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Nicole King Nicole King
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
choanoflagellates, multicellularity, evolution of animals, host-microbe interactions, bacterial cues
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
Michael Shapira, Integrative Biology Michael Shapira
Dept of Integrative Biology
aging, host-microbe interactions, Microbiome, C. elegans
Daniel Rokhsar Daniel Rokhsar
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genetics and genomics, evolution of animals, genetic diversity in animals and plants
Matt F. Traxler Matt F. Traxler
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
Dipti Nayak Dipti Nayak
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
David Weisblat David Weisblat
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
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
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
Ignacio Chapela Ignacio Chapela
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
agriculture, biotechnology, environmental science, microbial biology, policy and management
headshot of Yan Gong Yan Gong
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant development, cell biology, single-cell transcriptomics, evolutionary genomics
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
Lew Feldman in the Botanical Garden's Carnivorous Plant Greenhouse Lewis J. Feldman
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant physiology, plant
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
Patrick Shih Patrick Shih
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology
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
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
Portrait on campus, 2023 Ksenia Krasileva
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Ben Williams Ben Williams
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant epigenetics, cell identity
Brem photo Rachel Brem
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular evolution, ecological genetics, genetics and genomics, fungal genetics
An image of Dr. Lofgren standing outdoors Lotus Lofgren
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
comparative genomics, bioinformatics, ecology, mycology
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, magnetic nanoparticles
Carole Hickman Carole S. Hickman
Dept of Integrative Biology
systematics, evolutionary paleobiology, morphology, molluscs, macroevolutionary trends and patterns, Cenozoic Era, fossil record, evolutionary history and structure
Steven E. Brenner Steven E. Brenner
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, computational biology, evolutionary biology, bioengineering, structural genomics, computational genomics, cellular activity, cellular functions, personal genomics
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
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