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Patrick Horn

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

College: College of Science

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2013
    Major: Biochemistry
  • BS, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
    Major: Biochemistry

Current Scheduled Teaching

BIOL 3510.002Cell BiologySpring 2025
BIOC 4900.733Special ProblemsSpring 2025
BIOC 4540.001Biochemistry IFall 2024 Syllabus
BIOC 5540.001Biochemistry IFall 2024
BIOL 3996.733Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2024
BIOC 6940.733Individual ResearchFall 2024
CHEM 6940.778Individual ResearchFall 2024
CHEM 5950.778Master's ThesisFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

CHEM 5950.762Master's ThesisSummer 10W 2024
BIOC 4900.733Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2024
BIOL 3510.001Cell BiologySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BIOL 3996.733Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSpring 2024
BIOC 6940.733Individual ResearchSpring 2024
BIOC 4540.001Biochemistry IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
BIOC 5540.001Biochemistry IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
BIOL 3996.733Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2023
BIOC 6940.733Individual ResearchFall 2023
BIOL 4900.733Special ProblemsFall 2023
BIOL 3996.733Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSummer 5W2 2023
BIOC 4900.733Special ProblemsSpring 2023
BIOL 4900.733Special ProblemsSpring 2023
BIOC 4540.001Biochemistry IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
BIOC 5540.001Biochemistry IFall 2022 SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Novotny, L., Dave, P., Horn, P. (2022). Multiple Conserved Cysteine Residues Are Required for Delta‐12 Fatty Acid Desaturase Function in Arabidopsis thaliana. FASEB Journal. 36 The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.L7981
  • Book Chapter

  • Horn, P., Chapman, K., Ischebeck, T. (2021). Isolation of Lipid Droplets for Protein and Lipid Analysis. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). Plant Lipids: Methods and Protocols. 2295 295-320. New York, NY, Humana. https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-1362-7_16
  • Journal Article

  • Horn, P., Cannon, A. (2023). The Molecular Frequency, Conservation and Role of Reactive Cysteines in Plant Lipid Metabolism. Plant and Cell Physiology. Special Issue in Plant and Algal Lipids. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad163
  • Horn, P.J., Chapman, K.D. (2023). Imaging plant metabolism in situ. Journal of Experimental Botany. Special Issue in Plant Metabolomics. erad423. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad423
  • Borisjuk, L., Horn, P., Chapman, K., Jakob, P., Guendel, A., Rollestschek, H. (2023). Seeing Plants as Never Before. New Phytologist. Tansley review. 238 (5) 1775-1794. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18871
  • Hoh, D., Horn, P., Kanazawa, A., Froehilch, J., Cruz, J., Tessmer, O.L., Hall, D., Yin, L., Benning, C. (2022). Genetically-determined variations in photosynthesis indicate roles for specific fatty acid species in chilling responses. Plant, Cell & Environment. 45 1682-1697. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.14313
  • Davis Armstrong, N., Spragley, K.J., Chen, W., Hsu, F., Brewer, M., Horn, P., Williams, S., Sale, M., Worrall, B., Keene, K. (2021). Multi-omic analysis of stroke recurrence in African Americans from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial. PLOS One. 16 e0247257. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247257
  • Horn, P. (2021). Where Do the Electrons Go? How numerous redox processes drive phytochemical diversity. Phytochemistry Reviews. 20 (2) 367-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-020-09738-w
  • Horn, P., Smith, M., Clark, T., Froehlich, J., Benning, C. (2020). PEROXIREDOXIN Q stimulates the activity of the chloroplast 16:1Δ3trans FATTY ACID DESATURASE4. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 56 2457-2464. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tpj.14657
  • Zienkiewicz, A., Zienkiewicz, K., Poliner, E., Pulman, J., Du, Z., Stefano, G., Tsai, C., Horn, P., Feussner, I., Farre, E., Childs, K., Brandizzi, F., Benning, C. (2020). The Microalga Nannochloropsis during transition from quiescence to autotrophy in response to nitrogen availability. Plant Physiology. 182 819-839. http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/early/2019/11/18/pp.19.00854.abstract
  • Hurlock, A., Wang, K., Takeuchi, T., Horn, P., Benning, C. (2018). Acyl editing of plastid lipids and chloroplast import of phospahtidylglyerol precursors in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 95 1128-1139. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tpj.13999
  • Yu, X., Cahoon, R., Horn, P., Shi, H., Prakash, R., Cai, Y., Hearney, M., Chapman, K., Cahoon, E., Schwender, J., Shanklin, J. (2018). Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in the seed oil of Camelina sativa. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 16 (4) 926-938. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pbi.12839
  • Salazar, C., Jones, M., Sturtevant, D., Horn, P., Crossley, J., Zaman, K., Chapman, K., Wrona, M., Isaac, G., Smith, N., Shulaev, V. (2017). Development and application of sub‐2 µm particle CO2‐based chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for comprehensive analysis of lipids in cottonseed extracts. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM. 31 (7) 591-605. https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rcm.7825
  • Sturtevant, D., Horn, P., Kennedy, C., Hinze, L., Percy, R., Chapman, K. (2017). Lipid metabolites in seeds of diverse Gossypium accessions: molecular identification of a high oleic mutant allele. Planta. 245 595-610. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-016-2630-3
  • Campbell, B., Chapman, K., Sturtevant, D., Kennedy, C., Horn, P., Chee, P., Lubbers, E., Meredith Jr., W., Johnson, J., Fraser, D., Jones, D. (2016). Genetic analysis of cottonseed protein and oil in a diverse cotton germplasm. Crop Science. 56 (5) 2457-2464. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2135/cropsci2015.12.0742
  • Horn, P., Liu, J., Cocuron, J., McGlew, K., Thrower, N.A., Larson, M., Lu, C., Alonso, A.P., Ohlrogge, J. (2016). Identification of multiple lipid genes with modifications in expression and sequence associated with the evolution of hydroxy fatty acid accumulation in Physaria fendleri. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 86 (4) 322--348. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tpj.13163
  • Snider, J.L., Collins, G.D., Whitaker, J., Chapman, K.D., Horn, P. (2016). The impact of seed size and chemical composition on seedling vigor, yield, and fiber quality of cotton in five production environments. Field Crops Research. 193 186--195. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429016301460
  • Horn, P., Benning, C. (2016). The plant lipidome in human and environmental health. Science. 353 (6305) 1228-1232. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aaf6206
  • Hinze, L.L., Horn, P., Kothari, N., Dever, J.K., Frelichowski, J., Chapman, K.D., Percy, R.G. (2015). Nondestructive measurements of cottonseed nutritional trait diversity in the US National Cotton Germplasm Collection. Crop Science. 55 (2) 770--782. The Crop Science Society of America, Inc.. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2135/cropsci2014.04.0318
  • Horn, P., Chapman, K.D. (2014). Lipidomics in situ: insights into plant lipid metabolism from high resolution spatial maps of metabolites. Progress in Lipid Research. 54 32--52. Pergamon. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163782714000125
  • Vanhercke, T., El Tahchy, A., Liu, Q., Zhou, X., Shrestha, P., Divi, U.K., Ral, J., Mansour, M.P., Nichols, P.D., James, C.N., Horn, P., Chapman, K., Beaudoin, F., Ruiz-Lopez, N., Larkin, P., de Feyter, R., Singh, S., Petrie, J. (2014). Metabolic engineering of biomass for high energy density: oilseed-like triacylglycerol yields from plant leaves. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12 (2) 231--239. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pbi.12131
  • Horn, P., Chapman, K. (2014). Metabolite Imager: customized spatial analysis of metabolite distributions in mass spectrometry imaging. Metabolomics. 10 337-348. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11306-013-0575-0
  • Horn, P., Sturtevant, D., Chapman, K.D. (2014). Modified oleic cottonseeds show altered content, composition and tissue-specific distribution of triacylglycerol molecular species. Biochimie. 96 28--36. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0300908413002800
  • Snider, J., Collins, G., Whitaker, J., Chapman, K., Horn, P., Grey, T., others. (2014). Seed size and oil content are key determinants of seedling vigor in Gossypium hirsutum.. Other. 18 (1) 1--9. Cotton Foundation. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20143148867
  • Hall, T.D., Chastain, D.R., Horn, P., Chapman, K.D., Choinski, J.S. (2014). Changes during leaf expansion of ΦPSII temperature optima in Gossypium hirsutum are associated with the degree of fatty acid lipid saturation. Journal of Plant Physiology. 171 (6) 411-420. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84893765909
  • Main, C.L., Barber, L.T., Boman, R.K., Chapman, K., Dodds, D.M., Duncan, S., Edmisten, K.L., Horn, P., Jones, M.A., Morgan, G.D., others. (2013). Effects of nitrogen and planting seed size on cotton growth, development, and yield. Agronomy Journal. 105 (6) 1853--1859. The American Society of Agronomy, Inc.. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/agronj2013.0154
  • Horn, P., James, C.N., Gidda, S.K., Kilaru, A., Dyer, J.M., Mullen, R.T., Ohlrogge, J.B., Chapman, K.D. (2013). Identification of a new class of lipid droplet-associated proteins in plants. Plant Physiology. 162 (4) 1926--1936. American Society of Plant Biologists. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/162/4/1926/6110806
  • Horn, P., Silva, J.E., Anderson, D., Fuchs, J., Borisjuk, L., Nazarenus, T.J., Shulaev, V., Cahoon, E.B., Chapman, K.D. (2013). Imaging heterogeneity of membrane and storage lipids in transgenic Camelina sativa seeds with altered fatty acid profiles. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 76 (1) 138--150. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tpj.12278
  • Gidda, S.K., Watt, S.C., Collins-Silva, J., Kilaru, A., Arondel, V., Yurchenko, O., Horn, P., James, C.N., Shintani, D., Ohlrogge, J.B., others. (2013). Lipid droplet-associated proteins (LDAPs) are involved in the compartmentalization of lipophilic compounds in plant cells. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 8 (11) e27141. Taylor \& Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/psb.27141
  • Park, S., Gidda, S.K., James, C.N., Horn, P., Khuu, N., Seay, D.C., Keereetaweep, J., Chapman, K.D., Mullen, R.T., Dyer, J.M. (2013). The $\alpha$/$\beta$ hydrolase CGI-58 and peroxisomal transport protein PXA1 coregulate lipid homeostasis and signaling in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 25 (5) 1726--1739. American Society of Plant Biologists. https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/25/5/1726/6097856
  • Wang, S., Horn, P., Liou, L.C., Muggeridge, M.I., Zhang, Z., Chapman, K.D., Witt, S.N. (2013). A peroxisome biogenesis deficiency prevents the binding of alpha-synuclein to lipid droplets in lipid-loaded yeast. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 438 (2) 452-456. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84882630497
  • Horn, P., Chapman, K.D. (2012). Lipidomics in tissues, cells and subcellular compartments. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 70 (1) 69--80. Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04868.x
  • Horn, P., Joshi, U., Behrendt, A., Chapman, K., Verbeck, G. (2012). On-stage liquid-phase lipid microextraction coupled to nanospray mass spectrometry for detailed, nano-scale lipid analysis. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry. 26 957-962. https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rcm.6194
  • Horn, P., Korte, A.R., Neogi, P.B., Love, E., Fuchs, J., Strupat, K., Borisjuk, L., Shulaev, V., Lee, Y., Chapman, K.D. (2012). Spatial mapping of lipids at cellular resolution in embryos of cotton. The Plant Cell. 24 (2) 622--636. American Society of Plant Biologists. https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/24/2/622/6097124
  • Horn, P., Chapman, K. (2011). Organellar lipidomics. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6 1594-1596. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/psb.6.10.17133
  • Horn, P., Neogi, P., Tombokan, X., Ghosh, S., Campbell, B.T., Chapman, K.D. (2011). Simultaneous quantification of oil and protein in cottonseed by low-field time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society (JAOCS). 88 1521--1529. Springer-Verlag. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11746-011-1829-5
  • Adeyo, O., Horn, P., Lee, S., Binns, D.D., Chandrahas, A., Chapman, K.D., Goodman, J.M. (2011). The yeast lipin orthologue Pah1p is important for biogenesis of lipid droplets. Journal of Cell Biology. 192 (6) 1043--1055. The Rockefeller University Press. https://rupress.org/jcb/article/192/6/1043/36233/The-yeast-lipin-orthologue-Pah1p-is-important-for
  • Horn, P., Ledbetter, N.R., James, C.N., Hoffman, W.D., Case, C.R., Verbeck, G.F., Chapman, K.D. (2011). Visualization of lipid droplet composition by direct organelle mass spectrometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286 (5) 3298--3306. Elsevier. https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(20)54035-0/fulltext
  • James, C.N., Horn, P., Case, C.R., Gidda, S.K., Zhang, D., Mullen, R.T., Dyer, J.M., Anderson, R.G., Chapman, K.D. (2010). Disruption of the Arabidopsis CGI-58 homologue produces Chanarin--Dorfman-like lipid droplet accumulation in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (41) 17833--17838. National Academy of Sciences. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0911359107

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Ayre, B.G., McGarry, R.C., Macias, V.M., Horn, P., Shah, J., "A Laser Microdissection System to Enhance Agricultural and Food Research in the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Region," sponsored by USDA NIFA Equipment Grants Program, Federal, $341019 Funded. (2023 - 2027).
  • Horn, P. (Principal), Chapman, K. (Co-Principal), "Elucidating Cyclic Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Compartmentalization to Improve Cottonseed Value," sponsored by USDA-NIFA, Federal, $294000 Funded. (2022 - 2025).
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