Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ben Mansfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bmansfeld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
The Mansfeld Lab uses various non‑model species and a hypothesis driven, systems approach to examine how circadian rhythm, development, and tissue type impact plant defense.
Key words
Plant Pathology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Disease Resistance
Dmitri Nusinow, PhD
Assistant Member
- Email: dnusinow@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Circadian clock regulation of physiology and development in plants.
Key words
Plant Biology, circadian rhythms, biochemistry, genetics, Arabidopsis, mass spectrometry, chronobiology
Kenneth Olsen, PhD
George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor
- Email: kolsen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Plant evolutionary biology, molecular population genetics, genetics of adaptation, phylogeography
Key words
evolution, genetics, plant biology, population genetics, molecular evolution
B. Duygu Ozpolat, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bdozpolat@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms of reproductive cell regeneration and development
Key words
germline, reproduction, stem cells, regeneration, imaging, scRNAseq
Himadri Pakrasi, PhD
George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor
- Email: pakrasi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Systems and Synthetic Biology of photosynthetic organisms
Key words
Bioenergy, membrane proteins, photosynthesis, redox processes, systems biology, synthetic biology
Sona Pandey, PhD
Assistant Member
- Email: sonapandey@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
To understand how plants perceive and respond to abiotic stress
Key words
heterotrimeric G-proteins, abscisic acid, G-proteins, molecular genetics, biochemistry, genomics, proteomics, protein-protein interactions
Rohit Pappu, PhD
Gene K Beare Distinguished Professor
- Email: pappu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Biophysics of intrinsically disordered proteins
Key words
Huntington`s disease; Polyglutamine Aggregation; Intrinsically Disordered Proteins; Phase transitions in cell biology; Self-assembly; Transcriptional regulation; Small-scale Systems Biology & Interaction Networks;
Rachel Penczykowski, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rpenczykowski@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
The ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, with a focus on wild populations of herbaceous plant hosts and their powdery mildew pathogens.
Key words
host-parasite interactions, disease ecology, plant pathogens, urban ecology, climate change
Toby Pennington, DPhil
David and Dorothy Kemper Professor
- Email: ptoby@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Key words
Toby Pennington, D.Phil
David and Dorothy Kemper Professor
- Email: ptoby@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
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