Robert Last

Robert Last

Michigan State University

H-index: 66

North America-United States

About Robert Last

Robert Last, With an exceptional h-index of 66 and a recent h-index of 42 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Michigan State University, specializes in the field of Plant Genomics, Trichome Biochemistry, Amino Acid Metabolism, Arabidopsis, Solanum.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Tomato root specialized metabolites evolved through gene duplication and regulatory divergence within a biosynthetic gene cluster

Anti-fungal bioactive terpenoids in the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) may contribute to ecotype-specific microbiome composition

Identification of anti-fungal bioactive terpenoids from the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Disentangling plant-and environment-mediated drivers of active rhizosphere bacterial community dynamics during short-term drought

Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal specialized metabolite drought stress responses in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Correction: Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae

Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae

Natural variation meets synthetic biology: Promiscuous trichome-expressed acyltransferases from Nicotiana

Robert Last Information

University

Position

Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Citations(all)

16976

Citations(since 2020)

4752

Cited By

14189

hIndex(all)

66

hIndex(since 2020)

42

i10Index(all)

117

i10Index(since 2020)

94

Email

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Robert Last Skills & Research Interests

Plant Genomics

Trichome Biochemistry

Amino Acid Metabolism

Arabidopsis

Solanum

Top articles of Robert Last

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Journal

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Publication Date

Tomato root specialized metabolites evolved through gene duplication and regulatory divergence within a biosynthetic gene cluster

Science Advances

Rachel E Kerwin

Jaynee E Hart

Paul D Fiesel

Yann-Ru Lou

Pengxiang Fan

...

2024/4/24

Anti-fungal bioactive terpenoids in the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) may contribute to ecotype-specific microbiome composition

Communications Biology

Xingxing Li

Ming-Yi Chou

Gregory M Bonito

Robert L Last

2023/9/7

Identification of anti-fungal bioactive terpenoids from the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

bioRxiv

Xingxing Li

Ming-Yi Chou

Gregory M Bonito

Robert L Last

2023/2/27

Disentangling plant-and environment-mediated drivers of active rhizosphere bacterial community dynamics during short-term drought

bioRxiv

Sreejata Bandopadhyay

Xingxing Li

Alan W Bowsher

Robert L Last

Ashley Shade

2023

Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal specialized metabolite drought stress responses in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

New Phytologist

Kira Tiedge

Xingxing Li

Amy T Merrill

Danielle Davisson

Yuxuan Chen

...

2022/11

Correction: Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae

Natural Product Reports

Paul D Fiesel

Hannah M Parks

Robert L Last

Cornelius S Barry

2022

Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae

Paul D Fiesel

Hannah M Parks

Robert L Last

Cornelius S Barry

2022

Natural variation meets synthetic biology: Promiscuous trichome-expressed acyltransferases from Nicotiana

BioRxiv

Craig A Schenck

Thilani M Anthony

MacKenzie Jacobs

A Daniel Jones

Robert L Last

2022/2/26

Switchgrass metabolomics reveals striking genotypic and developmental differences in specialized metabolic phenotypes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Xingxing Li

Saurav J Sarma

Lloyd W Sumner

A Daniel Jones

Robert L Last

2022/6/21

Identification of BAHD acyltransferases associated with acylinositol biosynthesis in Solanum quitoense (naranjilla)

Plant Direct

Bryan J Leong

Steven Hurney

Paul Fiesel

Thilani M Anthony

Gaurav Moghe

...

2022/6

Deep roots and many branches: Origins of plant-specialized metabolic enzymes in general metabolism

Yann-Ru Lou

Eran Pichersky

Robert L Last

2022/4/1

It happened again: convergent evolution of acylglucose specialized metabolism in black nightshade and wild tomato

Science advances

Yann-Ru Lou

Thilani M Anthony

Paul D Fiesel

Rachel E Arking

Elizabeth M Christensen

...

2021/11/10

Migration through a major Andean ecogeographic disruption as a driver of genetic and phenotypic diversity in a wild tomato species

Molecular biology and evolution

Jacob B Landis

Christopher M Miller

Amanda K Broz

Alexandra A Bennett

Noelia Carrasquilla-Garcia

...

2021/8/1

Location, location! cellular relocalization primes specialized metabolic diversification

Craig A Schenck

Robert L Last

2020/4

An Integrated Analytical Approach Reveals Trichome Acylsugar Metabolite Diversity in the Wild Tomato Solanum pennellii

Metabolites

Daniel B Lybrand

Thilani M Anthony

A Daniel Jones

Robert L Last

2020/10/9

Solanaceae specialized metabolism in a non-model plant: trichome acylinositol biosynthesis

bioRxiv

Bryan J Leong

Steven M Hurney

Paul D Fiesel

Gaurav D Moghe

A Daniel Jones

...

2020/3/5

Quantitative trait loci analysis of seed‐specialized metabolites reveals seed‐specific flavonols and differential regulation of glycoalkaloid content in tomato

The Plant Journal

Saleh Alseekh

Itai Ofner

Zhongyuan Liu

Sonia Osorio

Jose Vallarino

...

2020/9

Within-and cross-species predictions of plant specialized metabolism genes using transfer learning

in silico Plants

Bethany M Moore

Peipei Wang

Pengxiang Fan

Aaron Lee

Bryan Leong

...

2020

Specialized metabolism in a nonmodel nightshade: trichome acylinositol biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Bryan J Leong

Steven M Hurney

Paul D Fiesel

Gaurav D Moghe

A Daniel Jones

...

2020/7/1

A trichome-specific, plastid-localized Tanacetum cinerariifolium Nudix protein hydrolyzes the natural pyrethrin pesticide biosynthetic intermediate trans-chrysanthemyl diphosphate

Frontiers in Plant Science

Wei Li

Daniel B Lybrand

Haiyang Xu

Fei Zhou

Robert L Last

...

2020/4/24

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