Tanya Renner
Assistant Professor of Entomology
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514 ASI
University Park, PA - 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 Affiliations
- Plant Biology
- Plant Institute
- Ecology
- Center for Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Microbiome Center
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
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Publication Tags
Phylogeny Carnivory Carnivorous Plants Caryophyllaceae Genes Biodiversity Carnivores Carnivorous Plant History Pollination Digestion Drosera Ancestry Transcription Factors Genome Substrate Specificity Nucleotide Motifs Zingiberales Waxes Sequence Alignment Amino Acid Substitution Molecular Evolution Tobacco Costus TrappingMost Recent Papers
Pygidial glands of Harpalus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera
Adam M. Rork, István Mikó, Tanya Renner, 2019, Arthropod Structure and Development on p. 19-25
Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress
Sumetha Kannan, Gillian Halter, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2018, AoB PLANTS
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
Molecular characterization and evolution of carnivorous sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.) class V β-1,3-glucanase
Jaroslav Michalko, Tanya Renner, Patrik Mészáros, Peter Socha, Jana Moravčíková, Alžbeta Blehová, Jana Libantová, Zuzana Polóniová, Ildikó Matušíková, 2017, Planta on p. 77-91
Independent co-option of a tailed bacteriophage into a killing complex in Pseudomonas
Kevin L. Hockett, Tanya Renner, David A. Baltrus, 2015, mBio
Spiraling into history
Shayla Salzman, Heather E. Driscoll, Tanya Renner, Thiago André, Stacy Shen, Chelsea D. Specht, 2015, Systematic Botany on p. 104-115
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
U. Bauer, C. J. Clemente, T. Renner, W. Federle, 2012, Journal of Evolutionary Biology on p. 90-102
A sticky situation
Tanya Renner, Chelsea D. Specht, 2011, International journal of plant sciences on p. 889-901
Virus-induced gene silencing in the culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Tanya Renner, Jennifer Bragg, Heather E. Driscoll, Juliana Cho, Andrew O. Jackson, Chelsea D. Specht, 2009, Molecular plant on p. 1084-1094
Most-Cited Papers
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
U. Bauer, C. J. Clemente, T. Renner, W. Federle, 2012, Journal of Evolutionary Biology on p. 90-102
Independent co-option of a tailed bacteriophage into a killing complex in Pseudomonas
Kevin L. Hockett, Tanya Renner, David A. Baltrus, 2015, mBio
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
A sticky situation
Tanya Renner, Chelsea D. Specht, 2011, International journal of plant sciences on p. 889-901
Spiraling into history
Shayla Salzman, Heather E. Driscoll, Tanya Renner, Thiago André, Stacy Shen, Chelsea D. Specht, 2015, Systematic Botany on p. 104-115
Molecular characterization and evolution of carnivorous sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.) class V β-1,3-glucanase
Jaroslav Michalko, Tanya Renner, Patrik Mészáros, Peter Socha, Jana Moravčíková, Alžbeta Blehová, Jana Libantová, Zuzana Polóniová, Ildikó Matušíková, 2017, Planta on p. 77-91
Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress
Sumetha Kannan, Gillian Halter, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2018, AoB PLANTS
Pygidial glands of Harpalus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera
Adam M. Rork, István Mikó, Tanya Renner, 2019, Arthropod Structure and Development on p. 19-25
Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
Ildiko Matusikova, Andrej Pavlovic, Tanya Renner, 2018, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION on p. 207-220
News Articles Featuring Tanya Renner
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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