Magdalen Lindeberg
Assistant Director, School of Integrative Plant Science
As Assistant Director for the School of Integrative Plant Science, I work with SIPS Director Joss Rose in managing administrative functions of the School as well as providing oversight for communication of the many exciting activities within the School via our website, news, and other promotional materials. I have a graduate degree in plant pathology from Cornell and worked as a senior research associate for 16 years focusing on pathogen genomics, development of online genomics resources, and science outreach. My background provides me with a broad perspective on both the academic and administrative activities in Cornell's College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.
Recent Research
Since assuming a greater administrative role in the School of Integrative Science in 2020, I am no longer conducting research. However I maintain an active interest in the area of bacterial diseases of plants and the molecular mechanisms of their interactions.
Selected Journal Publications
Google Scholar profile and publications.
- Mazo-Molina, C., S. Mainiero, S.R. Hind, C. M. Kraus, M. Vachev, F. Maviane-Macia, M. Lindeberg, S. Saha, S. Strickler, A. Feder, J. Giovannoni, C. Smart, N. Peeters, and G. Martin. 2019. The Ptr1 locus of Solanum lycopersicoides confers resistance to race 1 strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and to Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum by recognizing the type III effectors AvrRpt2/RipBN. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 32:949-6
- Eckshtain-Levi, N., Lindeberg, M., Vallad, G.E., and Martin, G.B. 2019. The tomato Pto gene confers resistance to Pseudomonas floridensis, an emergent plant pathogen with just nine type III effectors. Plant Pathology 68:977-84.
- Jones, L. A., Saha, S., Collmer, A., Smart, C. D., & Lindeberg, M. (2015). Genome-assisted development of a diagnostic protocol for distinguishing high virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato strains. Plant Disease. 99:527-534.
- Saha, S., & Lindeberg, M. (2013). Bound to succeed: Transcription factor binding site prediction and its contribution to understanding virulence and environmental adaptation in bacterial plant pathogens. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 26:1123-1130.
- Saha, S., Hunter, W. B., Reese, J., Morgan, J. K., Marutani-Hert, M., Huang, H., & Lindeberg, M. (2012). Survey of Endosymbionts in the Diaphorina citri Metagenome and Assembly of a Wolbachia wDi Draft Genome. PLOS One. 7:e50067.
- Lindeberg, M. (2012). Genome-enabled perspectives on the composition, evolution, and expression of virulence determinants in bacterial plant pathogens. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 50:11-132.
- Lindeberg, M., Cunnac, S., & Collmer, A. (2012). Pseudomonas syringae type III effector repertoires: last words in endless arguments. Trends in Microbiology. 20:199-208.
- Lindeberg, M. (2011). Information Management of Genome Enabled Data Streams for Pseudomonas syringae on the Pseudomonas-Plant Interaction (PPI) Website. Genes. 2:841-852.
- Cai, R., Lewis, J., Yan, S., Clarke, C., Campanile, F., Almeida, N., Studholme, D., Lindeberg, M., Schneider, D. J., Zaccardelli, M., Setubal, J., Morales-Lizcano, N., Bernal, A., Coaker, G., Baker, C., Bender, C., Leman, S., & Vinatzer, B. (2011). The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is genetically monomorphic and under strong selection to evade tomato immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 7:e1002130.
- Torto-Alalibo, T., Collmer, C. W., Gwinn-Giglio, M., Lindeberg, M., Meng, S., Chibucos, M. C., Tseng, T. T., Lomax, J., Biehl, B., Ireland, A., Bird, D., Dean, R. A., Glasner, J. D., Perna, N., Setubal, J. C., Collmer, A., & Tyler, B. M. (2010). Unifying Themes in Microbial Associations with Animal and Plant Hosts Described Using the Gene Ontology. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 74:479 - 503.
- Filiatrault, M. J., Stodghill, P. V., Bronstein, P. A., Moll, S., Lindeberg, M., Grills, G., Schweitzer, P., Want, W., Schroth, G. P., Luo, S., Khrebtukova, I., Yang, Y., Thannhouser, T., Butcher, B. G., Cartinhour, S., & Schneider, D. J. (2010). Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas syringae identifies new genes, ncRNAs, and antisense activity. Journal of Bacteriology. 192:2359.
- Buell, C. R., Joardar, V., Lindeberg, M., Selengu, T. J., Paulsen, I. T., Gwinn, M. L., Dodson, R. J., Debov, R. T., Durkim, A. S., Kolonay, J. F., Madupu, R., Daugherty, S., Brinkac, L., Beanan, M. J., Haft, D. H., Nelson, W. C., Davidsen, T., Liu, J., Yuan, Q., Khouri, H., Fedorova, N., Tran, B., Russell, D., Berry, K., Utterback, T., Vanaken, S. E., Feldblyum, T. V., D'Ascenzo, M., Deng, W., Ramos, A. R., Alfano, J., Cartinhour, S., Chatterjee, A. K., Delaney, T. P., Lazarowitz, S. G., Martin, G. B., Schneider, D. J., Tang, X., Bender, C. L., White, O., Fraser, C. M., & Collmer, A. (2003). The complete sequence of the Arabidopsis and tomato pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100:10181-10186.
Awards & Honors
- 1988 Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Swarthmore College
- 1989-1992 USDA-ARS National Needs Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University
- 1991 CALS Distinguished Teaching Assistant
- 1992-1994 Cornell University Plant Science Center Graduate Fellowship
- 1994-1995 Cornell Biotechnology Program Graduate Fellowship
- 1996-1997 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Contact Information
135 Plant Science Building
Ithaca, NY 14853
ml16 [at] cornell.edu
Education
- Ph.D.
Cornell University
1995
- B.A./B.S.
Swarthmore College
1988
- Ph.D.
Magdalen in the news
News
Faculty and staff from across Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell CALS) came together on March 4 to honor 30 awardees at the inaugural CALS Faculty and Staff Awards, held in the Statler Ballroom.
News
Cornell hosted the annual APS Northeastern Division meeting for the first time in 20 years