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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
Sheng Luan Sheng Luan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial biology, plant biology
Brian Staskawicz in lab holding wheat stem Brian Staskawicz
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
biotechnology, plant and microbial biology
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
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
Niyogi checking plants in the Oxford Tract greenhouse. Photo credit: Mathew Burciaga. Krishna K. Niyogi
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genetics, plant and microbial biology, algae, photosynthesis, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, carbon sequestration
Headshot of Anastasios Melis Anastasios Melis
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, bioproduction R&D
Ignacio Chapela Ignacio Chapela
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
agriculture, biotechnology, environmental science, microbial biology, policy and management
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants
Patrick Shih Patrick Shih
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology
Headshot of Leah Guthrie in outside setting Leah Guthrie
Dept of Bioengineering
microbial metabolism
headshot of John Huelsenbeck John Huelsenbeck
Dept of Integrative Biology
computational biology, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics
Lew Feldman in the Botanical Garden's Carnivorous Plant Greenhouse Lewis J. Feldman
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant physiology, Plant
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
head shot of James Hurley James Hurley
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Structural Biology, reconstitution, membrane biology, autophagy, HIV, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy
Greg Barton Gregory Barton
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
immunology, cell biology, infectious disease, innate immunity, Microbiome, autoimmune diseases
Yangnan GU Yangnan Gu
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant immunity, 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
headshot of Mohammad R. K. Mofrad Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Eileen Lacey Eileen A. Lacey
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile
Bethanie Edwards Bethanie Edwards
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics
Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
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
Douglas Koshland Douglas Koshland
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics
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
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