Publications

A full list of Karen’s publications can be found on her NCBI Bibliography.
A full list of Somen’s publications can be found on his NCBI Bibliography.

*  indicates post-doc, ** indicates graduate student, *** indicates undergraduate student, ¥ indicates international collaborator, † indicates industry collaborator, + indicates government/national laboratory collaborator, § co-first authors

Pre-prints

2024

  • Kevin Yates, Aaron J. Berliner, Georgios Makrygiorgos, Farrah Kaiyom, Matthew J. McNulty, Imran Khan, Paul Kusuma, Claire Kinlaw†, Diogo Miron, Charles Legg, James Wilson, Bruce Bugbee, Ali Mesbah, Adam P. Arkin, Somen Nandi and Karen A. McDonald (2024). Nitrogen Accountacy in Space Agriculture, npj Microgravity, 10, 90. DOI: s41526-024-00428-x
  • Paulo A. Zaini, Katherine R. Haddad, Noah G. Feinberg, Yakir Ophir, Karen A. McDonald, Somen Nandi and Abhaya M. Dandekar (2024). Leveraging Walnut Somatic Embryos as a Biomanufacturing Platform for Recombinant Proteins and Metabolites, BioTech 13(4), 50; DOI: 10.3390/biotech13040050
  • Kishorekumar Reddy*, Divya Kunda***, Robert L. Gilbertson, Karen A. McDonald, Somen Nandi, and Mysore R. Sudarshana (2024). First complete genome sequence of a Lettuce Mosaic Virus isolate from the United States of America. PhytoFrontiers™ Published Online:21 Jul 2024. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-04-24-0043-A 
  • Leah W. Buchman†, Daniel Tusé†, Matthew McNulty, and Karen A. McDonald (2024). A Review and Outlook on Expression of Animal Proteins in Plants.  Front. Plant Sci. Sec. Plant Biotechnology Volume 15 – 2024. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1426239
  • Karmakar, A.**, Jung, S.***, Khan, I.*, Cabel, M.**, DeCuzzi, N**., Patankar, M.*, Jia, J.***, Nishimura, A.†¥, Otsuka, H.†¥, Ohara, K.†¥, Okawa, H.†¥, Cary, W.*, Zhou, P. , Nolta, J., Albeck, J.G. #, Rodriguez, R.L., McDonald, K.A. and Nandi, S. (2024) Production and characterization of basic fibroblast growth factor protein in rice suspension culture. Biochemical Engineering Journal 203: 109174 (Page 1-10). DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2023.109174
  • Junjing Jia**, Whitney Wilson*, Anindya Karmaker**, Asuka Nishimura†¥, Hayuma Otsuka†¥, Kazuaki Ohara†¥, Hiroshi Okawa†¥, Karen A. McDonald, Soman Nandi, John G. Albeck, Raymond L. Rodriguez, Ping Zhou and Jan Nolta (2024). Applications of Plant-made Fibroblast Growth Factor for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development PMID: 38062993. DOI: 10.1089/scd.2023.0135
  • Derrick Risner**, Karen A. McDonald, Justin B. Siegel and Edward S. Spang (2024). Techno-Economic Assessments of Cellular Agriculture (Chapter 30) in Cellular Agriculture: Technology, Society, Sustainability and Science, Edited by Evan D.G. Fraser, David L. Kaplan, Lenore Newman and Rickey Y. Yada, Academic Press, Elsevier, London, UK.
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-18767-4.00002-0

2023 

  • Goswami, R.¥, Brodt, S., Patra, S.¥**, Dasgupta, P.¥**, Mukherjee, B. and Nandi, S. (2023) Resource Interaction in Smallholder Farms is Linked to Farm Sustainability: Evidence from Indian Sundarbans. Frontiers in Substantiable Food Systems 7:1081127 (1-15). DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1081127
  • Sara Garcia**, Jean Pierre Mpatswenumugabo* ¥ , Pie Ntampaka ¥ , Somen Nandi and James Cullor (2023). A one health framework to advance food safety and security: An on-farm case study in the Rwandan dairy sector One Health Journal , 16 (100531). DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100531
  • Negulescu, P. G.**, Risner, D.**, Spang, E. S., Sumner, D., Block, D., Nandi, S., & McDonald, K. A. (2023). Techno‐economic modeling and assessment of cultivated meat: Impact of production bioreactor scale. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 1–13. DOI: 10.1002/bit.28324
  • Derrick Risner**, Karen A. McDonald, Carl Jones† and Edward S. Spang (2023).  A techno-economic model of mycoprotein production: Achieving price parity with beef protein, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1204307. DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1204307

2022 

  • Yongao Xiong**, Hiroto Hirano* ¥ , Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald (2022.) Plant-based Production and Characterization of a Promising Fc-fusion Protein against Microgravity Induced Bone Mass Density Loss. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, v10.
    DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.962292
  • Shuting Liao** § , Kantharakorn Macharoen** § , Karen A. McDonald, Somen Nandi and Debashis Paul (2022). Analysis of variability of functionals of recombinant protein production trajectories based on limited data. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23(14), 7628.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147628
  • Aaron J. Berliner**, Isaac Lipsky**, Davian Ho***, Jacob M. Hilzinger**, Gretchen Vengerova***, Georgios Makrygiorgos**, Matthew J. McNulty**, Kevin Yates**, Nils J. H. Averesch*, Charles S. Cockell, **Tyler Wallentine, Lance C. Seefeldt, Craig S. Criddle, Somen Nandi, Karen A. McDonald, Amor A. Menezes, Ali Mesbah and Adam P. Arkin (2022). Space bioprocess engineering on the horizon. Communications Engineering 1, 13
    DOI: 10.1038/s44172-022-00012-9
  • Minami, S. A.**, Jung, S.***, Huang, Y.**, Harris, B. S.***, Kenaston, M.W.***, Faller, R., Nandi, S., McDonald, K. A., & Shah, P. S. (2022). Production of novel SARS-CoV-2 Spike truncations in Chinese hamster ovary cells leads to high expression and binding to antibodies. Biotechnology Journal, 17,e2100678.
    DOI: 10.1002/biot.202100678
  • McNulty, M.J.**, Nandi, S., McDonald, K.A. (2022). Technoeconomic Modeling and Simulation for Plant-Based Manufacturing of Recombinant Proteins. In: Schillberg, S., Spiegel, H. (eds) Recombinant Proteins in Plants. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2480. Humana, New York, NY.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2241-4_11
  • Matthew McNulty**, Anton Schwartz**, Jesse Delzio***, Kalimuthu Karuppanan*, Aaron
    Jacobson***, Olivia Hart***, Abhaya M Dandekar, Anatoli Giritch, Somen Nandi, Yuri
    Gleba and Karen A. McDonald (2022). Affinity sedimentation and magnetic separation
    with plant-made immunosorbent nanoparticles for therapeutic protein purification.
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10:865481.
    DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.865481
  • Matthew J. McNulty**, Naomi Hamada**, Jesse Delzio***, Liber McKee***, Somen Nandi, Marjorie L. Longo; Karen A. McDonald (2022) Functionalizing silica sol-gel with
    entrapped plant virus-based immunosorbent nanoparticles. Journal of
    Nanobiotechnology 20:105.
    DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01303-1

2021

  • Linda F Bisson,  Laura Grindstaff, Kyaw Tha Paw U, Raquel Aldana, Sophie Barbu, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz*, Adela De La Torre, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Yvette Flores, Denneal Jamison-McClung, Suad Joseph, Philip H. Kass, Linda Katehi, Karen McDonald, Josephine Moreno, Binnie Singh, Maureen Stanton, and Lisa Sullivan (2021). “Chapter 1:  From Affirmative Action to Inclusion” in Uprooting Bias in the Academy:  Lessons from the Field, Editors: Linda F. Bisson, Laura Grindstaff, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, and Sophie J. Barbu, Springer Nature, London, UK, ISBN 978-3-030-85667-0.
  • Sophie Barbu, Karen McDonald, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz*, Lisa Sullivan, and Linda F Bisson (2021). “Chapter 3: Data-Driven Decision Making” in Uprooting Bias in the Academy:  Lessons from the Field, Editors: Linda F. Bisson, Laura Grindstaff, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, and Sophie J. Barbu, Springer Nature, London, UK, ISBN 978-3-030-85667-0.
  • Sophie Barbu, Karen McDonald, Binnie Singh, Laura Grindstaff (2021). ”Chapter 11: Work Life Integration in Academia:  From Myth to Reality” in Uprooting Bias in the Academy:  Lessons from the Field, Editors: Linda F. Bisson, Laura Grindstaff, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, and Sophie J. Barbu, Springer Nature, London, UK, ISBN 978-3-030-85667-0.
  • Matthew J. McNulty**, Aaron J. Berliner**, Patrick G. Negulescu**, Liber McKee***, Olivia Hart***, Kevin Yates**, Adam P. Arkin, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald (2021). Evaluating the Cost of Pharmaceutical Purification for a Long-duration Space Exploration Medical Foundry, Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiotechnology Section 11 October 2021 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.700863
  • Matthew J. McNulty**§ and Kiros Kelada**§, Debashis Paul, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald (2021).  Techno-economic Process Modelling and Monte Carlo Simulation Data of Uncertainty Quantification in Field-grown Plant-based Manufacturing, Data in Brief  38(2021), 107317                                                                                                    DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107317
  • Anika Varma***, Hawi B. Gemeda+, Matthew J. McNulty**, Karen A. McDonald, Somen Nandi, and Jennifer M. Knipe+ (2021). Immobilization of Transgenic Plant Cells Towards Bioprinting for Production of a Recombinant Biodefense Agent, Biotechnology Journal, 16(10)  e2100133 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202100133
  • McNulty MJ**§, Kelada K**§, Paul D, Nandi S, and McDonald KA. (2021). Introducing uncertainty quantification to techno-economic models of manufacturing field-grown plant-made products. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 128: 153-165.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2021.04.013
  • Kelada KD**, Tusé D†, Gleba Y¥, McDonald KA, and Nandi S. (2021). Large-Scale Bioproduction, Simulation, and Techno-Economic Analysis of Sweet Protein Thaumatin II. Foods, 10, 838.
    DOI: 10.3390/foods10040838
  • McNulty MJ**, Karuppanan K*, Xiong Y**, Yates K**, Hilzinger JM*, Berliner AJ**, Delzio J***, Arkin AP, Lane NE, Nandi S, and McDonald KA. (2021). Molecular Pharming to Support Human Life on the Moon, Mars, and Beyond. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology.
    DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1888070
  • McNulty MJ**§, Silberstein DZ**§, Kuhn BT, Padgett HS†, Nandi S, McDonald KA, and Cross CE. (2020). Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and recombinant protein sources with focus on plant sources: updates, challenges and perspectives. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 160: 10 – 30.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.11.030K
  • Aaron Berliner, Jacob M. Hilzinger, Anthony J. Abel, Matthew McNulty, George Makrygiorgos, Nils J.H. Averesch, Soumyajit Sen Gupta, Alexander Benvenuti, Daniel Caddell, Stefano Cestellos-Blanco, Anna Doloman, Skyler Friedline, Desiree Ho, Wenyu Gu, Avery Hill, Paul Kusuma, Isaac Lipsky, Mia Mirkovic, Jorge Meraz, Vince Pane, Kyle B. Sander, Fengzhe Shi, Jeffrey M. Skerker, Alexander Styer, Kyle Valgardson, Kelly Wetmore, Sung-Geun Woo, Yongao Xiong, Kevin Yates, Cindy Zhang, Shuyang Zhen, Bruce Bugbee, Devin Coleman-Derr, Ali Mesbah, Somen Nandi, Robert W. Waymouth, Peidong Yang, Craig S. Criddle, Karen A. McDonald, Amor A. Menezes, Lance C. Seefeldt, Douglas S. Clark, Adam P. Arkin (2021) Towards a Biomanufactory on Mars. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
    DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2021.711550
  • Maria Lobato Gómez, Xin Huang, Derry Alvarez, Wenshu He, Can Baysal, Changfu Zhu, Victoria Armario-Najera, Amaya Blanco Perera, Pedro Cerda Bennasser, Andera Saba-Mayoral, Guillermo Sobrino-Mengual1, Ashwin Vargheese1, Rita Abranches2, Isabel Alexandra, Abreu, Shanmugaraj Balamurugan, Ralph Bock, Johannes. F. Buyel, Nicolau B da Cunha, Henry Daniell, Roland Faller, André Folgado, Iyappan Gowtham, SuviT. Häkkinen, Shashi, Kumar , Ramalingam Sathish Kumar, Cristiano Lacorte, George P. Lomonossoff, Ines M. Luís, Julian K.-C. Ma, Karen. A. McDonald, Andre Murad, Somen Nandi, Barry, O’Keef, Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, Subramanian Parthiban, Mathew J. Paul, Daniel Ponndorf, Elibio Rech, Julio C.M. Rodrigues, Stephanie Ruf, Stefan Schillberg, Jennifer Schwestka, Priya S. Shah, Rahul Singh, Eva Stoger, Richard M. Twyman, Inchakalody P. Varghese, Giovanni R. Vianna, Gina Webster, Ruud H.P. Wilbers, Teresa Capell, Paul Christou, (2021). Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against human infectious diseases – part 1: epidemic and pandemic diseases. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13657
  • Wenshu He, Can Baysal, Maria Lobato Gómez, Xin Huang, Derry Alvarez, Changfu Zhu, Victoria Armario-Najera, Aamaya Blanco Perera, Pedro Cerda Bennaser, Andrea Saba-Mayoral, Guillermo Sobrino-Mengual, Ashwin Vargheese, Rita Abranches, Isabel Alexandra Abreu, Shanmugaraj Balamurugan, Ralph Bock, Johannes F. Buyel, Nicolau B. da Cunha, Henry Daniell, Roland Faller, André Folgado, Iyappan Gowtham, Suvi T. Häkkinen, Shashi Kumar, Ramalingam Sathish Kumar, Cristiano Lacorte, George P. Lomonossoff, Ines M. Luís, Julian K.-C. Ma, Karen A. McDonald, Andre Murad, Somen Nandi, Barry O’Keef, Subramanian Parthiban, Mathew J. Paul, Daniel Ponndorf, Elibio Rech, Julio C.M. Rodrigues, Stephanie Ruf, S. Schillberg, Jennifer Schwestka, Priya S. Shah, Rahul Singh, Eva Stoger, Richard M. Twyman, Inchakalody P. Varghese, Giovanni R. Vianna, Gina Webster, Ruud H.P. Wilbers, Paul Christou, Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, Teresa Capell (2021). Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans – part 2: affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases. The Plant Biotechnology Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13658

2020

  • Macharoen K**, Du M***, Jung S***, McDonald KA, and Nandi S. (2020d). Production of Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase from Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures in a Pilot Scale Bioreactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 118: 1431-1443.
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.27638
  • Macharoen K**, McDonald KA, and Nandi S. (2020c). A Method to Simplify Bioreactor Processing for Recombinant Protein Production in Rice Cell Suspension Cultures. MethodsX. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.101139
  • Corbin JM**§, McNulty MJ**§, Macharoen K**, McDonald KA, and Nandi S. (2020). Techno‐economic Analysis of Semicontinuous Bioreactor Production of Biopharmaceuticals in Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering.
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.27475
  • McDonald KA and Holtz RB† (2020). From Farm to Finger Prick – A Perspective on How Plants Can Help in the Fight Against COVID-19. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 03 July 2020.
    DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00782.
  • Bernardi A**, Huang Y**, Harris B**, Xiong Y**, Nandi S, McDonald KA, and Faller R. (2020). Development and Simulation of Fully Glycosylated Molecular Models of ACE2-Fc Fusion Proteins and Their Interaction with the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Binding Domain. PLoS ONE, 15(8): e0237295.
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237295. eCollection 2020 PMID: 32756606.
    • Associated dataset submission: Faller R, Bernardi A, Huang Y, Harris B, Xiong Y, Nandi S, and McDonald KA. (2020). 0 ns and 75 ns configurations of glycosylated ACE2-FC and its interaction with SARS-CoV-2 binding domains [Data set]. doi: 10.25338/B82G9B.
  • Macharoen K**, Li Q**, Márquez-Escobar VA*, Corbin JM**, Lebrilla CB, Nandi S, and McDonald KA (2020b). Effects of Kifunensine on Production and N-glycosylation Modification of Butyrylcholinesterase in a Transgenic Rice Cell Culture Bioreactor. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21:6896.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186896.
  • Macharoen K**, McDonald KA, and Nandi S. (2020a). Simplified Bioreactor Processes for Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase Production in Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures. Biochemical Engineering Journal.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107751.
  • Tusé D†, Nandi S, McDonald KA, and Buyel JF¥. (2020). The Emergency Response Capacity of Plant-based Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing – What It Is and What It Could Be. Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2020, Vol 11, Article 594019.
    DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.594019

2019

  • McNulty MJ**, Gleba Y¥, Tusé D†, Hahn‐Löbmann S¥, Giritch A¥, Nandi S, McDonald KA. (2019) Techno‐economic analysis of a plant‐based platform for manufacturing antimicrobial proteins for food safety. Biotechnol. Prog.
    DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2896
  • Xiong, Y.**, Karuppanan, K.*, Bernardi, A.*, Li, Q.*, Kommineni, V.†, Dandekar, A.M., Lebrilla, C.B., Faller, R., McDonald, K.A., and Nandi, S. (2019) Effects of N-Glycosylation on the Structure, Function, and Stability of a Plant-Made Fc-Fusion Anthrax Decoy Protein. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 768.
    DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00768
  • Kommineni, V †, Markert, M.*, Ren, Z.**, Palle, S. †, Carrillo, B.*, Deng, J., Tejeda, A.**, Nandi, S.; McDonald, K.A., Marcel, S.† and Holtz, B.† (2019) In Vivo Glycan Engineering via the Mannosidase I Inhibitor (Kifunensine) Improves Efficacy of Rituximab Manufactured in Nicotiana benthamiana Plants. International Journal for Molecular Sciences, 20(1), 194.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010194 
  • Alkanaimsh, S.*, Corbin, J.M.*, Kailemia, M.J.**, Karuppanan, K.**, Rodriguez, R.L., Lebrilla, K.B., McDonald, K.A. and Nandi, S. (2019). Purification and site-specific N-glycosylation analysis of human recombinant butyrylcholinesterase from Nicotiana benthamiana. Biochemical Engineering Journal 142: 58–67.
    DOI: org/10.1016/j.bej.2018.11.004

2018

  • Alam, A.***, Jiang, L.***, Kittleson, G. A.***, Steadman, K. D.***, Nandi, S., Fuqua, J. L., Palmer, K.E., Tusé D.† , and McDonald, K. A. (2018). Technoeconomic Modeling of Plant-Based Griffithsin Manufacturing. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6, 102.
    DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00102
  • Huang, Ting-Kuo**, Falk, Bryce W., Dandekar,  Abhaya M., McDonald, Karen A. (2018). Enhancement of Recombinant Protein Production in Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana Plant Cell Suspension Cultures with Co-Cultivation of Agrobacterium Containing Silencing Suppressors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(6):1561.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061561.
  • Sukenik, Sara C.**, Karuppanan, Kalimuthu*, Li, Qiongyu**, Lebrilla, Carlito B., Nandi, Somen, and McDonald, Karen A. (2018). Transient Recombinant Protein Production in Glycoengineered Nicotiana benthamiana Cell Suspension Culture. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(4): 1205.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041205.
  • Silberstein, David Z.**, Karuppanan Kalimuthu*, Aung, Hnin Hnin, Chen, Ching-Hsein, Cross, Carroll E., McDonald,  Karen A. (2018) An Oxidation-Resistant, Recombinant Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Produced in Nicotiana benthamiana. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 120: 303-310.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.03.015.
  • Xiong, Yongao**, Li, Qiongyu**, Kailemia, Muchena J.*, Lebrilla, Carlito B., Nandi, Somen and McDonald, KarenA. (2018). Glycoform Modification of Secreted Recombinant Glycoproteins through Kifunensine Addition during Transient Vacuum Agroinfiltration. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(3): 890.
  • Corbin, Jasmine M.**, Kailemia, Muchena J.*, Cadieux, C. Linn†, Alkanaimsh, Salem**, Karuppanan, Kalimuthu*, Rodriguez, Raymond L., Lebrilla, Carlito B., Cerasoli, Douglas M.†, McDonald, Karen A. and Nandi, Somen (2018). Purification, Characterization, and N-glycosylation of Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase from Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 115(5), 1301-1310.
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.26557.

2017

  • Leth, Ingrid K.** and McDonald Karen A. (2017). Growth Kinetics and Scale-up of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101(12):4895-4903.
    DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8241-5
  • Leth, Ingrid K.** and McDonald K.A. (2017).  Media Development for Large Scale Agrobacterium tumefaciens Culture.” Biotechnology Progress, 33(5):1218.
    DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2504.
  • Karuppanan, Kalimuthu*, Duhra-Gill, Sifti**, Kailemia, Muchena J.*, Phu, My L., Lebrilla, Carlito B., Dandekar, Abhaya M., Rodriguez, Raymond L., Nandi, Somen and McDonald Karen A. (2017). Expression, Purification, and Biophysical Characterization of a Secreted Anthrax Decoy Fusion Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(1):89.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010089

2016

  • Nandi S., Kwong A.T.***, Holtz B.R., Erwin R.L., Marcel S., McDonald K.A. (2016). “Techno-economic analysis of a transient plant-based platform for monoclonal antibody production.” mAbs. 8(8):1456-1466.
    DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2016.1227901
  • Nandi, S., Thota, S.*, Nag, A.*, Divyasukhananda, S.¥, P Goswami¥, Aravindakshan, A., Rodriguez, RL., and Mukherjee, B (2016) Computing for rural empowerment: enabled by last-mile telecommunications.  IEEE Communications 54 (6), 102-109.
    DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7498095
  • Goswami, R.¥, Dasgupta, P.¥, Saha, S., Venkatapuram, P.***, and Nandi, S. (2016). Resource integration in smallholder farms for sustainable livelihoods in developing countries Cogent Food & Agriculture 2(1) 1-15.
    DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2016.1272151
  • Jung S.**, McDonald K.A. (2016). “Improved Transient Production of a Cellulase Enzyme in Detached Sunflower Leaves Using Plant Hormones.” Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. Nov;21(6):726-732.
    DOI: 10.1007/s12257-016-0410-3
  • Alkanaimsh S.**, Karuppanan K.*, Guerrero A.*, Tu A.M., Hashimoto B.**, Hwang M.S.*, Phu M.L., Arzola L.*, Lebrilla C.B., Dandekar A.M., Falk B.W., Nandi S., Rodriguez R.L., McDonald K.A. (2016). “Transient Expression of Tetrameric Recombinant Human Butyrylcholinesterase in Nicotiana benthamiana.” Frontiers in plant science. 7:743.
    DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00743
  • Corbin J.M.**, Hashimoto B.I.**, Karuppanan K.*, Kyser Z.R.***, Wu L.†, Roberts B.A.†, Noe A.R.†, Rodriguez R.L., McDonald K.A., Nandi S. (2016). “Semicontinuous Bioreactor Production of Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase in Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures.” Frontiers in plant science. 7:412.
    DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00412

2015

  • Jung S.K., McDonald K.A., Dandekar A.M. (2015). “Effect of leaf incubation temperature profiles on Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transient expression.” Biotechnology progress. 31(3):783-90.
    DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2077
  • Dinh, Thu Huong ¥, Jang, Nan Young ¥, McDonald, Karen A., & Won, Keehoon ¥. (2015). Cross-linked aggregation of glutamate decarboxylase to extend its activity range toward alkaline pH. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 90(11), 2100-2105. (JIF: 3.10)
    DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4640
  • Nandi, S. and Khush, G.S. (2015) Strategies to Increase Heterologous Protein Expression in Rice Grains. In: Recent Advancements in Gene Expression and Enabling Technologies in Crop Plants (Azhakanandam, K., Silverstone, A., Daniell, H. and Davey, R.M. eds), pp. 241-262. New York, NY: Springer New York.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2202-4
  • Doyle, M.M.***, Garcia, S.**, Bahati, E.¥, Karamuzi, D.¥, Cullor, J.S. and Nandi, S. (2015) Microbiological analysis of raw milk in Rwanda. African Journal of Food Science and Technology 6, 141-143.
    DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-230

2014

  • Jung S.K.**, Lindenmuth B.E.**, McDonald K.A., Hwang M.S.*, Bui M.Q., Falk B.W., Uratsu S.L., Phu M.L., Dandekar A.M. (2014). “Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transient expression of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes in detached sunflower leaves.” Biotechnology progress. 30(4):905-15.
    DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1888
  • Tusé D.†, Tu T.**, McDonald K.A. (2014). “Manufacturing economics of plant-made biologics: case studies in therapeutic and industrial enzymes.” BioMed research international. 2014:256135.
    DOI: 10.1155/2014/256135
  • Kingsbury N.J.**, McDonald K.A. (2014). “Quantitative evaluation of E1 endoglucanase recovery from tobacco leaves using the vacuum infiltration-centrifugation method.” BioMed research international. 2014:483596.
    DOI: 10.1155/2014/483596
  • Nandi S., McDonald K.A. (2014). “Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Plant Cell Culture.” In Hefferon K. (Ed.), Plant-derived Pharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications for Developing Countries. Boston, MA: CABI.

2013

  • Dinh T.H.¥, Ho N.A.¥, Kang T.J., McDonald K.A., Won K. ¥ (2013). “Salt-free production of γ-aminobutyric acid from glutamate using glutamate decarboxylase separated from Escherichia coli.” Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. Nov 25;89:1432-1436
    DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4251

2012

  • Hwang M.S.*, Lindenmuth B.E.**, McDonald K.A., Falk B.W. (2012). “Bipartite and tripartite Cucumber mosaic virus-based vectors for producing the Acidothermus cellulolyticus endo-1,4-beta-glucanase and other proteins in non-transgenic plants.” BMC Biotechnol. Sep 21;12(1):66.
    DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-66
  • Huang T.K.**, McDonald K.A. (2012). “Bioreactor systems for in vitro production of foreign proteins using plant cell cultures.” Biotechnol Adv. Mar-Apr;30(2):398-409.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.07.016
  • Kjelstrom J.A., McDonald K.A., Hargadon A., Agatstein W., Arnold M. (2012). “The University of California, Davis, Collaborative Model for Biotechnology Education and Training.” Journal of Commercial Biotechnology. 12(4):87-97.
  • Huang T.**, McDonald K.A. (2012). “Molecular Farming Using Bioreactor-Based Plant Cell Suspension Cultures for Recombinant Protein Production.” In Wang A., Ma S., (Eds.), Molecular Farming in Plants. New York, NY: Springer.
  • McDonald K.A. (2012). “In Planta Production of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes.” In Kole C., Joshi C.P., Shonnard D., (Eds.), Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

2011

  • Jung S.**, McDonald K.A. (2011). “Visual Gene Developer: a fully programmable bioinformatics software for synthetic gene optimization.” BMC Bioinformatics, 12(1): 340.
    DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-340
  • Arzola L.**, Chen J.***, Rattanaporn K.**, Maclean J.M.†, McDonald K.A. (2011). “Transient Co-Expression of Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing Suppressors for Increased in Planta Expression of a Recombinant Anthrax Receptor Fusion Protein.” Int. J. Mol. Sci, 12: 4975-4990.
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms12084975
  • Lindenmuth B.E.**, McDonald K.A. (2011). “Production and characterization of Acidothermus cellulolyticus endoglucanase in Pichia pastoris.” Protein Expression and Purification, 77(2): 153-158.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.01.006
  • McDonald K.A. (2011). “Bioreactions and Bioreactor Operation: Heterologous Protein Expression.” In Moo-Young M. (Ed.), Comprehensive Biotechnology. Waltham, MA: Elsevier.

2010

  • Huang T.K.**, Plesha M.A.**, McDonald K.A. (2010). “Semicontinuous Bioreactor Production of a Recombinant Human Therapeutic Protein Using a Chemically Inducible Viral Amplicon Expression System in Transgenic Plant Cell Suspension Cultures.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 106(3): 408-421.
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.22713

2009

  • Huang T.K.**, McDonald K.A.  (2009). “Bioreactor Engineering for Recombinant Protein Production in Plant Cell Suspension Cultures.” Biochemical Engineering Journal, 45: 168-184.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.02.008
  • Plesha M.A.**, Huang T.K.**, Dandekar A.M., Falk B.W., McDonald K.A. (2009). “Optimization of the Bioprocessing Conditions for Scale-Up of Transient Production of a Heterologous Protein in Plants Using a Chemically Inducible Viral Amplicon Expression System.” Biotechnology Progress, 25(3): 722-734.
    DOI: 10.1002/btpr.149
  • Huang T.K.**, Plesha M.A.**, Falk B.W., Dandekar A.M., McDonald K.A. (2009). “Bioreactor Strategies for Improving Production Yield and Functionality of a Recombinant Human Protein in Transgenic Tobacco Cell Cultures.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 102(2): 508-520.
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.22061

2007

  • Plesha M.A.**, Huang T.K.**, Dandekar A.M., Falk B.W., McDonald K.A. (2007). “High-Level Transient Production of a Heterologous Protein in Plants by Optimizing Induction of a Chemically Inducible Viral Amplicon Expression System” Biotechnology Progress, 23(6): 1277-1285.
    DOI: 10.1021/bp070238s
  • Zapalac E.**, McDonald K.A. (2007). “Economic and Environmental Assessment of the Purification of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin from Transgenic Plant Cell Suspension Cultures.” In Heinzle E., Biwer A. (Eds.), Development of Sustainable Bioprocesses – Modeling and Assessment. (pp. 261-270). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.