Brandi Sigmon

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Brandi Sigmon is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Plant Pathology at UNL. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Mars Hill College and a PhD in Genetics from Iowa State University. Her research focuses on using classical genetic, quantitative genetic, and comparative genomic tools to investigate grass inflorescences as a model to understand evolution and development.

Courses Taught

• BIOS 206 General Genetics
• SCIL 101 Science and Decision-Making for a Complex World

Recent Publications

• Linders KM, Santra D, Schnable JC, Sigmon B (2024) Variation in leaf chlorophyll concentration in response to nitrogen application across maize hybrids in contrasting environments. microPublication Biology doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001115
• Meier M, Xu G, Lopez-Guerrero, Li G, Smith C, Sigmon B, Herr J, Alfano J, Ge Y, Schnable JC, Yang J (2022) Maize root-associated microbes likely under adaptive selection by the host to enhance phenotypic performance. eLife doi: 10.7554/eLife.75790 bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.11.01.466815
• Sun G, Wase N, Su S, Jenkins J, Zhou B, Torres-Rodriguez JT, ..., Foltz A, ..., Sigmon B, Yu B, Obata T, Schmutz J, Schnable JC (2022) Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass. Paspalum vaginatum doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35507-8 (Foltz A is 17 of 26 authors) bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.08.18.456832
• Zheng Z, Hey S, Jubery T, Liu T, Yang Y, Coffey L, Miao C, Sigmon B, Schnable JC, Hochholdinger F, Ganapathysubramanian B, Schnable PS (2020) Shared genetic control of root system architecture between Zea mays and Sorghum bicolor. Zea mays doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00752