Genetics
Graduate Program Faculty
Alphabetical Listing
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Ken Nadler (Plant Biology), PhD., Rockefeller. Genetics and physiology of the Rhizobium-legume root nodule symbiosis; leghemoglobin formation; computer-assisted learning/teaching in plant physiology and biology. nadler@msu.edu
John Ohlrogge (Plant Biology), PhD., Michigan. Genetic control of plant lipid metabolism; genetic engineering of plant oils. ohlrogge@.msu.edu
Katherine Osteryoung (Plant Biology), PhD., University of California, Davis. Molecular mechanisms of plastid division in Arabidopsis. osteryou@msu.edu
Ronald Patterson (Microbiology), PhD., Northwestern. Role of galectins (lactose-binding proteins) in pre-mRNA splicing. patter13@msu.edu
Simon Petersen-Jones (Small Animal Clinical Sciences), DVetMed, PhD DVOphthal DepECVO MRCVS, Univ. of London, Unv. of Cambridge. Molecular investigation of herediatry eye diseases in animals, progressive retinal atrophy to identify the causal gene mutations. peter315@cvm.msu.edu
Jack Preiss (Biochemistry), PhD., Duke. Genetics and metabolic regulation of glycogen and starch biosynthesis. preiss@msu.edu
C. A. Reddy (Microbiology), PhD., Illinois. Physiology and molecular biology of lignin biodegradation by wood-rotting fungi; biodegradation of xenobiotics; bioremediation. reddy@msu.edu
Tao Sang (Plant Biology), PhD.,Ohio State, Genetics of adaptation. sang@msu.edu
Douglas Schemske (Plant Biology), PhD., Illinois. Ecological genetics of adaptation and speciation in natural plant populations. schem@msu.edu
Thomas Schmidt (Microbiology), PhD., Ohio State. Molecular approaches to microbial ecology and evolution; regulation of cellular ribosome content. tschmidt@msu.edu
Richard Schwartz (Microbiology), PhD., MIT. Transcription in hematopoietic differentiation; oncogenesis. schwart9@msu.edu
Kim Scribner(Fisheries and Wildlife and Zoology ), PhD., Georgia. Population genetics, behavioral ecology, molecular evolution, conservation genetics. scribne3@msu.edu
Barbara Sears (Plant Biology), PhD., Duke. Chloroplast genetics and molecular biology; nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions in plants; controls of organelle heredity. sears@msu.edu
Larry Snyder (Microbiology), PhD., Chicago. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes; bacteriophage molecular genetics. synder1@msu.edu
Mariam B. Sticklen (Crop and Soil Science), PhD., Ohio State. Production of biofuels and industrial material from crops via genetic transformation. stickle1@msu.edu
George W. Sundin (Plant Pathology), PhD., Oklahoma State. Evolution of bacterial plasmids, biochemical and evolutionary significance of mutagenic DNA repair, molecular genetics of plant-bacterial interactions, genomics of plant-bacterial interactions. sundin@msu.edu
Robert Tempelman (Animal Science), PhD., Wisconsin. Hierarchical Bayesian and mixed effects modeling applied to problems in quantitative genetics and statistical genomics. tempelma@msu.edu
Suzanne Thiem (Entomology), PhD., Idaho. Genetics and molecular biology of insect baculoviruses. smthiem@msu.edu
Michael Thomashow (Crop and Soil Science and Microbiology), PhD., UCLA. Molecular genetics of cold acclimation in higher plants; regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stress. thomash6@msu.edu
Frances Trail (Plant Biology) PhD. Cornell. Genetics and physiology of fungal plant pathogens. trail@msu.edu
Richard Triemer (Plant BIology) PhD., North Carolina. Algal cell biology, phylogeny and systematics. triemer@msu.edu
Steven Triezenberg (Biochemistry), PhD., Michigan. Regulation of eukaryotic transcription; molecular biology of herpesviruses. triezenb@msu.edu
James Trosko (Pediatrics and Human Development), PhD., Michigan State. Regulation of cell communication by oncogenes. trosko@msu.edu
Bruce Uhal (Physiology) PhD, St. Louis University. Lung epithelial stem cell function; regulation of epithelial cell death (apoptosis); molecular mechanisms of lung fibrogenesis and repair. uhal@msu.edu
Steve van Nocker (Horticulture), PhD., Wisconsin, Madison. Molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in the transition from the vegetative phase to the reproductive phase in higher plants. vannocke@msu.edu
Patrick Venta (Small Animal Clinical Sciences), PhD., Michigan. Mammalian genome mapping; genetics of diseases. venta@msu.edu
Jonathan Walton (Plant Biology), PhD., Stanford. Molecular plant pathology. walton@msu.edu
Dechun Wang (Crop and Soil Science), PhD, Michigan State University. Soybean breeding and genetics in disease and insect resistance, seed quality, and agronomic performance wangdech@msu.edu
Andreas Weber (Plant Biology), PhD., Wurzburg. Transport processes that connect metabolic pathways in plastid and cytosol, particularly transporters involved in carbon- and nitrogen-metabolism. aweber@msu.edu
Michael Weinreich (VARI), PhD., University of Wisconsin. Initiation of DNA replication and DNA repair in yeast and mammalian celss. michael.weinreich@vai.org
Thomas
Whittam (National Food Safety & Toxicology), Hannah Professor; PhD.,
Arizona. Population genetics and molecular evolution of pathogenic bacteria,
emerging infectious diseases, host-parasite co-evolution whittam@msu.edu
Peter Wolk (Plant Biology ), Ph.;D., Rockefeller. Developmental biology, biochemistry, and genetics of cyanobacteria. wolk@msu.edu
Vincent Young (Medicine and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics), PhD.,M.D., Stanford. Pathogensis of gastrointestinal disease. youngvi@msu.edu
Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan (Microbiology), PhD, University of Istanbul Medical School. Canine genome mapping, comparative mammalian genetics, cancer genetics. vygsu@msu.edu
Tim Zacharewski (Biochemistry), PhD., Texas A&M University, Molecular, biochemical and whole animal toxicology, effects of chemicals on gene expression, mechanisms of endocrine disruption in human wildlife models, functional genomics, gene expression profiles, receptor-mediated endocrine disruptions. tzachare@msu.edu