The University of Texas at Austin; Texas, US
Our collaboration with Dr. Brian Sedio focuses on plant chemical diversity and induced defense responses, particularly the metabolic variation underlying plant–herbivore interactions. By integrating chemical ecology, metabolomics, and evolutionary perspectives, we investigate how plants modulate both volatile and non-volatile metabolites in response to herbivory across related species.
In addition to LC-MS–based profiling of specialized metabolites, our collaboration also involves the development and refinement of workflows for LC/MS metabolomics data processing, annotation, and interpretation. This partnership advances a mechanistic understanding of how plant metabolic plasticity shapes interactions with insect herbivores, while strengthening robust and transferable analytical pipelines for metabolomics research.
Joint publications:
Mezzomo P., et al. (2024) Phytochemistry 226: article number: 11422.
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2024.114222