Bob Koester
Graduate Research Assistant
1201 W. Gregory Dr.
147 ERML
MC-051
Urbana, IL
(217) 265-9884
bkoeste2@illinois.edu
Education
- B.S. - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 05/2009.
- Major - Integrative Biology, Honors Concentration.
- Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign expected 2014
- Department - Plant Biology
Research
- In C3 plants grown under elevated concentrations of ozone, Rubisco activity/content is generally decreased, whereas PEP carboxylase activity/content has been shown to increase. These changes in carboxylase activity/content are thought to increase the amount of reducing power that is available to the cell which then may be used in antioxidant regeneration. Do changes in carboxylase activity/content lead to increased pools of ascorbate and increased activities of enzymes responsible for antioxidant regeneration?