EDUCATION

1989 B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
1992 M.S. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Thesis: “RFLP analysis of the hrp region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci using hrp sequences of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola”
1997 Ph.D. Washington State University, Pullman, WA
“The contribution of syringomycin and syringopeptin to virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae based on analysis of toxin biosynthesis mutants”

EXPERIENCE:

1986 - 1990 Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison1990 - 1992 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Phytobacteriology 514
1993 - 1997 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, 1993-1997
1998 - 2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, 1998-2002
Fall 2000
Spring 2001 Instructor, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University
Member of a three-person team responsible for teaching Microbiology 301
2001 Instructor, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University
Responsible for teaching Phytobacteriology 514
Responsible for teaching Introductory Plant Pathology Laboratory 429/529
2002 - present Postdoctoral Research Associate/Program Manager, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University

GENERAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Plant Pathology, Phytobacteriology, Molecular Genetics, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial Ecology, Hypersensitive Reaction and the Defense Response

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS

Microbiology, 1998
Mycological Research, 1999
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2000
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2001
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2002
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2003

HONORS

The Washington State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Heald Travel Award, 1995
The American Phytopathological Society Foundation-John Frederick Fulkerson Student Travel Award, 1997
Recipient of a NSF and USDA sponsored Postdoctoral Travel Award to attend the 9th Japan-U.S. Conference on Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defense, Shizuoka, Japan, November 3-7, 2003
11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Poster Competition, Second Place, 2003

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Phytopathological Society 1992-present

COMMITTEES

American Phytopathological Society Graduate Student Committee, 1995-1998
American Phytopathological Society Foundation Volunteer for Evaluating the Graduate Student Travel Grant Applications, 1995-1999, 2001
Washington State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Graduate Student Representative for the Johnson Hall Renovation Inspection Committee with Provost Gretchen Betaille, Fall 1997
Washington State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Graduate Student Representative for the Prospective Faculty Interviews, Fall 1997
American Phytopathological Society Bacteriology Committee, 2001-present
American Phytopathological Society Ad hoc Young Professionals Committee, 2003-present

PUBLICATIONS

Scholz, B. K., J. Jakobek and P. B. Lindgren. 1994. Restriction fragment polymorphism evidence for genetic homology within a pathovar of Pseudomonas syringae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:1093-1100.

Hutchison, M. L., J.-H. Zhang, B. K. Scholz and D. C. Gross 1994. Isolation of genes containing adenylate-forming catalytic domains in syringomycin biosynthesis by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Pages 37-40 in Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 3, M. J. Daniels, J. A. Downie, and A. E. Osbourn, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London.

Gross, D. C., M. L. Hutchison, B. K. Scholz and J.-H. Zhang. 1996. Genetic analysis of the role of toxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in plant pathogenesis. Pages 163-169 in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens, Berlin, Germany.

Gross D. C, B. K. Scholz-Schroeder, J.-H. Zhang, I. Grgurina, F. Mariotti, G. Della Torre, E. Guenzi and G. Grandi. 1997. Characterization of the thiotemplate mechanisms of syringomycin and syringopeptin synthesis by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Pages 91-98 in K. Kohmoto and O. C. Yoder, eds., Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Gross D. C, B. K. Scholz-Schroeder, J.-H. Zhang and I. Grgurina. 1998. Characterization of the syringomycin and syringopeptin gene clusters encoding thiotemplate mechanisms of toxin synthesis by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Pages 1-2 in Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of Molecular and Physiological Aspects of the Plant-Pathogen Interactions.

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., J. D. Soule, S. E. Lu, I. Grgurina and D. C. Gross. 2001. A physical map of the syringomycin and syringopeptin gene clusters localized to an ~145-kb DNA region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact 14:1426-1435.

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., M. L. Hutchison, I. Grgurina, I. and D. C. Gross. 2001. The contribution of syringopeptin and syringomycin to virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D on the basis of sypA and syrB1 biosynthesis mutant analysis. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 14:336-348.

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K. 2001. Electroporation and marker exchange mutagenesis of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae. The Plant Health Instructor DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0424-01. http://www.apsnet.org/education/

Schroeder. B. K., S. L. Lupien and F. M. Dugan. 2001. First report of pink seed of pea caused by Erwinia rhaponetici in the United States. Plant Disease 86:188.

Lu, S.-E., B. K. Scholz-Schroeder and D. C. Gross. 2002. Construction of pMEKm12, an expression vector for improved protein production in Pseudomonas syringae. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 210:115-121.

Lu, S.-E, B. K. Scholz-Schroeder and D. C. Gross. 2002. Characterization of the salA, syrF, and syrG regulatory genes located at the right border of the syringomycin gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 15:43-53.

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., J. D. Soule and D. C. Gross. 2003. The sypA, sypB, and sypC synthetase genes encode twenty-two modules involved in the nonribosomal peptide synthesis of syringopeptin by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact 16:271-280.

Bender, C. L., and B. K. Scholz-Schroeder. 2003. New Insights into the Biosynthesis, Mode of Action, and Regulation of Syringomycin, Syringopeptin and Coronatine. Pages x-x in The Pseudomonads. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, U. S. A. (in press).

Kahn, M. L., B. K. Schroeder, B. L. House, M. W. Mortimer, S. N. Yurgel, S. C. Maloney, K. L. Warren, R. F. Fisher, M. J. Barnett, C. Toman, and S. R. Long. 2003. Foraging for meaning—Postgenome approaches to Sinorhizobium meliloti. Pages x-x in Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions Volume 4. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Schroeder, B. K., B. L. House, M. W. Mortimer, S. N. Yurgel, S. C. Maloney, K. L. Warren, S. R. Long and M. L. Kahn. 2004. The ORFeome of Sinorhizobium meliloti: cloning and genetic manipulation. In preparation.

ABSTRACTS

Scholz, B. K., J. Jakobek and P. B. Lindgren 1992. RFLP analysis of the hrp region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci using hrp sequences of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Phytopathology 82:1100. (Abstract)

Scholz, B. K., M. L. Hutchison and D. C. Gross 1994. Isolation and characterization of genes encoding syringomycin synthetases in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Phytopathology 84:1133. (Abstract)

Scholz, B. K. and D. C. Gross. 1996. Genetic characterization of a synthetase of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae involved in syringomycin biosynthesis. Phytopathology 86: S76. (Abstract)
Scholz-Schroeder, B. K. and D. C. Gross. 1997. Syringomycin and syringopeptin are the major virulence determinates of P. s. pv. syringae based on analysis of synthetase mutants. Phytopathology 87:S86. (Abstract)

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., S. Lu and D. C. Gross. 1998. Organization of a large genomic region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae dedicated to the biosynthesis of syringomycin and syringopeptin. Phytopathology 88:S79. (Abstract)

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., J. D. Soule, S.-E. Lu, I. Grgurina and D. C. Gross. 2000. A genetic map of an ~135-kb DNA region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D dedicated to the production of lipopeptide phytotoxins. Phytopathology 90:70. (Abstract)

Lu, S.E., B. K. Scholz-Schroeder and D. C. Gross. 2000. Characterization of the syrF, syrG, and salA regulatory genes of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D associated with syringomycin production. Phytopathology 90:48. (Abstract)

Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., J. D. Soule, S.-E. Lu, and D. C. Gross. 2001. Characterization of an 145-kb genomic island of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D dedicated to the production of syringomycin and syringopeptin. 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Abstract)

Lu, S.-E., B. K. Scholz-Schroeder and D. C. Gross. 2001. The salA, syrF, and syrG regulatory genes associated with the syringomycin production in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D. 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Abstract)

House, B. L., M. W. Mortimer, B. K. Schroeder and M. L. Kahn. 2002. A New Platform for Genomic Manipulation of Sinorhizobium meliloti. First International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics: Translation to crop improvement. (Abstract)

Schroeder B. K., B. L. House, M. W. Mortimer, S. C. Maloney, K. L. Warren, S. Yurgel and M. L. Kahn. 2003. Genetic Manipulation of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 genome. Phytopathology 91:70. (Abstract)

Schroeder B. K., B. L. House, M. W. Mortimer, S. C. Maloney, K. L. Warren, S. Yurgel and M. L. Kahn. 2003. Genetic Manipulation of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 genome. 11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Abstract)

Schroeder, B. K., B. L. House, M. W. Mortimer, S. C. Maloney, K. L. Warren, S. Yurgel and M. L. Kahn. 2003. Genetic manipulation of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 genome. 9th Japan-U.S. Conference on Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defense. (Abstract)