Current Lab Group (2006)
Principle
Investigator: Brian G. Ayre, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholars:
Roisin McGarry, PhD (Phloem gene expression and development; "Phloemeomics")
Avinash Srivastava, PhD (Photoassimilate transport and biomass partitioning)
Graduate
Students:
Savita Ganesan (Phloem gene expression and development; "Phloemeomics")
Janhavi Raghunandan (Photoassimilate transport and biomass partitioning)
Te Cao (Long-distance signaling)
Undergraduate and TAMS:
Robert Daniels
Karin DeVasto
Ryan Hassan
Shradha Kulkarni
Youngest
lab member, Declan Emory Ayre, joined March 23, 2005. Declan has expertise
in analyzing the sugar content of homogenized peas (pisum sativum).
UNT Phloem Physiology Laboratory, Summer, 2004.
Bottom
Row, left to right: Suman Mukherjee,
PhD student, metabolic engineering to study photoassimilate transport; Steven
Sweeney, Biology major, molecular biology and tissue culture.
Top
Row, left to right: Kenneth Morales, Texas Academy of Math and
Science (TAMS), phloem genomics (phloemeomics) by phylogenetic
footprinting; Dr. Roisin McGarry, PhD (Cornell University, 2003), cell
biology and phloemeomics; Kacy Peek, TAMS, metabolic engineering and
biochemistry; Sarah Sithamparapillai, Biology research project, metabolic engineering and plant
transformation; Dr. Brian Ayre, PhD (University of Alberta, 1995),
Principal Investigator.
Not
present: Savita Ganesan, PhD student, phloem development and
genetics.