Keyan Zhu-Salzman

Assistant Professor

Laboratory Director

The Institute for Plant Genomics & Biotechnology

Office: 174A Borlaug Center Phone: 979-458-3357 (Lab) 458-3359 Fax: 979-862-4790 Email: ksalzman@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Entomology 1994 Purdue University

M.S. Biology 1988 Fudan University, Shanghai, China

B.S. Biology 1985 Fudan University, Shanghai, China

1999- Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University (also faculty member of several interdisciplinary programs: MEPS, Genetics and Biotechnology)

1997-1999 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Purdue University

1995-1996 Postdoctoral Staff, Department of Entomology, Purdue University

1990-1994 Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, Purdue University

1989 Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island

1985-1988 Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Insect/plant interactions.

Moon, J., R.A. Salzman, J-E, Ahn, H. Koiwa and K. Zhu-Salzman (2004) Transcriptional regulation in cowpea bruchid guts during adaptation to a plant defense protease inhibitor. Insect Mol. Biol. (in press)

Zhu-Salzman, K., R.A. Salzman, J-E. Ahn and H. Koiwa (2004) Transcriptional regulation of sorghum defense determinants against a phloem-feeding aphid. Plant Physiol. 134: 420-431

Zhu-Salzman, K., H. Li, P.E. Klein and R.L. Gorena (2003) Using high-throughput amplified fragment length polymorphism to distinguish sorghum greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) biotypes. Agr. Forest Entomol. 5: 311-315

Zhu-Salzman, K., J-E. Ahn, R.A. Salzman, H. Koiwa, R.E. Shade and S. Balfe (2003) Fusion of a soybean cysteine protease inhibitor and a legume lectin enhances anti-insect activity synergistically. Agr. Forest Entomol. 5: 317-323

Zhu-Salzman, K., H. Koiwa, R.A. Salzman, R.E. Shade and J-E. Ahn (2003) Cowpea bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus uses a three-component strategy to overcome a plant defensive cysteine protease inhibitor. Insect Mol. Biol. 12: 135-145

Zhu-Salzman, K., P.K. Hammen, R.A. Salzman, H. Koiwa, R.A. Bressan, L.L. Murdock and P.M. Hasegawa (2002) Calcium modulates protease resistance and carbohydrate binding of a plant defense legume lectin, Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II (GSII). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 132:327-334

Zhu-Salzman, K. (2002) Book review for “Recombinant Protease Inhibitors in Plants”. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 95: 651

Zhu-Salzman, K. and R.A. Salzman (2001) Functional mechanics of the plant defensive Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II: resistance to proteolysis is independent of glycoconjugate binding in the insect gut. J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 1280-1284