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Faculty
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Plant Biology, Genetics &
Genomics Focus Area |
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Dan
Austin Professor, Desert Museum, Ph.D., Washington University,
St. Louis~ Convolvulaceae. |
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Mark
Bierner Professor, School of Plant Sciences & Office of
Arid Lands Studies,
Ph.D., University of Texas ~ phylogenetic and systematic studies of
flowering plants, in particular members of subtribes Gaillardiinae
and Tetraneurinae of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. |
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Vicki
L. Chandler Regents' Professor, Ph. D., UC - San Francisco
~ Genetic mechanisms controlling gene expression in different cell
types and at particular times during the development of a complex
multi-cellular organism. |
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David
W. Galbraith Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge University ~ Control
of plant growth and development. |
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David
R. Gang Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University
~ Plant specialized metabolism (secondary metabolism); evolution of
plant metabolic pathways; genomics-based approaches to elucidate biosynthetic
pathways (biochemical genomics); function of plant natural products. |
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Richard
A. Jorgensen Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
~ Epigenetic and homology-dependent mechanisms of gene regulation. |
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Brian
A. Larkins Porterfield Chair & Regent's Professor, Ph.D.,
University of Nebraska. ~ Regulation of protein synthesis during seed
development. |
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Shelley
M. McMahon Research Assistant Professor, School of Plant Sciences
& Currator, UA Herbarium, Ph.D., Washington State University.
~ phylogenetic systematics, large-scale phylogenomic methods, including
supermatrix construction, and the evolution of floral morphology.
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Carolyn
A. Napoli Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D., University
of Florida ~ Plant architecture and the genetic and molecular control
underlying the developmental regulation of lateral branching. |
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Ravi
Palanivelu Assistant Professor, Ph.D, University of Georgia
~ Isolation and characterization of pollen tube guidance signals during
Arabidopsis reproduction. |
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Richard
Percy Professor, United States Department of Agriculture,
Ph.D., Texas A&M University ~ Genetics and germplasm enhancement
of cotton with emphasis upon abiotic stress and fiber quality. |
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Rachel
Pfister Retired |
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Steve
Rounsley Associate Research Professor, School of Plant
Sciences & BIO5 Institute,
Ph.D., University of California ~ genome structure and organization. |
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Karen
S. Schumaker Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland
~ Molecular genetic mechanisms controlling plant development and plant
adaptation to abiotic stress. |
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Carol
Soderlund Associate Research Professor, Ph.D., New Mexico
State University~ Software for physical mapping, comparative genomics
and host-pathogen interactions. |
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Frans
Tax Asst. Professor, Department of Molecular and cellular
Biology and Adjunct School of Plant Sciences, Ph.D., University of
Washington ~ Plant Development; receptor kinases and intercellular
signaling. |
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Elizabeth
Vierling Regents' Professor, Department of Biochemistry and
School of Plant Sciences, Ph.D., University of Chicago ~ Plant cell
and molecular biology; stress proteins, molecular chaperones, seed
development. |
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Bruce
Walsh Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School
of Plant Sciences, Animal Science, College of Public Health, Ph.D.,
University of Washington. ~ Quantitative genetics, theory of plant
breeding statistical genetics and genomics. |
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Rod Wing
Professor and Director, Plant Genomics Institute, Ph.D., University
of California, Davis. ~ Genomics, BioInformatics, and BAC/EST Resources. |
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Ramin
Yadegari Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California,
Los Angeles. ~ Molecular genetics of reproductive development in flowering
plants. |
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