves Moné, Seung Joon Ahn, Sabine Hänniger, Anne Sophie Gosselin Grenet, David Neunemann, Florian Maumus, Isabelle Luyten, Karine Labadie, Wei Xu, Fotini Koutroumpa, Jean Michel Escoubas, Angel Llopis, Martine Maïbèche-Coisne, Fanny Salasc, Archana Tomar, Alisha R. Anderson, Sher Afzal Khan, Pascaline Dumas, Marion Orsucci, Julie Guy, Caroline Belser, Adriana Alberti, Benjamin Noel, Arnaud Couloux, Jonathan Mercier, Sabine Nidelet, Emeric Dubois, Nai Yong Liu, Isabelle Boulogne, Olivier Mirabeau, Gaelle Le Goff, Karl Gordon, John Oakeshott, Fernando L. Consoli, Anne Nathalie Volkoff, Howard W. Fescemyer, James H. Marden, Dawn S. Luthe, Salvador Herrero, David G. Heckel, Patrick Wincker, Gael J. Kergoat, Joelle Amselem, Hadi Quesneville, Astrid T. Groot, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Nicolas Nègre, Claire Lemaitre, Fabrice Legeai, Emmanuelle D'Alençon, Philippe Fournier, 2017, Scientific Reports
Nature's inordinate fondness for metabolic enzymes: Why metabolic enzyme loci are so frequently targets of selection
James H. Marden, 2013, Molecular Ecology on p. 5743-5764
Origin and diversification of wings: Insights from a neopteran insect
Victor Medved, James H. Marden, Howard W. Fescemyer, Joshua P. Der, Jin Liu, Najmus Mahfooz, Aleksandar Popadić, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 15946-15951
Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence
J. H. Marden, S. A. Mangan, M. P. Peterson, E. Wafula, H. W. Fescemyer, J. P. Der, C. W. dePamphilis, L. S. Comita, 2017, Molecular Ecology on p. 2498-2513
Genetic variation in hif signaling underlies quantitative variation in physiological and life-history traits within lowland butterfly populations
James H. Marden, Howard W. Fescemyer, Rudolf J. Schilder, William R. Doerfler, Juan C. Vera, Christopher W. Wheat, 2013, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution on p. 1105-1115
A pathway analysis of melanin patterning in a hemimetabolous insect
Jin Liu, Thomas R. Lemonds, James H. Marden, Aleksandar Popadić, 2016, Genetics on p. 403-413
Maize toxin degrades peritrophic matrix proteins and stimulates compensatory transcriptome responses in fall armyworm midgut
Howard W. Fescemyer, Germán V. Sandoya, Torrence A. Gill, Seval Ozkan, James H. Marden, Dawn S. Luthe, 2013, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on p. 280-291
Cascading effects of host plant inbreeding on the larval growth, muscle molecular composition, and flight capacity of an adult herbivorous insect
Scott L. Portman, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Michelle A. Johnston, Andrew G. Stephenson, James H. Marden, 2015, Functional Ecology on p. 328-337
Enhanced heat tolerance of viral-infected aphids leads to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition
Mitzy F. Porras, Carlos A. Navas, James H. Marden, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Sylvain Pincebourde, Andrés Sandoval-Mojica, Juan A. Raygoza-Garay, German A. Holguin, Edwin G. Rajotte, Tomás A. Carlo, 2020, Nature Communications
Filling Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids: Estimating Success by Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Suriyasri Subramanian, Anna C. Maurer, Carol M. Bator, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Kevin B. Turner, James H. Marden, Luk H. Vandenberghe, Susan L. Hafenstein, 2019, Human Gene Therapy on p. 1449-1460
News Articles Featuring James Marden
Nov 03, 2022
Study abroad returns to the Eberly College of Science
After a nearly two-year hiatus, study abroad programming has returned for Penn State students in the Eberly College of Science. Students across a variety of majors had opportunities in both Costa Rica and Italy in the 2021-22 academic year.
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Jul 07, 2021
Two honored with 2021 Eberly College of Science Distinguished Service Awards
The Eberly College of Science has honored James Marden, professor of biology and associate director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, with one of two Distinguished Service Awards in 2021. The award was established in 1978 to recognize faculty and staff who have made significant and outstanding leadership and service contributions to the Eberly College of Science over a sustained period of time.
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Dec 06, 2019
Novel way to ID disease-resistance genes in chocolate-producing trees found
Chocolate-producing cacao trees that are resistant to a major pathogen were identified by an international team of plant geneticists. The findings point the way for plant breeders to develop trees that are tolerant of the disease.
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