Executive Committee
Cornelius Barry
Biochemical evolution of specialized metabolism within the solanaceae family; genetic determinants of fruit quality and ripening.
Christoph Benning
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110 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Biosynthesis of lipids in photosynthetic membranes, lipid trafficking phenomena involving chloroplasts, engineering of crops and algae for biodiesel production.
Lexi Heger
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Lab: Timothy Miles
Student representative - Research interests: Oomycete pathogens of grape and hop, with a focus on downy mildew.
Jianping Hu
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306 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Molecular mechanisms of peroxisomal function and regulation in plants.
Yair Shachar-Hill
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S350 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, non-photosynthetic one-carbon metabolism, metabolic engineering, plant NMR spectroscopy.
George Sundin
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Plant bacteriology; host pathogen interactions; fruit tree disease management; bacterial plasmid biology; microbial evolution.
Hideki Takahashi
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Molecular mechanisms of nitrogen and sulfur utilization in plants; nutrient sensing, transport and metabolism.