Participating Faculty
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Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Biology
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Health & Exercise Science
Horticulture
Soil and Crop Sciences |
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Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management |
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Stephen Chisholm |
Molecular plant-microbe interactions |
Newly hired; courses not determined |
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Dennis Knudsen |
Bioinformatic analysis |
Bioinformatics |
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Jan Leach |
Molecular basis of plant disease; comparative genomics |
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
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John McKay |
Evolutionary and quantitative genetics; plant physiological ecology; genetics of adaptation |
Newly hired; courses not determined |
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Rajinder Ranu |
Gene expression mechanisms; plant growth, development and differentiation |
Cell Biology; Plant Molecular Biology Techniques |
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Howard Schwartz |
Diseases of dry beans, onions, and other vegetables |
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Department of Biology |
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Patricia A. Bedinger |
Pollen tube growth, reproductive barriers in plants |
Topics in Advanced Genetics; Molecular Aspects of Plant Development; Higher Plant Reproduction |
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Daniel R. Bush |
Sugar and amino acid allocation from sites of primary assimilation to import-dependent sinks in plants |
Molecular Approaches to Current Biology Research |
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June I. Medford |
Signaling pathways in plants; synthetic biology input and output systems; gene circuitry |
Molecular Approaches to Current Biology Research, Developmental Plant Anatomy |
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Marinus Pilon |
Delivery, assembly and regulation of Cu and Fe cofactors in the chloroplast |
Cell Biology; Molecular and general genetics |
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Elizabeth A. H. Pilon-Smits |
Plant selenium/sulfur/iron metabolism, selenium hyperaccumulation as elemental defense |
Plant physiology; Phytoremediation; Plant biotechnology |
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A.S.N Reddy |
Calcium signaling, artificial signaling circuits, Gene regulation |
Molecular and General Genetics;Molecular Aspects of Plant Development; Advanced Cell Biology |
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Stephen M. Stack |
Genetic recombination, chromosome structure, sequencing the tomato genome |
Molecular and General Genetics; Molecular Cytogenetics; Developmental Biology |
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Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Ken Allen |
Fatty acids, gene regulation and gestation |
Advanced Nutritional Sciences, Integrative Nutrition and Metabolism |
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Mike Bizeau |
Regulation of SREBP in skeletal muscle |
Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics |
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Tracy Horton |
Nutrient and hormonal regulation of metabolism |
Integrative Methodologies in Nutrition |
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Christopher Melby |
Effects of diet and exercise in minority populations |
Advanced Nutritional Sciences |
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Michael Pagliassotti |
Nutrient regulation of insulin action; Obesity and hepatic steatosis; Role of endoplasmic reticulum in regulation of glucose homeostasis |
Cellular Nutrition |
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Department of Health & Exercise Science |
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Richard Gay Israel |
Assessment of body composition; Models to measure, classify, and define obesity |
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Matthew Hickey |
The role of changes in dietary fat type on insulin sensitivity; Diet, exercise, and nutrient partitioning. |
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Department of Horticulture |
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David Holm |
Applied potato breeding |
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Harrison Hughes |
Tissue culture |
Germplasm Conservation |
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Elizabeth Ryan |
Cancer preventive properties of food |
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Cecil Stushnoff |
Antioxidants in food crops; Stress physiology |
Plant Stress Physiology |
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Henry Thompson |
Cancer preventive properties of food |
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Jorge Vivanco |
Root biology and biochemistry |
Medicinal Plants |
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Department of Soil and Crop Sciences |
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Research Interests |
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Mark Brick |
Applied bean breeding; genetic analysis of cancer preventive properties of beans |
Principles of Genetics;
Agricultural Experimental Design & Analysis |
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Patrick Byrne |
Quantitative-molecular genetic analysis in beans and wheat; biotechnology risk assessment |
World Interdependence – Food & Population; Applications of Plant Biotechnology; Quantitative Inheritance in Plant Breeding |
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Scott Haley |
Applied wheat breeding; end-use quality and nutritional enhancement of wheat |
Introductory Plant Breeding;
Advanced Plant Breeding |
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Nora Lapitan |
Organization and evolution of plant genomes; functional genomics of wheat and barley |
Plant Molecular Genetics |
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Sarah Ward |
Quinoa breeding and genetics; nature and distribution of genetic variation in plant species |
Principles of Genetics;Applications of Plant Biotechnology;Origin & Evolution of Cultivated Plants |
