Dr. Heike Winter-Sederoff
hwsedero@unity.ncsu.edu

• Research: Plant signal transduction and transcriptional regulation in response to abiotic stress. Sugar sensing.
• Teaching: Advanced Plant Physiology (PB 751)
  Computational Biology (PB 595)
  

Dr. Chris Brown
cbrown@ncsu.edu

Director NC Space Grant
Teaching: Space Biology

Dr. Amanda Davis
ajspell@ncsu.edu
(919) 513-7784 CV Publ

• Mechano-sensing in roots

Amanda won a "new Investigator " award from NC Space Grant "Identification og Genes Involved in Mechanical Sensing in Arabidopsis Roots." (2008/2009)

Dr. Sandeep Kumar
skumar3@unity.ncsu.edu
(919) 513-7784   CV   Publ

• Identification and characterization of miRNA regulated gene expression in response to abiotic stress in Arabidopsis roots.
  (In collaboration with Dr. Terri Lomax)

Dr. Marie-Laure Sauer

(919) 515-2225   CV   Publ

• Metagenomics of Falls Lake (North Carolina)

Identification of organismal composition and the ecological impact of drought and nutrient changes in aquatic systems.
 (In collaboration with Dr. JoAnn Burkholder)

Jyoti Kajla, M.Sc.
Graduate Student
fjyoti@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-2225  CV  Publ

• Functional characterization of sterol-binding proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana roots

Luyan He
Graduate Student
lhe3@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-2225  CV  Publ

• Translational regulation by miRNA in corn (in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Boston)

Qian Wu, M.Sc.
Graduate Student
qwu2@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-2225  CV   Publ.

• Regulation of phosphate sensing by Inositol polyphosphates in tomato plants.

Catherine Hammond
Undergraduate Student
catherineehammond@gmail.com
(919) 513-7784   CV   Publ.

• Functional characterization of gravity-induced genes in Arabidopsis plants

•  Catherine received an “Undergraduate Student Fellowship” from NC Space Grant (2008).

Marc Gracieux
Undergraduate Student
megracie@ncsu.edu
(919) 513-7784   CV   Publ

• Transmission of phosphate induced phenotypic changes by grafting of tomato.

Dr. Mariya Khodkovskaya

• Metabolic Engineer (phytohormone metabolism,signal transduction pathways)
• Transformation specialist for crops (tomato) ornamental plants (crysanthyma, viola), and medicinal plants (ginger) and cell cultures.
• Functional genomics of plant specific C2-domain transcription factors

Jessie Yester - Graduated May 2006Receipient of an Undergraduate Student Fellowship
NC Space Grant 2005

• Signal transduction elements involved in the fast transcriptional regulation of gravity specific gene expressionl.
• First place in Undergraduate poster competition
  American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology2005

Nicholas Ward -Graduated May 2006

• Light induced transcriptional regulation in root tips.
• RNA stabilization during space flight experiments

Collaborators:  

Plant Systems Biology
Dr. Terri Lomax, Dean, Graduate School,
NC State University
Dr. William Edmonson,
Electerical Engineering, NC State University
Dr. Winsor Alexander,
Electrical Engineering, NC State University.
Dr. Cranos Williams, ECE, NC State University

Space Flight Experiments
Dr. Luis Stodieck, Bioserve, CO
Dr. Jacob Freeman, Bioserve, CO

Inositolphosphate Metabolism
Dr. Wendy Boss, NC State University
Dr. Imara Perera, NC State University

Statistical analysis and Bioinformatics
Dr. Dahlia Nielsen,
Genetics, NC State University
Dr. Steffen Heber ,
Bioinformatics Research Center,
NC State University

Genetics of Gravity response Mutants
Dr. Patrick Masson, University of Wisconsin,

Laser Capture Microdissection for cell type specific transcript profiling
Dr. Elison Blancaflor, Noble Foundation, OK

Mars Environmental Chamber
Andy Schrueger, Kennedy Space Center, FL

Kenan Fellows:

Benjamin Downing, Jordan High School, 806 Garrett Road, Durham, NC 27707