Mannie Liscum
12-16-19
Research interest The Liscum lab employs the Arabidopsis plant as a model to study how plants alter their growth and development in response to subtle and rapid environmental changes. Primarily Liscum studies the molecular mechanisms of phototropism, or how plants grow toward or away from directional light. The lab’s...
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Anand Chandrasekhar
12-16-19
Research Interest Researching with mice and zebrafish, he studies mechanisms involved in the development of the nervous system. He is particularly interested in the development of cranial motor neurons, which are groups of cells controlling the movement of various muscles in the vertebrate head such as the eyes and the...
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Paula McSteen
11-15-19
Research summary Genetic regulation of meristem function in plants Research description POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Postdoctoral scholar and graduate student positions available now. Full time undergraduate student positions available during the summer. Email resume to mcsteenp@missouri.edu Unlike animals, which make organs only during embryogenesis, plants make organs throughout their lifetime through...
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Michael Garcia
11-15-19
Research summary Molecular and cellular control of nerve development and disease Research description Specification of axonal diameter is a key component of motor system development and functioning, as axonal diameter is major axonal property that specifies the velocity of electrical signal conduction in the nervous system. The diameter of...
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Pamela Brown
11-15-19
Research summary Molecular basis for polar growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Research description POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Postdoctoral scholar, graduate student, laboratory technician, and undergraduate student positions available now. Email resume to brownpb@missouri.edu My lab is interested in understanding the principles that govern bacterial morphology, a readily observable facet of microbial cell...
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James Birchler
11-15-19
Research summary Chromosome evolution and function in plants and fruit fly Research description Our laboratory studies gene expression in multicellular eukaryotes on both the specific gene and chromosomal levels using Drosophila and maize as experimental organisms. We are interested in the mechanisms involved, how the two levels are interconnected...
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