Associate Professor of Biology
Edward J. Smerek Chair of Mathematics, the Sciences, & Technology
Director, Center for Deciphering Life's Languages
HHMI Program Director
Department of Biology
Hiram College
Hiram, OH 44234
(330) 569-5260
goodnerbw@hiram.edu
Purdue University Biology Ph.D., 1991
Texas A&M University Biochemistry B.S., 1983 magna cum laude
Professional Appointments
Hiram College: Assistant Professor of Biology 2001 - 2003, Associate Professor 2003 – present,
Director of the Center for Deciphering Life’s Languages 2006 - present
HHMI Program Director 2004-present
University of Richmond: Assistant Professor of Biology 1994 - 2001
University of North Carolina: Postdoctoral Fellow & Visiting Lecturer 1991 - 1994
Teaching Experience (# times course was taught)
Hiram College: Genetics (8), Molecular & Cellular Biology (5), Microbiology (5), Advanced Molecular &
Cellular Biology (2), Immunology (2), Bioinformatics (3), Zoology (1)
University of Richmond: Genetics (5), Microbiology (4), Plant Physiology (3), Reproductive Biology of
Flowering Plants (3), Introduction to Plant Biology (2), Field Biology (3), Organismal Biology II
(1), Impact of Science on Societal Problems [gen. ed.] (1), Plant-Microorganism Interactions (1)
University of North Carolina: Cell and Developmental Biology (1)
Current Research & Research Outreach
Functional genomics to better understand the biology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Reconstructing the evolution of chromosome II in Agrobacterium biovar 1 and 3 strains
Physical mapping, gap closure, & annotation for Agrobacterium biovar 2 and 3 genomes
Genetic/physical map, gap closure, & annotation for two Xenorhabdus genomes
Annotation of the Chromohalobacter salexigens (Halomonas elongata) genome
Finishing & annotating the Azotobacter vinelandii genome
Finishing & annotating the Sphingomonas elodea genome
Hiram Genomics Initiative: Bringing research into the undergraduate and high school classroom
Hiram Genomics Academy: Summer research opportunity for high school students
Publications
Notes: * denotes undergraduate student, ** denotes high school student
Latreille, P., S. Norton, S. Slater, N. Miller, B. Barbazuk, H. Bode, C. Darby, S. Forst, S. Gaudriault, B.
Goodner, H. Goodrich-Blair, & B. Goldman, 2007. Optical mapping as a routine tool in bacterial
genome sequencing. Genome Research (manuscript submitted).
Forst, S., & B. Goodner, 2006. Comparative bacterial genomics and its use in undergraduate education.
Biological Control 38:47-53.
Slater, S.C., B.W. Goodner, J.C. Setubal, T. Burr, S. Farrand, B. Goldman, D.W. Wood, & E.W.
Nester, 2006. The Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 genome: general features and scientific
impact since publication of the sequence. (invited book chapter in press).
Goodner, B., & C. Wheeler, 2006. Functional genomics: using reverse genetics to test bioinformatics
predictions. ASM Microbe Library (peer-reviewed Web site for microbiology teaching
resources).
Huang, W.M., J. Davis, Q. Ruan, J. Aron, B. Goodner, N. Pride*, E. Henry*, A. Sabo*, E. Telepak*, L.
Joss, & S. Casjens, 2006. Linear chromosome end generating system of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens C58. Journal of Biological Chemistry (manuscript submitted).
Goodner, B., 2006. So you want to include bioinformatics in your course – go for it! Focus on
Microbiology Education 12(3):4-5.
Csonka, L.N., K. O’Connor, F. Larimer, P. Richardson, A. Lapidus, A.D. Ewing*, B.W. Goodner, & A.
Oren, 2005. What we can deduce about metabolism in the moderate halophile
Chromohalobacter salexigens from its genomic sequence. Chapter 18 in Adaptation To Life At
High Salt Concentrations In Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Gunde-Cimerman, N., A.
Oren, & A. Plemenita, eds. Springer-Dordrecht.
Goodner, B., & D. Wood, 2004. “Going after the whole genome from two different angles”, pp. 292-309
in Agrobacterium tumefaciens: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology. Nester, E., M.P.
Gordon, & A. Kerr, eds. St. Paul, MN: APS Press.
Goodner, B., & C. Wheeler, 2004. Genetic and physical mapping of a bacterial genome. ASM Microbe
Library (peer-reviewed Web site for microbiology teaching resources).
Fowler, J.E., Z. Vejlupkova, B.W. Goodner, G. Lu, & R.S. Quatrano, 2004. Localization to the rhizoid tip
implicates a Fucus distichus Rho family GTPase in a conserved cell polarity pathway. Planta
219:856-66.
Goodner, B., 2004. Genomics and undergraduate education do mix. K-BRIN Newsletter 2:6-8.
Goodner, B.W., C.A. Wheeler, P.J. Hall, & S.C. Slater, 2003. Massively parallel undergraduates for
bacterial genome finishing. ASM News 69:584-585.
Goodner, B., G. Hinkle, S. Gattung, N. Miller, M. Blanchard, B. Qurollo, B.S. Goldman, Y. Cao, M.
Askenazi, C. Halling, L. Mullin, K. Houmiel, J. Gordon, M. Vaudin, O. Iartchouk, A. Epp, F. Liu,
C. Wollam, M. Allinger, D. Doughty*, C. Scott*, C. Lappas*, B. Markelz*, C. Flanagan*, C.
Crowell*, J. Gurson*, C. Lomo*, C. Sear*, G. Strub*, C. Cielo*, & S. Slater, 2001. Genome
sequence of the plant pathogen and biotechnology agent Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58.
Science 294:2323-2328.
Goodner, B.W., B.P. Markelz*, M.C. Flanagan*, C.B. Crowell, Jr.*, J.L. Racette*, B.A. Schilling*, L.M.
Halfon*, J.S. Mellors*, & G. Grabowski*, 1999. Combined genetic and physical map of the
complex genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Journal of Bacteriology 181:5160-5166.
Goodner, B.W., L.E. Jacobson**, & A.L. Goodner, 1998. The role of egg size and composition in artificial
nest predation experiments. Virginia Journal of Science 49:221-225.
Rabenold, K.N., P.T. Fauth, B.W. Goodner, J.A. Sadowski, & P.G. Parker, 1998. Response of avian
communities to disturbance by an exotic insect in spruce-fir forests of the southern
Appalachians. Conservation Biology 12:177-189.
Goodner, B., J.D. Davis, & R.S. Quatrano, 1995. Sequence of actin cDNA from Fucus disticus. Plant
Physiology 107:1007-1008.
Goodner, B., & R.S. Quatrano, 1993. Fucus embryogenesis: A model to study the establishment of
polarity. The Plant Cell 5:1471-1481.
Csonka, L.N., S.B. Gelvin, B.W. Goodner, C.S. Orser, D. Siemieniak, & J.L. Slightom, 1988. Nucleotide
sequence of a mutation in the proB gene of Escherichia coli that confers proline overproduction
and enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress. Gene 64:199-205.
Orser, C.S., B.W. Goodner, M. Johnston, S.B. Gelvin, & L.N. Csonka, 1988. The Escherichia coli proB
gene corrects the proline auxotrophy of Saccharomyces cerevisiae pro1 mutants. Molecular &
General Genetics 212:124-128.
Personal Presentations (2001-2006 only)
Goodner, B., & C. Wheeler, 2006. Functional genomics inventory of A. tumefaciens C58 – an update.
Oral presentation at 27th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Goodner, B., 2006. Giving your course the genomics touch. Invited oral presentation at 13th ASM
Conference on Undergraduate Education.
Goodner, B., 2006. Incorporating genomics and bioinformatics into your courses. Invited pre-
conference workshop at 13th ASM Conference Undergraduate Education.
Goodner, B., 2006. Course-based research: a tool for recruiting high school & college students into
science-based careers. Invited pre-conference workshop at American Society for Clinical
Laboratory Science Educational Conference.
Goodner, B., students in 2005 genetics course*, & the K84/S4 Genome Consortium, 2005. Evolutionary
insights from the Agrobacterium genome project. Oral presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall
Conference.
Goodner, B., 2005. Hiram Genomics Initiative: integration of bioinformatics and genomics throughout
the biology curriculum at a small liberal arts college. Invited oral presentation for Division W
Symposium “Bioinformatics in Microbiology Education – Working with Sequence, Structure, and
Function” at 105th ASM General Meeting.
Goodner, B., 2005. Course-based research on the cheap: undergraduate annotation of microbial
genomes. Poster presentation at 12th ASM Conference on Undergraduate Education.
Goodner, B., L. Wilson*, N. Pride*, T. Ostheimer*, & the K84/S4 Genome Consortium, 2004. Genomic
archaeology: chromosome II in Agrobacterium & its relatives. Oral presentation at 25th Annual
Crown Gall Conference.
Ewing, A.*, L. Chaney*, R. Kadoi*, A. Guercio, & B. Goodner, 2004. Bioinformatics efforts at Hiram
College. Poster presentation at 25th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Goodner, B., R. Kadoi*, & the K84/S4 Genome Consortium, 2004. KE1 repetitive element = CIR2
sequence of Chen & Shapiro: further analysis of the methylation site hypothesis & the evolution
of nontraditional repetitive elements in Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at 25th Annual Crown
Gall Conference.
Goodner, B., & C. Wheeler, 2004. Incorporating original genomics research into genetics and molecular
biology course. Major workshop presentation at 26th Annual Association for Biological Laboratory
Education Conference.
Goodner, B., & C. Wheeler, 2004. Genomics research as an organizing thread to the microbial/
molecular curriculum. Poster presentation at 11th ASM Conference on Undergraduate
Education.
Slater, S., C. Wheeler, P. Hall, & B. Goodner, 2003. Massively parallel undergraduates for bacterial
genome finishing. Poster presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Goodner, B., 2003. Massively parallel undergraduates for bacterial genomics. Oral presentation at 3rd
International Conference on Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Entomopathogenic Bacteria.
Goodner, B., H. Edwards*, T. Ostheimer*, N. Pride*, N. Reddy*, S. Reeves*, & L. Wilson*, 2003.
Probing the origin of the linear chromosome in Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at the
Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting.
Goodner, B., G. Hinkle, S. Gattung, N. Miller, M. Blanchard, B. Qurollo, B.S. Goldman, Y. Cao, M.
Askenazi, C. Halling, L. Mullin, K. Houmiel, M. Vaudin, O. Iartchouk, A. Epp, F. Liu, C. Wollam,
M. Allinger, D. Doughty*, C. Scott*, C. Lappas*, B. Markelz*, C. Flanagan*, C. Crowell*, J.
Gurson*, C. Lomo*, C. Sear*, G. Strub*, C. Cielo*, & S. Slater, 2001. Additional insights from the
complete genome sequence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58. Oral presentation at 22nd
Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Slater, S., B. Goodner, G. Hinkle, S. Gattung, N. Miller, Y. Cao, M. Askenazi, M. Blanchard, L. Mullin, M.
Vaudin, K. Houmiel, O. Iartchouk, F. Liu, A. Epp, C. Wollam, M. Allinger, D. Doughty*, C. Scott*,
C. Lappas*, B. Markelz*, C. Flanagan*, C. Crowell*, J. Gurson*, C. Lomo*, C. Sear*, & G. Strub*,
2001. Sequencing, assembly, and annotation of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58
genome. Invited oral presentation at ASM/TIGR Conference on Microbial Genomes.
Other Presentations (Presenter(s); 2001-2006 only)
Arnold, F.*, D. Balasubramanian*, J. Collins*, D. Factor*, S. Larrick*, C. Penton*, B. Roemer*, A.
Wilson*, L. Wilson*, S. Zilka*, students in 2002-2005 molecular and cellular biology courses*, P.
Hall, C. Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2005. Update on Agrobacterium functional genomics studies at
Hiram College. Poster presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Balasubramanian, D.*, A. Ewing*, D. Factor*, S. Larrick*, B. Roemer*, A. Wilson*, L. Wilson*, students in
2004-2005 biochemistry & genetics & molecular and cellular biology courses*, P. Hall, C.
Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2005. Update on genome projects involving Hiram College. Poster
presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Abraham, N.*, I. Bennett*, T. Law*, F. Arnold*, J. Collins*, C. Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2005. Initial
characterization of nitrogen metabolism in A. tumefaciens C58. Poster presentation at 26th
Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Henry, E.*, A. Sabo*, E. Telepak*, & B. Goodner, 2005. Unearthing the linearization of chromosome II in
the Agrobacterium biovar 1 clade. Poster presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Johnson, T.*, D. Whiteside*, L. Livingston*, R. Yasin*, G. Dottle*, J.M. Kuhns*, T. Law*, T. Ohlin*, C.
Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2005. Functional differences between the two aconitases of A.
tumefaciens C58. Poster presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall Conference (winner of Midwest
Scientific Award for Best Undergraduate Poster).
Reed, A.*, V. Mateo*, B. Shelton*, J. Edwards*, F. Arnold*, J. Collins*, C. Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2005.
Further links between sugar metabolism & osmotic tolerance in Agrobacterium. Poster
presentation at 26th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Oren, A., L.N. Csonka, F. Larimer, P. Richardson, A. Lapidus, B.W. Goodner, & A.D. Ewing*, 2005.
Genomic analysis of Chromohalobacter salexigens: clues about its carbon metabolism and the
nature of its halophilic properties. Poster presentation at International Union of Microbiological
Societies Meeting.
Arnold, F.*, D. Ondrusek*, J. Leising*, spring 2004 microbiology course*, C. Wheeler, B. Goodner, & the
K84/S4 Genome Consortium, 2004. Diversity of responses to selenite among Agrobacterium
and other soil bacteria. Poster presentation at 25th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Ondrusek, D.*, J. Leising*, spring 2004 genetics & microbiology courses*, C. Wheeler, B. Goodner, & the
K84/S4 Genome Consortium, 2004. Induction of a nonribosomal peptide/polyketide biosynthesis
gene cluster by plant compounds. Poster presentation at 25th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Dombroski, J.*, J. Hardesty*, T. Russell*, C. Crowe*, N. Ellis*, H. Masuda*, A. Toriello*, S. Weeks*, C.
Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2003. Hiram Genomics Initiative: functional genomics of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens C58. Poster presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Hardesty, J.*, & B. Goodner, 2003. Functional uniqueness hiding under redundancy of sucrose
metabolism. Oral presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Pride, N.*, L. Wilson*, T. Ostheimer*, H. Edwards*, S. Reeves*, N. Reddy*, & B. Goodner, 2003.
Probing the origin of chromosome II in Agrobacterium and its relatives. Poster presentation at
24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Young, A.*, E. Rue*, & B. Goodner, 2003. Further dissection of animal pathogenicity of Agrobacterium.
Oral presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Young A.*, E. Rue*, C. Crowe*, S. Weeks*, & B. Goodner, 2003. Further dissection of animal
pathogenicity of Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Wheeler, C., P. Hall, & B. Goodner, 2003. Hiram Genomics Initiative: incorporating original research
throughout the molecular biology curriculum. Poster presentation at 24th Annual Crown Gall
Conference.
Slater S., & B. Goodner, 2003. Massively parallel undergraduates for bacterial genomics. Poster
presentation at Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting.
Wheeler, C., P. Hall, & B. Goodner, 2003. Hiram Genomics Initiative: novel genomics research where
you least expect it. Poster presentation at 25th Annual Association for BiologicalLaboratory
Education Conference.
Crowe, C.*, S. Weeks*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Further evidence for invasiveness of human isolates of
Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Crowe, C.*, N. Ellis*, H. Masuda*, S. Weeks*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Functional genomics of
Agrobacterium-eukaryote interactions. Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall
Conference.
Dombos, C.*, K. Palof*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Slow, but steady: further studies on sucrose metabolism in
Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Edwards, H.*, S. Reeves*, & B. Goodner, 2002. The elusive telomeres and telomerase of the
Agrobacterium linear chromosome. Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Ewing, A.*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 proteomics database. Poster
presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Fraifogl J.*, S. Satterlee*, A. Ewing*, C. Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2002. The Sphingomonas elodea
genome project & comparative genomics within the -Proteobacteria. Poster presentation at
23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Hall, P., M. Brooks*, C. Wheeler, & B. Goodner, 2002. Hiram Genomics Initiative. Poster presentation
at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Masuda, H.*, C. Sear*, J. Gurson*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Let’s get started: testing chromosomal ori
function. Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Toriello, A.*, & B. Goodner, 2002. Understanding the range of antibiotic resistance in Agrobacterium.
Poster presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Yasin, T.*, & B. Goodner, 2002. What’s light got to do with it – phytochromes in Agrobacterium. Poster
presentation at 23rd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Crowe, C.*, N. Ellis*, S. Weeks*, H. Masuda*, A. Stanley*, C. Cielo*, J. DiDonato, & B. Goodner, 2001.
Testing for additional Agrobacterium interactions with eukaryotic cells. Poster presentation at 22nd
Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Palof, K.*, A. Pollack*, M. Starnes*, C. Cielo*, S. Slater, & B. Goodner, 2001. Stealing from the cookie
jar: testing the extent of metabolic parasitism of plants by Agrobacterium. Poster presentation at
22nd Annual Crown Gall Conference.
Active Grants (role)
Innovating Biotechnology Education: Incorporating Novel Genomics Research in the Development of a
True 2+2+2 Educational Pathway (co-PI). Advanced Technological Education Program, National
Science Foundation. Collaboration with Mesa Community College & Arizona St. University.
Total budget of $899,887 for 2006-2009 (no costs to Hiram College; serving as a traveling
consultant).
Genome Sequence and Analysis of Azotobacter vinelandii (co-PI). Microbial Genome Sequencing
Program, National Science Foundation. Collaboration with Monsanto Company, Seattle
University, & Virginia Tech University. $35,671 total costs to Hiram College, out of total budget
of $548,286, for period of 2005-2007.
Original Research Within Courses: A Magnet to Attract and Train the Next Generation of Life Scientists
(primary author & program director). Undergraduate Science Education Program Grant, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute. Collaboration with 8 other faculty and staff at Hiram College.
$1,250,000 total costs to Hiram College for period of 2004-2008.
Genome Sequencing of Agrobacterium Biovar Type Strains (co-PI). Microbial Genome Sequencing
Program, National Science Foundation. Collaboration with Monsanto Company, University of
Washington, Seattle Pacific University, University of Illinois, Cornell University, Virginia Tech
University, Arizona St. University, & University of Strasbourg (France). $41,786 total costs to
Hiram College, out of total budget of $1,000,000, for period of 2003-2006.
Complete Sequence of Two Entomopathogenic Xenorhabdus species (co-PI). Microbial Genome
Sequencing Program, United States Department of Agriculture. Collaboration with Monsanto
Company, Danforth Plant Science Center, University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee, & University of Alabama at Birmingham. $23,093 total costs to Hiram College, out of
total budget of $475,000, for period of 2003-2006.
Scholarships, Fellowships, & Honors
Hiram College (2001 – current): Michael Starr Award for Outstanding New Faculty Member, Paul Martin
Award for Outstanding Contributions to College Academic Program (twice), Ohio Magazine
Excellence in Education Recognition
Purdue University (1983 -1991): Purdue University Fellowship, NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, David Ross
Fellowship
Texas A&M University (1979 - 1983): University Undergraduate Research Fellow, Bottino Research
Award in Biochemistry, Outstanding Senior in Plant Sciences, Distinguished Honor Award in the
College of Agriculture
