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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
Brem photo Rachel Brem
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular evolution, ecological genetics, genetics and genomics, fungal genetics
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
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
Lew Feldman in the Botanical Garden's Carnivorous Plant Greenhouse Lewis J. Feldman
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant physiology, Plant
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
Britt Glaunsinger photo, credit Elene Zhukova Britt Glaunsinger
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
virology, gene expression, herpesvirus
Yangnan GU Yangnan Gu
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant immunity, cell biology
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Portrait on campus, 2023 Ksenia Krasileva
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
headshot of Patricia Lang Patricia Lang
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant climate change adaptation, historical functional genomics, plant development
An image of Dr. Lofgren standing outdoors Lotus Lofgren
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
comparative genomics, bioinformatics, ecology, mycology
Sheng Luan Sheng Luan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial biology, plant 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
Headshot of Anastasios Melis Anastasios Melis
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, bioproduction R&D
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
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 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
Kathleen Ryan Kathleen Ryan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial envelope properties, biogenesis, stress responses
Kimberley Seed Kimberley Seed
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Patrick Shih Patrick Shih
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology
Brian Staskawicz in lab holding wheat stem Brian Staskawicz
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
biotechnology, plant and microbial biology
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
headshot of John Taylor John W. Taylor
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
evolution, fungi, phylogenomics, mycology, population genomics, ecology
Matt F. Traxler Matt F. Traxler
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
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