Current Members

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phil_conklin

 

Phil Conklin

A man with many, many plans. Really too many.  Phil’s research focuses on cell-type specificity of response to DNA damage.  This turns out to be a pretty broad focus.  Check out his movie.

Michelle_Tjahjadi

 

Michelle Tjahjadi

SOG1 induces a lot of genes, and many of them are transcription factors. Michelle plans to determine which subroutines are governed by which transcription factors.

victor_missiran

 

Victor Missiran

Victor’s our newest postdoc, so he’s still thinking about possible projects.  He’s a computational biologist and all round nice guy who’s helping out on all of our projects.

Sundaram Kuppu

 

Sundaram Kuppu

Sundaram is working on a nontransgenic approach to haploid induction, using Arabidopsis as a model.

Ryoe Takakura

 

Ryoe “Will” Takakura

Will’s working on the BREAD (Basic Research Enabling Ag Development) project- with our collaborators in Kenya and Colombia, he’s seeing if the Ravi/Chan haploidizing technology can work in cassava and banana.

Anne Britt

 

Anne Britt

Anne loves pretty much any aspect of genetics, and is a long-time mutagenesis and ionizing radiation enthusiast.  When she’s not in the lab she’s with her family (Dave, Katie, and Laura) or playing banjo.