Damon Lisch
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
87
Citations
12,533
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
35
Publishing since 1991
Damon Lisch studies how genes in maize (corn) are turned on or off through mechanisms that don't change the underlying DNA sequence, such as DNA methylation and small RNA molecules, as well as how mobile DNA segments called transposons move, get silenced, and affect the genome. This work touches on inheritance of gene activity states across generations (epigenetics) and how genomes respond to stresses like heat and drought. Prospective students would be working on plant molecular biology and genetics using maize as a model organism.
Publication output rose from 2017 through a peak in 2022, then declined notably in 2023-2025, with the last five years averaging about 2 publications per year.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Using the MaizeGDB genome browser to evaluate gene model annotation quality and gain functional insights
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd · 2025
- Drought-induced circular RNAs in maize roots: Separating signal from noise
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2024
- Heritable changes of epialleles near genes in maize can be triggered in the absence of CHH methylation
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2023
- Heritable changes of epialleles in maize can be triggered in the absence of DNA methylation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2023
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Evolution of Conserved Noncoding Sequences in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2022
- Conserved noncoding sequences and de novo <i>Mutator</i> insertion alleles are imprinted in maize
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2022
- An inexpensive, fast, and robust DNA extraction method for high-quality DNA for use in genotyping and next-generation sequencing applications in plants
BIO-PROTOCOL · 2022
- A Molecular Cloning and Sanger Sequencing-based Protocol for Detecting Site-specific DNA Methylation
BIO-PROTOCOL · 2022
- RNA-directed DNA methylation prevents rapid and heritable reversal of transposon silencing under heat stress in Zea mays
PLoS Genetics · 2021
- The <i>mop1</i> mutation affects the recombination landscape in maize
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021
- The Epigenome and Beyond: How Does Non-genetic Inheritance Change Our View of Evolution?
Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2021
- RNA-directed DNA methylation prevents rapid and heritable reversal of transposon silencing under heat stress in Zea <i>mays</i>
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021
- Silencing of <i>Mu</i> elements in maize involves distinct populations of small RNAs and distinct patterns of DNA methylation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
- Transposable elements employ distinct integration strategies with respect to transcriptional landscapes in eukaryotic genomes
Nucleic Acids Research · 2020
- Silencing of <i>Mutator</i> Elements in Maize Involves Distinct Populations of Small RNAs and Distinct Patterns of DNA Methylation
Genetics · 2020
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
- Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature×4
- The Plant Cell×3
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY×3
- BIO-PROTOCOL×3
- Shujun Ou
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Charles F. Crane
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Phillip SanMiguel
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jay B. Hollick
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Yufeng Wu
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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