Adán Colón-Carmona (PI) :

Consult Adán's CV or Umass faculty directory for more informations. You can also take a look at the publication list.

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Kristophe Diaz (G):

I'm a molecular and cellular Ph. D. candidate student investigating the role of kinesins in plant development. I'm using a reverse genetic approach to study the involvement of two novel Arabidopsis motor proteins in plant morphogenesis.

Prior coming to Boston, I obtained a Master degree in Montreal studying Jack Pine cell suspensions in a forestry research group (Grefi at UQAM). Click on the appropriate link if you want to know more about kinesins or Arabidopsis.

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Tsering Gesar (G):
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Shirley Micallef (G):
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James Stark (G):
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David Weisman (G):

I am a molecular biology Ph.D. student with a background in computer science, and primarily interested in synthetic and systems biology. My current research involves biosensor development based on the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a bHLH-PAS protein that senses environmental toxins including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).By directed evolution, we are optimizing the AhR for sensitivity and specificity, and composing reporter cells into biosensors with programmable response functions.

I am also studying the PAH response pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana by comparing microarray results from this condition against large public microarray datasets. From this comparison, we aim to elucidate unique aspects of the PAH response, as well as commonality with known stress response pathways. This information will be used to identify the rate-determining steps of PAH uptake and catabolism, thereby providing reengineering targets to improve the phytoremediation capability of the plant.
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Asav Dharia (U):
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Akielia Dumornay (U):
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Yowande (U) :
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Kristophe Diaz