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headshot of Yan Gong Yan Gong
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant development, cell biology, single-cell transcriptomics, evolutionary genomics
Lew Feldman in the Botanical Garden's Carnivorous Plant Greenhouse Lewis J. Feldman
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant physiology, plant
headshot of Sheng Luan in outdoor setting Sheng Luan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial biology, plant biology
Richard Harland Richard Harland
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
molecular biology, early vertebrate development, Xenopus, embryo development
Professor Blackman in the field with sunflowers Benjamin Blackman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
evolution, adaptation, domestication, phenotypic plasticity, flowering time, evo-devo, genomics, plant biology
headshot of Patricia Lang Patricia Lang
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant climate change adaptation, plant development, molecular biology, RNA silencing, herbarium genomics, genetics
Mary Wildermuth Mary Wildermuth
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant-pathogen interactions
headshot of Becky Bart standing in green surroundings Rebecca Bart
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
agricultural sustainability, plant–microbe interactions, plant immunity, crop disease resistance
Ben Williams Ben Williams
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant epigenetics, cell identity
Patrick Shih Patrick Shih
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology
Portrait on campus, 2023 Ksenia Krasileva
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Todd Dawson Todd Dawson
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
Dept of Integrative Biology
physiological plant ecology, evolutionary plant ecology, ecosystem processes, adaptations of plants, carbon, water, nitrogen
markita landry in the lab Markita del Carpio Landry
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
nanomaterials, fluorescence microscopy, sensors, imaging, neuroscience, plant engineering
Headshot of Noah Whiteman holding two postcards with illustrations from his book Most Delicious Poison. Noah Whiteman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Karine Gibbs, photograph by Adam Sings in the Timber Karine Gibbs
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors
Brent Mishler doing fieldwork on the youngest Galapagos Island, Fernandina, with the endemic lava cactus Brachycereus nesioticus Brent D. Mishler
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolutionary biology, development, ecology, systematics, phylogeny, comparative genomics, green plants, bryophytes, mosses, reproductive biology, phylogenetics, chloroplast DNA, classification, species concepts, biodiversity, Darwin, conservation biology
Kevin Shokat Kevan Shokat
Dept of Chemistry
chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, diabetes, protein phosphorylation, fundamental signal transduction pathways in cells and whole organisms, kinase, drug development, asthma, multiple forms of cancer, neurological disorders, drug addiction
N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization
An image of Dr. Lofgren standing outdoors Lotus Lofgren
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
comparative genomics, bioinformatics, ecology, mycology
headshot of Daniel Portnoy Daniel A. Portnoy
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, intracellular pathogens, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, vaccines, cell biology
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
John Coates in lab with equipment in background John D. Coates
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
precision fermentation, Bioprocess scale-up, environmental microbiology, Industrial bioprocesses, sustainability, carbon sequestration, Bioremediation, alternative energy production, biogeochemistry
Professor Michi Taga with Petri plate Michi Taga
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, genetics, microbial biology, chemical biology, cofactors, nutrient exchange, microbial communities, bacteria
Brem photo Rachel Brem
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular evolution, ecological genetics, genetics and genomics, fungal genetics
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, magnetic nanoparticles
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