Tang:
Beijing University, Beijing -- B. Sc. Biology 1985-1989<br/><br/>
Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Center, Univ. of East Anglia, England -- Ph.
D. Plant Genetics 1994-1998
Mike Lewis:
Studies molecular genetics of floral developmental pathways. Presently I have
two undergrad degrees
from UNC, BA biology and BA anthropology. I will be starting an MS in
biology at USC in the fall (South Carolina).
Ajay:
ajay313@yahoo.com
ajay@email.unc.edu
Education
Institution
Degree and Year
Major
Delhi Univ., Delhi, India –- Analytical Chemistry -- B.Sc. 1994<br/><br/>
G.B.Pant Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttranchal, India. -Biotechnology and Mol. Biol. -- M.Sc.1996<br/><br/>
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India -- Microbiology and
Mol. Biology -- PhD 2002
Publications
Goel, A. K., Rajagopal, L. and Sonti R.V. 2001. Pigment and Virulence
deficiencies associated with mutations in the aroE gene of Xanthomonas
oryzae pv. oryzae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67:245250.<br/><br/>Goel, A. K., Rajagopal, L., Nagesh, N. and Sonti, R.V. 2002.
Genetic locus encoding functions involved in biosynthesis and outer membrane
localization of xanthomonadin in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. J.
Bacteriology. 184:3539-3548
Pablo Tornero
ptornero@email.unc.edu
Education:
Undergraduate Studies, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)<br/>Ph.D.
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)
Pablo is interested in the recognition of AVR genes by the resistance genes, using
Pseudomonas and Arabidopsis as a model. <br/><br/> His work is funded by the
Ministry of Science and Education, NABRI, and NSF.
Jeff Chang
heyzeus@email.unc.edu
Education: BS. University of Minnesota 1993 <br/>Ph.D. University of CA, Davis,
1999
Project:
To understand the mechanisms used by phytopathogenic bacteria to cause
disease. I also have interests in understanding how plants become amenable to
disease.
Petra Epple
pepple@email.unc.edu
Education: B.S. University of Hohenheim (Germany) <br/> Ph.D. Swiss Ferdral Institute
of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland)
Petra is studying the function of LSD1 homologs and cloning LSD4.
Her work is funded by DAAD and NABRIisease.
Saijun Tang, Ph.D.
stang@email.unc.edu
Education: B.S. Department of Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China <br/> Ph.D.
The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Center, Norwich England
Saijun is working on the characterization, isolation and cloning of the LSD1
suppressors in Arabidopsis.
In addition, Saijun is cloning the LSD5 suppressor.
Miguel Angel Torres
mtorres@email.unc.edu
Education: B.S. and Ph.D. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Project:
<b>Role of <i>Atrboh</i> in Defense Response and PCD</b><br/>My goal is to
address, using functional genomics tools, the function of the Arabidopsis NADPH
oxidase gp91phox gene family. The hypothesis to be tested is that members of
this gene family control ROI production during defense response and in several
developmental contexts. Mutants (transposon insertions) in 8 Atrboh (A-H),
Arabidopsis homologues of the mammalian gp91phox genes have been identified.
We are generating a combination of mutants in Arabidopsis to facilitate the
analysis of the phenotypes (developmental and pathogen related) and we are
also performing crosses with other defense response mutants to carry out
epistasis studies.
Zachary Nimchuk
zackn@email.unc.edu
Education: Honors BS, University of Toronto, 1997
Funding: NSF
Project: Localization and function of AVR proteins in susceptible hosts.
Characterization of hosts responses and genes required for AVR function.
Laurence Rohmer
rohmer@email.unc.edu
Education: University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg France: Maitrise of Structural
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Currently a Ph.D. student in Biology.
Laurence is studying a plasmid that is excised in a bacteria (Pseudomonas
syringae pv maculicola strain M6) recovered from an incompatible interaction on
resistant Arabidopsis thaliana. This plasmid is thought to be a pathogenicity
island.
Daniel H. Aviv
aviv@email.unc.edu
Education: BS, SUNY Albany, 1993 Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular
Biology
Funding: NIH
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Project:
Characterization of LSD1 Structure/Function
Epistatic analysis of double muants in the Disease Resistance Pathway
De Bronx Rules
Aaron Wiig
awiig@email.unc.edu
Lab Technician
Education: BS. UNC-CH
Characterization of proteins isolated using the yeast two-hybrid sytem.