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 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 Coleoptera Metabolism Genes History Carnivory Chemical Carabidae Carnivorous Plants Beetle Formic Acid Pheromones Harpalus Carnivores Chemical Defenses Direction Compound Caryophyllaceae Digestion Biodiversity Caryophyllales Population Genetics Carnivorous Plant Pollination Phylogenetics InsectsMost Recent Papers
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
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
Biochemistry of Prey Digestion and Nutrient Absorption
Ildko Matusikova, Andrej Pavlovic, Tanya Renner, 2018, 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
Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
Ildiko Matusikova, Andrej Pavlovic, Tanya Renner, 2018, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION on p. 207-220
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
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
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
Form follows function
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
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
Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress
Sumetha Kannan, Gillian Halter, Tanya Renner, Elizabeth R. Waters, 2018, AoB PLANTS
Carabidae Semiochemistry
Adam M. Rork, Tanya Renner, 2018, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 1069-1083
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
News Articles Featuring Tanya Renner
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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