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Wayne Barnes, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.

Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy

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Rebecca Bart, PhD

Associate Faculty Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment

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Ivan Baxter, PhD

Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
We use quantitative genetics and high throughput phenotyping approaches to understand how plants adapt to their environment

Key words
Ionomics, Genetics, Genomics, Gene by Environment Interactions, Plants

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Stephen Beverley, PhD

Ernest St. John Simms Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Molecular genetics of protozoan parasites - virulence and their viruses

Key words
parasites, viruses, microbial pathogenesis, macrophage, virulence, glycobiology, vaccination

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Joshua Blodgett, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Interdisciplinary questions surrounding bacterial small molecule production

Key words
Streptomyces, biosynthesis, genome mining, antibiotics, regulation & genetics

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Arpita Bose, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling

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Alexander Bradley, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Examination of modern and ancient biogeochemical cycles; the coevolution of life and the Earth.

Key words
Organic & isotope geochemistry, geobiology, microbiology

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Michael Caparon, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Genetics and virulence of the pathogenetic streptococci

Key words
bacteriology, gene expression, inflammation, microbial pathogenesis, toxin

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James Carrington, PhD

President

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Focus on the biogenesis, functions, and evolutionof small RNA-directed silencing pathways in multicellular eukaryotes

Key words
genomics, functional genomics, biogenesis, systems biology, silencing pathways, plant biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, RNA pathways

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Kevin Cox Jr, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program Affiliations
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary

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