Amy Clore
Professor Clore received her Ph.D. in plant science with a minor in molecular and cellular biology. She is interested in how plant cells perceive extracellular signals and transduce these signals into intracellular changes in biochemistry, gene expression, and cytoskeletal architecture. Her current research focuses on maize pulvini, specialized organs found along the maize plant stem that sense when the plant has been tipped, and reorient growth. She is also researching how carpel epidermal cells redifferentiate during carpel fusion in Madascar periwinkle. Professor Clore teaches Cellular Biology (lecture and laboratory), Topics in Plant Development, Plant Physiology, Developmental Biology, Topics in Cell Signaling and General Biology: from Molecules to Organism. In 2006, Dr. Clore and two other Natural Sciences professors received a grant to further their research into animal and plant development and gene expression. Through the grant, New College became one of only a small number of undergraduate institutions to have a real-time PCR instrument to measure DNA and RNA levels in tissue samples taken from organisms.
Selected Publications
Clore, A. M., Doore, S. M., & Tinnirello, S. M. N. (2008). Increased levels of reactive oxygen species and expression of a cytoplasmic aconitase/iron regulatory protein 1 homolog during the early response of maize pulvini to gravistimulation Plant, Cell & Environment, 31(1),144-158.
Doore, S and Clore, A. M. (2007). Changes in the levels of expression of a cytoplasmic Aconitase/IRP1 homologue in gravistimulated maize pulvini. Joint Annual Meeting of the American-Fern-Society/American Society of Plant Biologists/American Society of Plant Taxonomists/Botanical Society of America. Chicago, IL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville): Volume: 2007: 192.
Clore, A.M. and Tinnirello, S. (2006) A potential role for hydrogen peroxide in the response of maize pulvini to gravistimulation. Joint Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists/Canadian Society of Plant Physiology (Plant Biology 2006). Boston, MA, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2006: 262.
Kahn, B. and Clore, A.M. (2005) Investigation of the potential role of brassinosteroids in carpel fusion in Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus L.). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2005), Date: July 16 -20, 2005 Seattle, WA, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2005: 240.
Tinnirello, S. A. and Clore, A.M. (2004). Localization of IRP1 mRNA in gravistimulated maize pulvini. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2004), Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2004: 112.
Durbak, A.R. and Clore, A.M. (2004). Characterization of epidermal cell dedifferentiation during carpel fusion in Madagascar periwinkle. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2004), Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2004: 116.
Clore, A. M., Turner, W. S., Morse, A. M., & Whetten, R. W. (2003). Changes in Mitogen-activated protein Kinase activity occur in the maize Pulvinus in response to Gravistimulation and are important for the bending response. Plant Cell and Environment, 26(7), 991-1001.
Clore, A. M., Kim, C. S., Woo, Y. M., Burnett, R. J., Carneiro, N. P., & Larkins, B. A. (2002). Zein protein interactions, rather than the asymmetric distribution of Zein MRNAs on Endoplasmic Reticulum membranes, influence protein body formation in maize Endosperm. Plant Cell, 14(3), 655-672.
Stankovic, B., Clore, A. M., Abe, S., Larkins, B., & Davies, E. (2000). Chapter 8: Actin in protein synthesis and protein body formation. In C.J. Staiger, F. Baluska, D.Volkmann, & P. W. Barlow, (Eds.), Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Cell Functions. Boston:Kluwer.
Clore, A.M. and Larkins, B.A. (1998). Protein Quality and its potential relationship to the cytoskeleton in maize endosperm. J. Plant Physiol. 152: 630-635.
Coleman, C.E., Clore, A.M., Ranch, J.P., Higgins, R., Lopes, M.A., and Larkins, B.A. (1997). Expression of a mutant zein creates the floury2 phenotype in transgenic maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94: 7094-7097.
Sun, Y., Carneiro, N., Clore, A.M., Moro, G.L., Habben, J.H., and Larkins, B.A. (1997). Characterization of maize elongation factor 1A and its relationship to protein quality in the endosperm. Plant Physiol. 114: 1101-1107.
Clore, A.M., Dannenhoffer, J.D., and Larkins, B.A. (1996). EF-1a is associated with a cytoskeletal network surrounding protein bodies in maize endosperm cells. The Plant Cell 8: 2003-2014 (cover).
Doore, S and Clore, A. M. (2007). Changes in the levels of expression of a cytoplasmic Aconitase/IRP1 homologue in gravistimulated maize pulvini. Joint Annual Meeting of the American-Fern-Society/American Society of Plant Biologists/American Society of Plant Taxonomists/Botanical Society of America. Chicago, IL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville): Volume: 2007: 192.
Clore, A.M. and Tinnirello, S. (2006) A potential role for hydrogen peroxide in the response of maize pulvini to gravistimulation. Joint Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists/Canadian Society of Plant Physiology (Plant Biology 2006). Boston, MA, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2006: 262.
Kahn, B. and Clore, A.M. (2005) Investigation of the potential role of brassinosteroids in carpel fusion in Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus L.). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2005), Date: July 16 -20, 2005 Seattle, WA, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2005: 240.
Tinnirello, S. A. and Clore, A.M. (2004). Localization of IRP1 mRNA in gravistimulated maize pulvini. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2004), Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2004: 112.
Durbak, A.R. and Clore, A.M. (2004). Characterization of epidermal cell dedifferentiation during carpel fusion in Madagascar periwinkle. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Plant Biology 2004), Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. Plant Biology (Rockville) Volume: 2004: 116.
Clore, A. M., Turner, W. S., Morse, A. M., & Whetten, R. W. (2003). Changes in Mitogen-activated protein Kinase activity occur in the maize Pulvinus in response to Gravistimulation and are important for the bending response. Plant Cell and Environment, 26(7), 991-1001.
Clore, A. M., Kim, C. S., Woo, Y. M., Burnett, R. J., Carneiro, N. P., & Larkins, B. A. (2002). Zein protein interactions, rather than the asymmetric distribution of Zein MRNAs on Endoplasmic Reticulum membranes, influence protein body formation in maize Endosperm. Plant Cell, 14(3), 655-672.
Stankovic, B., Clore, A. M., Abe, S., Larkins, B., & Davies, E. (2000). Chapter 8: Actin in protein synthesis and protein body formation. In C.J. Staiger, F. Baluska, D.Volkmann, & P. W. Barlow, (Eds.), Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Cell Functions. Boston:Kluwer.
Clore, A.M. and Larkins, B.A. (1998). Protein Quality and its potential relationship to the cytoskeleton in maize endosperm. J. Plant Physiol. 152: 630-635.
Coleman, C.E., Clore, A.M., Ranch, J.P., Higgins, R., Lopes, M.A., and Larkins, B.A. (1997). Expression of a mutant zein creates the floury2 phenotype in transgenic maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94: 7094-7097.
Sun, Y., Carneiro, N., Clore, A.M., Moro, G.L., Habben, J.H., and Larkins, B.A. (1997). Characterization of maize elongation factor 1A and its relationship to protein quality in the endosperm. Plant Physiol. 114: 1101-1107.
Clore, A.M., Dannenhoffer, J.D., and Larkins, B.A. (1996). EF-1a is associated with a cytoskeletal network surrounding protein bodies in maize endosperm cells. The Plant Cell 8: 2003-2014 (cover).
