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Jerry J. Brand
Professor, Ph.D.
jbrand@mail.utexas.edu
web site | Development of methods that optimize the efficiency of culturing living algae under laboratory conditions while stabilizing their genetic composition. |  |
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Richard M. Brown
Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair In Plant Cell Biology
rmbrown@mail.utexas.edu
web site | Cellulose is the most abundant macromolecule on earth, yet details about its biosynthesis and structure remain unclear. We are using broad, interdisciplinary advances and tools to study cellulose and its biosynthesis. We employ many different
model systems, including Arabidopsis, Sativa, Gossypium, bacteria, algae, and cyanobacteria. Our approaches involve gene cloning and sequencing, introduction of alter... |  |
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Karen S. Browning
Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chairman, Cell & Molecular Biology Graduate Program and Director Dual Degree MD/PhD Program
kbrowning@mail.utexas.edu
web site | My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. We are seeking a molecular description of the process in which initiation factors (eIF4A, eIF4B, eIF4F, eIF3, eIF2 and PABP) select, prepare and bind messenger RNA to the 40S ribosome. Plants have a unique second form of eIF4F (eIF(iso)4F), and we are using a variety of methods (genetic knockouts, gene silencing, DNA arrays, etc.)... |  |
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Z. Jeffrey Chen
D. J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics
zjchen@mail.utexas.edu
web site | We study genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for gene expression changes in polyploids. Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is an evolutionary innovation for all eukaryotes including some animals and many plants. The common occurrence of polyploidy suggests an evolutionary advantage of having multiple sets of genetic material for adaptive evolution. However, increased gene and genome dosages in aut... |  |
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Norma Fowler
Professor
nfowler@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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Larry Gilbert
Professor
Director, Brackenridge Field Laboratory
lgilbert@mail.utexas.edu
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Christine Hawkes
Assistant Professor
chawkes@mail.utexas.edu
web site | Hawkes lab website
Research in the Hawkes Lab is focused on a mechanistic understanding of how plant-microbe interactions affect community and ecosystem processes. We explore how these relationships are influenced by alterations in climate, species invasions, and land use. This research is highly integrative and relies on a wide range o... |  |
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David L. Herrin
Professor of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
herrin@mail.utexas.edu
web site | There are several lines of molecular biology research currently underway in my laboratory. A major area concerns intron ribozymes that are found primarily in organellar genes, nuclear rRNA genes, prokaryotes, and certain viruses. These genetic elements have moved horizontally between genomes and organisms during evolution, and they have two unique properties which promote their existence. One is the ability... |  |
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Enamul Huq
Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
huq@mail.utexas.edu
web site | Our research is aimed at understanding light signal transduction, specifically those pathways mediated by the phytochrome (phy) family of sensory photoreceptors that absorb light in the red and far-red region of the spectrum. The phy system, consisting of five members in Arabidopsis (phyA-phyE), controls almost every aspect of the plant life cycle including seed germination, de-etiolation and flowering time... |  |
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Robert Jansen
Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor In Systematic Botany and the Blake Collection
jansen@mail.utexas.edu
web site | see section bio for more info
My primary research interests involve the determination
of phylogenetic relationships among plants and the evolution of the chloroplast genome. Research in my lab is concentrated in three areas: (1) organization and evolution of chloroplast genomes; (2) computational methods for comparative
chloroplast geno... |  |
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Thomas Juenger
Associate Professor, Integrative Biology
Ph.D.
tjuenger@austin.utexas.edu
web site | see section bio for more info
My research focuses on the interface of ecological and evolutionary processes in natural plant populations. I am generally interested in phenotypic evolution, and have studied a number of systems over the course of my career. A current focus in the lab is the identification and characterization of genes unde... |  |
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John W. La Claire II
Professor, Ph.D.
laclaire@uts.cc.utexas.edu
web site | We use marine and freshwater algal cells as model systems for studying basic cell and molecular biological questions. Most recently, we have been investigating the molecular genetic basis for harmful blooms of the golden alga (Prymnesium parvum) that have been causing massive fish kills in Texas and around the globe. Using DNA microarray technology, research is aimed at discovering which genes and metaboli... |  |
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Mathew Leibold
Professor
mleibold@mail.utexas.edu
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Donald A. Levin
Professor
Associate Editor, Evolutionary Ecology
dlevin@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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C. Randal Linder
Associate Professor
rlinder@mail.utexas.edu
web site | see section bio for more info |  |
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Alan Lloyd
Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
lloyd@uts.cc.utexas.edu
web site | The main goal of my lab is to understand plant developmental mechanisms and plant pigment pathways. In plants, the control of cell fate decisions is a central issue during plant development and pattern formation. One main focus of my lab is to use trichome (epidermal plant hair) initiation as a simple and amenable model to study the control of plant cell fate decision events. Over the years we have ident... |  |
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James D. Mauseth
Professor
j.mauseth@mail.utexas.edu
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Mona Mehdy
Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
mmehdy@mail.utexas.edu
web site | In response to pathogens and herbivores, plants employ up-regulation and down-regulation of diverse genes to achieve resistance. Research in my lab centers on two areas: 1) molecular mechanisms of down-regulation of gene expression during the plant defense response and its biological significance; 2) understanding the functions of specific defense-down-regulated genes during normal growth and development.... |  |
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Jose L. Panero
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Plant Resources Center
panero@mail.utexas.edu
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Stanley Roux
Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
sroux@uts.cc.utexas.edu
web site | We are studying how the stimuli of light and gravity alter patterns of plant development. In our studies of light-induced responses we have found that ectoapyrase, an enzyme whose expression is strongly regulated by the photoreceptor phytochrome, can modulate the levels of extracellular ATP [eATP], and that, surprisingly, changes in [eATP] can influence hormone transport, the growth of plant cells and organ... |  |
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Beryl B. Simpson
C. L. Lundell Professor
beryl@mail.utexas.edu
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Sibum Sung
Assistant Professor Cell and Developmental Biology
sbsung@mail.utexas.edu
web site | Our research interests focus on the genetic, molecular and biochemical understandings of plant development through plant-environment interactions. We are particularly interested in the epigenetic regulation of the floral transition by environmental cues, such as temperature and photoperiod. The prolonged cold of winter, known as vernalization, is one such cue that certain plants use to acquire competence ... |  |
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Ed Theriot
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor of Molecular Evolution
Director, Texas Memorial Museum
etheriot@mail.utexas.edu
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Tracy Villareal
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
tracy@utmsi.utexas.edu
| My research interests are in understanding the processes and interactions that structure phytoplankton communities. I have two major research areas: the autecology of the oceanic species that represent the largest known phytoplankton, and harmful algal blooms along the Texas coast. My lab uses both field and laboratory studies to understand phytoplankton community responses. |  |
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