Curriculum vitae
Myriam Calonje
Dept. Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley
361 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
e-mail: mcalonje@nature.berkeley.edu
Phone: 1-510-642-0404
Education
1998
Ph.D. in Biology (cum laude) Department of Microbiology, University
Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
1994
Diploma Thesis (first class) Department of Microbiology, University
Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
1992
Bachelor of Sciences in Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.
Research experience
2003-present
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley,
USA
Goal: Study of the Polycomb group-mediated silencing mechanism of flower
homeotic genes during Arabidopsis vegetative development.
2000-2003
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Biotechnology, University Politecnica, E.T.S.I.A., Madrid, Spain
Goal: Study of MADS-box transcription factors implicated in flower
development in grapevine.
1998-1999
Postdoctoral training
Department of Microbiology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC),
Madrid, Spain
Goal: Study the role of RecN in Bacillus subtilis homologous recombination.
1994-1998
Graduate student
Department of Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIBCSIC) Microbiology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Goal: Cellular and molecular characterization of Verticillium fungicola
mycoparasitim on the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
1992-1994
Graduate student
Department of Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIBCSIC) Microbiology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Goal: Chemical and structural characterization of Agaricus bisporus cell wall.
Publications
Calonje M., Chen LJ, Sanchez R. and Sung ZR. EMF1 functions as PRC1 in maintaining flower
homeotic gene silencing during Arabiodpsis vegetative growth (in preparation).
Calonje M. and Sung ZR. Complexity beneath the silence. Curr Opin Plant Biol. (Submitted)
Calonje M., Cubas P., Martínez-Zapater J. M. and Carmona M. J. (2004). Floral meristem
identity genes are expressed during tendril development in grapevine. Plant Physiol.
135(3):1491-501.
Calonje M., Bernardo D., Novaes-Ledieu M., Perez Cabo A. and García Mendoza C. (2002).
Purification and some properties of an hydrophobin secreted by the mycopathogenic fungus
Verticillium fungicola. Can. J. Microbiol. 48(11):1030-4.
Calonje M., García Mendoza C., Pérez Cabo A. and Novaes-Ledieu M. (2000). Interaction
between the mycoparasite Verticillium fungicola and the vegetative mycelial phase of Agaricus
bisporus. Mycol. Res. 104, 988-992.
Calonje M., García Mendoza C., Ahrazem O., Bermardo D. and Novaes-Ledieu M. (2000).
Chemical components of Verticillium fungicola cell wall. Can. J. Microbiol. 46 (2), 101-109.
Galán B., García Mendoza C., Calonje M. and Novaes-Ledieu M. (1999). Production,
purification and properties of an endo-1,3-beta-glucanase from the basidiomycete Agaricus
bisporus. Current Microbiol. 38 (3), 190-193.
Bernardo D., García Mendoza C., Calonje M. and Novaes-Ledieu M. (1999). Chemical analysis
of lamella walls of Agaricus bisporus bruit bodies. Current Microbiol. 38 (6), 364-367.
Calonje M., García Mendoza C., Galán B. and Novaes-Ledieu M. (1997). Enzymatic activity
of the mycoparasite Verticillium fungicola on Agaricus bisporus fruit body cell walls.
Microbiology 143, 2999-3006.
Calonje M., García Mendoza C., and Novaes-Ledieu M. (1996). New contributions to the wall
polysaccharide structure of vegetative mycelium and fruit body cell walls of Agaricus bisporus.
Microbiologia SEM 12. 599-606.
Garcia Mendoza C., Pérez-Cabo A., Calonje M. Galán B., and Novaes-Ledieu M. (1996).
Chemical and structural differences in cell wall polysaccharides of two monokariotic strains and
their resulting dikarion of Agaricus bisporus. Current Microbiol. 33, 211-215.
Calonje M., García Mendoza C., Novaes-Ledieu M. and Labarere J. (1995). Characterization
of two commercial Agaricus bisporus strains by cell-wall structure, isozyme patterns, nuclear and
mitochondrial restriction fragment length polymorfism (RFLP). Science and Cultivation of Edible
Fungi, 133-140.