Horticultural Sciences

Dr. Cătălin Voiniciuc

Associate Professor

Voiniciuc Catalin Portrait

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.ed

RESEARCH
- Synthetic Biology
- Plant Cell Walls
- Polysaccharides

TEACHING
- HOS6932 - Advances in Plant Synthetic Biology

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

EDUCATION
- 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)

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)

HONORS AND AWARDS
- DFG Principal Investigator (2019-2022)
- Jülich Excellence Prize (2017)
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholar (2012-2016)

PROGRAM PERSONNEL
- Talia Jacobson (PhD Student;PMCB)
- R. Logan Spicer (PhD Student; Horticultural Sciences)
- Lianna Larson (Biofoundry Biological Assistant)
- Mair Edwards (PhD Rotation Student; PMCB)

Selected Publications

Authors	Year	Title / Description	Publication
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