Ruth E. Timme

Profession Preparation

The University of Texas at Austin Plant Biology Ph.D. 2006

San Francisco State University Biology (Ecology and Systematics) M.A. 2001

San Francisco State University Biology (Botany) cum laude. B.S. 1999

Appointments

2009 – current Pre-award grant coordinator,. University of Maryland – College Park.

2006 – current Research Associate. University of Maryland – College Park.

2004 – 2006 Graduate Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager, UT at Austin..

2004 Internship - DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA.

2001 – 2002 Teacher’s Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin.

1999 – 2001 Teacher’s Assistant - San Francisco State University.

2000 Lecturer - World of Plants, San Francisco State University.

Publications

Timme, RE and CF Delwiche. In review. Uncovering the evolutionary origin of plant molecular processes: comparison of Coleochaete (Coleochaetales) and Spirogyra (Zygnematales) transcriptomes. BMC Plant Biology.

Handy, SM, TR Bachvaroff, RE Timme, DW Coats, S Kim, CF Delwiche. 2009. Phylogeny of the Dinophysiaceae (Dinophyceae, Dinophysiales) Based on rDNA Genes. Journal of Phycology.

Timme, RE, BB Simpson, CR Linder. 2007. High Phylogenetic Resolution for Helianthus (Asteraceae) using the 18s-26s Ribosomal DNA External Transcribed Spacer.  American Journal of Botany 94(11): 1837-1852.

Timme, RE, J Kuehl, J Boore, R Jansen. 2007.  A comparative analysis of the Lactuca and Helianthus (ASTERACEAE) plastid genomes: identification of divergent regions and categorization of shared repeats. American Journal of Botany 94(3): 302-312.

W Xu, WJ Briggs, J Padolina, RE Timme, W Liu, CR Linder, DP Miranker.  2004. Using MoBIoS’ scalable genome joins to find conserved Primer Pair Candidates between two genomes.  Bioinformatics 20:i355-i362.

Moret, BME, L Nakhleh, T Warnow, CR Linder, A Tholse, A Padolina, J Sun, R Timme. 2004. Phylogenetic Networks: Modeling, Reconstructibility, and Accuracy, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB) 1(1):13-23.

Synergistic Activities

Participant in the NSF funded WEBS Symposium. October 2008.

Training and mentoring undergraduate students in molecular lab techniques, 2002-current.

Contributor to The Jepson Manual 2^nd Ed. – Revision of the genus Polemonium (Polemoniaceae).

Active participant in CIPRES (Cyberinfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research) group, funded by NSF.

Invited Talks

International Phycological Congress. 2009. Invited symposium talk.

University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 2009 (Guest lecturer for Evolution course).

University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 2009 (Two guest lectures for Intro. to Horticulture).

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 2007 (Department seminar).

George Mason University, VA. 2007 (Guest lecturer for Plant Taxonomy).

Rice University, Houston, TX. 2006 (Department Seminary).

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. 2005 (Dept. Seminar).

Conference Participation (past 5 years)

Timme, Ruth and Charles F. Delwiche. 2009. Evolution Meetings, Moscow, Idaho. "EST survey of the Charophytes: Evolutionary origin of plant processes.” (Presentation)

Timme, Ruth and Charles F. Delwiche. 2009. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, CA. "EST survey of the Charophytes: Evolutionary origin of plant processes.” (Poster)

Timme, Ruth and Charles F. Delwiche. 2008. Botany Meetings, Vancouver, BC, Canada. "EST survey of the Charophytes." (Poster)

Timme, Ruth E., Jennifer V. Kuehl, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Robert K. Jansen. 2005. Botany Meetings, Austin, TX. "The first sequenced chloroplast genomes in the Asteraceae: a comparison of sunflower and lettuce." (Poster)

Timme, Ruth E., 2005. Evolution Meetings, UAF, Alaksa. Undergraduate Symposium "IGERT: Computational phylogenetics and applications to biology." (presentation)

Timme, Ruth E., Anneke Padolina, Weijia Xu, Willard Briggs, Rui Mao, Kai Yan, Danial P. Miranker, Randy Linder. 2005. Evolution Meetings, UAF, Alaska. "Identification of new nuclear DNA markers for phylogenetic reconstruction in angiosperms." (presentation)

Timme, Ruth E., Beryl Simpson, Randy Linder. 2004. Botany Meetings, Snowbird, Utah. “Better Phylogenetic Resolution in Helianthus (Asteraceae).” (poster)

Timme, Ruth E., Willard Briggs, Wenguo Liu, Dan Miranker, Anneke Padolina, Weijia Xu, Randy Linder. Evolution Meetings, Fort Collins, CO. 2004. “Identification of nuclear DNA markers for phylogenetic reconstruction in angiosperms.” (presentation)

Significant Funding and Awards

Research Excellence Award in Organismal Plant Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2006.

Continuing Tuition Fellowship, Plant Biology Department, UT Austin, 2005 - 2006.

Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award, 2005.

Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2004.

IGERT Fellowship in Computational Phylogenetics, National Science Foundation, 2003.

IGERT Fellowship in Computational Phylogenetics, National Science Foundation, 2002.

College of Natural Sciences Dean's Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2001.

Research Grant, California Native Plant Society Bristlecone Chapter, 2000.

Research Grant, California Native Plant Society East Bay Chapter, 2000.

University Academic Scholarship, San Francisco State University, 2000.