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"The Department of Plant Biology pursues excellence in the fundamental plant sciences by fostering innovative research and teaching that encompasses and integrates all levels of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems."
Richard F. Allison; Robin Buell; Sheng Yang He; Jianping Hu; Kenneth Keegstra; Karen L. Klomparens; John B. Ohlrogge; Katherine W. Osteryoung; Tao Sang; Doug Schemske; Shin-Han Shiu; Barbara B. Sears; Frances Trail; Jonathan D. Walton; Andreas Weber; C. Peter Wolk
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Richard F. Allison
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus host specificity; RNA recombination
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Robin Buell
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Utah State University, Logan
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Sheng Yang He
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Molecular interactions between plants and pathogenic bacteria
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Jianping Hu
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Molecular mechanisms of peroxisomal function and regulation in plants
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Kenneth Keegstra
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Chloroplast protein targeting, biosynthesis of cell wall polysaccharides
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Karen L. Klomparens
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Professor
Dean of The Graduate School
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Electron microscopy; ultrastructure of fungal spore development
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Robert Last
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Professor
Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University
Plant Genetics, metabolic regulation, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, functional genomics
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John B. Ohlrogge
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Lipid and fatty acid biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, genomics, regulation of metabolism, seed oil accumulation
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Katherine W. Osteryoung
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Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Structural organization and dynamics of the chloroplast division machinery; molecular mechanisms controlling chloroplast division and expansion in plant cells
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Tao Sang
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Genetics and diversity of plants
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Doug Schemske
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Professor
Hannah Chair
Ph.D. University of Illinois
The goal of my research is to characterize the mechanisms of adaptation
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Barbara B. Sears
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Professor
Ph.D. Duke University
The Sears research group investigates the genetic controls of chloroplast DNA replication and repair and plant mitochondrial recombination
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Shin-Han Shiu
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Evolutionary and comparative genomics; gene family evolution, functional divergence of duplicate genes
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Frances Trail
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Development in filamentous fungi and host-pathogen interactions using genetics, genomics and physiological approaches
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Jonathan D. Walton
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Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Host-pathogen interactions; molecular basis of specificity; mode of action enzymology; molecular genetics of host-specific toxins
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Andreas Weber
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Würzburg
Plastidic metabolite transporters; metabolic networks; genes involved in transport processes and metabolic regulation; molecular physiology: reverse genetics
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C. Peter Wolk
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Professor
Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute
Developmental physiology and genetics of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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