Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Office: Building 885, Room 3B
Phone: (352) 273-4782
E-mail: cvoiniciuc@ufl.edu
Website: designerglycans.com
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Areas of Research
- Synthetic Biology
- Plant Cell Walls
- Polysaccharides
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Educational Background
- PhD in Plant Biology, summa cum laude, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2016)
- MSc in Plant Genetics, University of British Columbia, Canada (2012)
- BSc with Distinction, University of British Columbia, Canada (2010)
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Work Experience
- Independent Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany (2019 to 2022)
- Research Associate, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany (2016 to 2018)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany (2016)
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Selected Honors and Awards
- DFG Principal Investigator (2019-2022)
- Jülich Excellence Prize (2017)
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholar (2012-2016)
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Teaching Responsibility
- HOS6932 - Advances in Plant Synthetic Biology
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Program Personnel
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Talia Jacobson (PhD Student; PMCB)
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R. Logan Spicer (PhD Student; Horticultural Sciences)
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Lianna Larson (Biofoundry Biological Assistant)
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Mair Edwards (PhD Rotation Student; PMCB)
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Selected Publications
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| Authors | Year | Title / Description | Publication |
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| Robert M, Waldhauer J, Stritt F, Yang B, Pauly M, Voiniciuc C | 2021 | Modular biosynthesis of plant hemicellulose and its impact on yeast cells | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
| Yang B, Hofmann F, Usadel B, Voiniciuc C | 2020 | Seed hemicelluloses tailor mucilage properties and salt tolerance | New Phytologist |
| Voiniciuc C, Dama M, Gawenda N, Stritt F, Pauly M | 2019 | Mechanistic insights from plant heteromannan synthesis in yeast | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Voiniciuc C, Engle KA, Günl M, Dieluweit S, Schmidt MH-W, Yang J, Moremen KW, Mohnen D, Usadel B | 2018 | Identification of Key Enzymes for Pectin Synthesis in Seed Mucilage | Plant Physiology |
| Polko JK, Barnes WJ, Voiniciuc C, Doctor S, Steinwand B, Hill JL, Tien M, Pauly M, Anderson CT, Kieber J | 2018 | SHOU4 proteins regulate trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes to the plasma membrane | Current Biology |
| Voiniciuc C, Pauly M, Usadel B | 2018 | Monitoring Polysaccharide Dynamics in the Plant Cell Wall | Plant Physiology |
| Voiniciuc C, Schmidt MH-W, Berger A, Yang B, Ebert B, Scheller HV, North HM, Usadel B, Günl M | 2015 | MUCILAGE-RELATED10 Produces Galactoglucomannan That Maintains Pectin and Cellulose Architecture in Arabidopsis Seed Mucilage | Plant Physiology |
| Voiniciuc C, Yang B, Schmidt MH-W, Günl M, Usadel B | 2015 | Starting to Gel: How Arabidopsis Seed Coat Epidermal Cells Produce Specialized Secondary Cell Walls | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
| Voiniciuc C, Dean GH, Griffiths JS, Kirchsteiger K, Hwang YT, Gillett A, Dow G, Western TL, Estelle M, Haughn GW | 2013 | FLYING SAUCER1 is a transmembrane RING E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates the degree of pectin methylesterification in Arabidopsis seed mucilage | Plant Cell |