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 and Molecular Genetics), 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

Markus Pauly (Plant Research, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), PhD., Technical University, Germany. Plant cell wall biosynthesis, structure, signaling and function; analysis of plant polysaccharides. paulymar@msu.edu

Jack Preiss (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), PhD., Duke. Genetics and metabolic regulation of glycogen and starch biosynthesis. preiss@msu.edu

C. A. Reddy (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), 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 and Molecular Genetics), PhD., Ohio State. Molecular approaches to microbial ecology and evolution; regulation of cellular ribosome content. tschmidt@msu.edu

Richard Schwartz (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), 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

Alexander Shingleton (Zoology), PhD., Clare College, University of Cambridge. Genetic basis of size regulation in Drosophila; role of insulin-signaling pathways in integrating development with nutritional conditions. shingle9@msu.edu

Shin-Han Shiu (Plant Biology), PhD., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics; gene family and genome evolution, functional divergence of duplicate genes, and effects of polyploidy on duplicate gene retention.

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

Steven Triezenberg (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), 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

Kevin Walker (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology),Functional analysis of enzymes from biosynthetic pathways of plant-derived bioactive compounds.walker284@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

Hongbing Wang (Physiology), PhD, UCLA. Calcium-stimulated signaling and gene expression in the brain. wangho@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

Sainan Wei (Pediatrics and Human Development), PhD, Michigan State University. Human genetic disorders including hearing loss, cystic fibrosis and cancers. (weisaina@msu.edu)

Michael Weinreich (VARI), PhD., University of Wisconsin. Initiation of DNA replication and DNA repair in yeast and mammalian cells. michael.weinreich@vai.org

Thomas Whittam (Food Science & Human Nutrition, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Zoology), Hannah Professor; Ph.D., Arizona. Population genetics and molecular evolution of pathogenic bacteria, emerging infectious diseases, host-parasite co-evolution whittam@msu.edu

Barry Williams (Zoology, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), Ph.D., University of Illinois. The molecular basis of evolutionary diversification and stasis in yeasts. barryw@msu.edu

Robert Wiseman (Physiology), Ph.D., Florida State University. Muscle Physiology and remodeling in disease.  The role of stem and satellite cells in muscle adaptation. Magnetic Resonance imaging and spectroscopy in animals and humans. rwiseman@msu.edu

Peter Wolk (Plant Biology), Ph.D., Rockefeller. Developmental biology, biochemistry, and genetics of cyanobacteria. wolk@msu.edu

Hua Xiao (Physiology), Ph.D., University of Toronto. Roles of transcription cofactors in breast and liver cancers; mechanism and regulation of gene expression. xiaoh@msu.edu

Kefei Yu (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), PhD, University of Southern California. Molecular immunology, recombination and class switching in immunoglobulin genes. yuke@msu.edu

Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), PhD, University of Istanbul Medical School. Canine genome mapping, comparative mammalian genetics, cancer genetics. vygsu@msu.edu

Tim Zacharewski (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), 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

 

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