Tanya Renner
Assistant Professor of Entomology
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514 ASI
University Park, PA - She/Her
- tur158@psu.edu
- 814-863-5752
Research Summary
Evolution of chemical and structural defense. Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics, and transcriptomics. Origins and evolution of carnivorous plants.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Plant Biology
- Plant Institute
- Ecology
- Center for Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Microbiome Center
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Center for Chemical Ecology
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Publication Tags
Phylogeny Genes Metabolism Coleoptera Carnivorous Plants History Genome Carnivory Chemical Defenses Caryophyllaceae Direction Compound Pheromones Formic Acid Digestion Beetle Chemical Carabidae Carnivores Caryophyllales Pollination Population Genetics Biodiversity Harpalus Plant Genome ProteinsMost Recent Publications
The digestive systems of carnivorous plants
Matthias Freund, Dorothea Graus, Andreas Fleischmann, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Qianshi Lin, Tanya Renner, Christian Stigloher, Victor A. Albert, Rainer Hedrich, Kenji Fukushima, 2022, Plant Physiology on p. 44-59
Genomic insights into the evolution of plant chemical defense
Chloe P. Drummond, Tanya Renner, 2022, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Acid or base? How do plants regulate the ecology of their phylloplane?
Kadeem J. Gilbert, Tanya Renner, 2021, AoB PLANTS
Primary Metabolism co-Opted for Defensive Chemical Production in the Carabid Beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus
Adam M. Rork, Sihang Xu, Athula Attygalle, Tanya Renner, 2021, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 334-349
Author Correction: Primary Metabolism Co-Opted for Defensive Chemical Production in the Carabid Beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus (Journal of Chemical Ecology, (2021), 47, 3, (334-349), 10.1007/s10886-021-01253-2)
Adam M. Rork, Sihang Xu, Athula Attygalle, Tanya Renner, 2021, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 350
Aquatic angiosperm ambiguities answered
Victor A. Albert, Tanya Renner, 2020, Nature Plants on p. 181-183
The evolution of the mammalian ABCA6-like genes
Martin W. Breuss, Allen Mamerto, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution on p. 2093-2106
Pygidial glands of Harpalus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera Carabidae) contain resilin-rich structures
Adam M. Rork, István Mikó, Tanya Renner, 2019, International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology on p. 19-25
Carabidae Semiochemistry
Adam M. Rork, Tanya Renner, 2018, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 1069-1083
Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress
Sumetha Kannan, Gillian Halter, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2018, AoB PLANTS
Most-Cited Papers
Long-read sequencing uncovers the adaptive topography of a carnivorous plant genome
Tianying Lan, Tanya Renner, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Kimberly M. Farr, Tien Hao Chang, Sergio Alan Cervantes-Pérez, Chunfang Zheng, David Sankoff, Haibao Tang, Rikky W. Purbojati, Alexander Putra, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Stephan C. Schuster, Luis Herrera-Estrella, Victor A. Albert, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E4435-E4441
Independent co-option of a tailed bacteriophage into a killing complex in Pseudomonas
Kevin L. Hockett, Tanya Renner, David A. Baltrus, 2015, mBio on p. 11
Molecular and functional evolution of class i chitinases for plant carnivory in the caryophyllales
Tanya Renner, Chelsea D. Specht, 2012, Molecular Biology and Evolution on p. 2971-2985
Form follows function: Morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants
U. Bauer, C. J. Clemente, T. Renner, W. Federle, 2012, Journal of Evolutionary Biology on p. 90-102
Inside the trap
Tanya Renner, Chelsea D. Specht, 2013, Current Opinion in Plant Biology on p. 436-442
Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress
Sumetha Kannan, Gillian Halter, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2018, AoB PLANTS
Spiraling into history
Shayla Salzman, Heather E. Driscoll, Tanya Renner, Thiago André, Stacy Shen, Chelsea D. Specht, 2015, Systematic Botany on p. 104-115
Carabidae Semiochemistry
Adam M. Rork, Tanya Renner, 2018, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 1069-1083
Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
Ildiko Matusikova, Andrej Pavlovic, Tanya Renner, 2018, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION on p. 207-220
Carnivorous plant genomes
Tanya Renner, Tianying Lan, Kimberly Farr, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Luis Herrera-Estrella, Stephan Schuster, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Kenji Fukushima, Victor Albert, 2018, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION on p. 135-153
News Articles Featuring Tanya Renner
Mar 13, 2022
How in the World Did We Get Venus Flytraps?
Scientists are closing in on one of botany’s great riddles.
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Mar 09, 2022
How Carnivorous Plants Evolved
Botanists are beginning to trace the origins of their gruesome appetites
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Mar 02, 2022
How plants turned predator
Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered. Molecular biology is helping botanists trace the origins of their predatory ways.
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Apr 21, 2021
Little crop of horrors
An international team of researchers has received a grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to investigate how carnivory-related genes, such as those involved in digestion, could help crops not only avoid pests, but also thrive in low-nutrient environments.
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Oct 14, 2020
Grant supports study of how carnivorous plants repurpose genes to digest prey
A Penn State researcher has received funding to examine the genetic mechanisms that enable carnivorous plants to repurpose defense proteins to digest their insect prey.
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Feb 26, 2019
Material protecting beetle could have medical, engineering applications
Ground beetles spray chemical weapons at their enemies. To protect themselves from their own toxins, carabid beetles rely on a unique compound -- a compound new research suggests could have biomedical and bioengineering applications.
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