Biotechnology
Faculty involved in research in biotechnology use molecular methods for genetic improvement of crop plants and to learn about their basic biological processes. A major focus is the identification and use of DNA markers to assist breeding efforts and enhance genetic analysis of important traits (e.g. disease resistance or nutritional quality). These efforts include novel genetic mapping approaches, like the use of haploid cultures to rapidly generate mapping populations. Another focus is the identification and testing of genes that can be used as transgenes to improve specific traits in crop plants or simply to determine the function of genes for research purposes.
R. James Cook Endowed Chair for Cropping Systems Pathology
Scot Hulbert
Evolutionary Arms RaceProfessor and Scientist, barley
Andris Kleinhofs
Unraveling Disease Resistance Gene FunctionsResearch Plant Molecular Geneticist, wheat
Camille Steber
ProfileR.A. Nilan Distinguished Professor, barley
Diter von Wettstein
From Analysis of Mutants to Metabolic and Genetic Engineering
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New faculty....
Dr. Michael Neff fills the new crop biotechnology position. Neff's research will focus on using molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches to uncover and describe the interactions between various signaling pathways that modulate plant development. Read more.
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