PMCB Faculty
PMCB has over 30 faculty members in the program. They are based in the departments of Agronomy, Biology, Environmental Horticulture, Forest Resources and Conservation, Horticultural Sciences, Microbiology and Cell Science, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Plant Pathology within the colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Medicine,and Liberal Arts and Sciences.
| PROGRAM DIRECTOR Gary Peter gfpeter@ufl.edu Phone: (352) 846-0896 |
GRADUATE COORDINATOR |
Fredy Alpeter
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Research interests include:
Bioenergy-Biotechnology, Sugarcane, Perennial Grasses, Quality Improvement, Stress Tolerance, Translational Genomics, Genetic Transformation, Risk Management, RNAi, Targeted Mutagenesis, Grass Breeding.
W. Brad Barbazuk
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Research interestes include:
Plant Comparative and Functional Genomics, Bioinformatics, Molecular Genetics, DNA Sequence Analysis, RNA Splicing, Plant Genome Annotation and Phylogenetics
Christine D. Chase
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Research interests include:
Mitochondria, Pollen Development, Programmed Cell Death, Organelle Genetics, Molecular Biology
Sixue Chen
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Research interests include:
Plant Secondary Metabolism, Proteomics
Prem S. Chourey
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Research interests include:
Maize Genetics, Seed Development, Endosperm Biology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Sucrose Utilization, Auxin and Cytokinin Biosynthetic Genes in Seed Development
David Clark
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Research interests include:
Ffloriculture, Biotechnology, Genetics, Plant Breeding, Functional Genomics
Kenneth Cline
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Research interests include:
Chloroplast Biology, Protein Trafficking, Membrane Biogenesis
John Davis
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Research interests include:
Functional Genomics, Association Genetics, Molecular Physiology, Pinus, Populus
Robert J. Ferl
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Research interests include:
14-3-3's, Protein:Protein Interactions, DNA:Protein Interactions, Space Biology, Plants as Sensors, Chromatin Structure
Kevin Folta
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Research interests include:
Photoperiod, Photomorphogenesis, Fragaria, Strawberry, Phytochrome, Cryptochrome, Phototropin, Genomics, Transformation, Transgenic
Dean W. Gabriel
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Research interests include:
Microbial Genetics, Effectors, Xanthomonas, Xylella, Ralstonia, Liberibacter, Citrus Greening and Canker, Huanglongbin, Pierce's Disease, CVC, Citrus Variegated Chlorosis, Black Rot, Resistance, Avirulence, Cotton and Geranium Blight
Maria Gallo
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Research interests include:
Allergens, Bioenergy, Disease Resistance, Transformation, Biotechnology
Charles Guy
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Research interests include:
Temperature Stress, Cold Acclimation, Heat Shock, Metabolism, Metabolomics, Physiology
L. Curtis Hannah
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Research interests include:
Starch Biochemical Genetics, Allosteric Regulation, ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase, Molecular, Evolution, Helitrons, Maize Genetics
Andrew Hanson
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Research interests include:
Metabolic Biochemistry, Metabolic Engineering, Plant-Prokaryote Phylogenomics
Alice Harmon
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Research interests include:
Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases in Arabidopsis and Soybean;
Cysteine Synthesis Pathway in Soybean and its Regulation by Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase;
Seed Oil Body Biogenesis and Oil Reserve Mobilization in Germination and Seedling Establishment
Bernard Hauser
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Research interests include:
Seed Development, Stress Physiology, Ovules, Arabidopsis, Soybean
Jeffrey B. Jones
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Research interests include:
Microbial Pathogenesis, Virulence, Disease Management, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Ralstonia
Byung-Ho Kang
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Research interests include:
Arabidopsis and Maize Secretory Pathway, Plant Golgi/TGN Complex, Electron Microscopy, and Electron Tomography
Matias Kirst
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Research interests include:
Biofuels, Bioenergy, Populus, Pinus, QTL, Quantitative Genetics, Association Genetics, Wood Properties, Biomass
Harry Klee
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Research interests include:
Tomato, Fruit Ripening, Flavor, Hormones, Ethylene
Karen E. Koch
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Research interests include:
Sugar Metabolism, Functional Genomics, Kernel Development, Gene Expression, Sugar, Maize Genetics
Donald R. McCarty
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Research interests include:
Functional Genomics, Seed Development, Transposon Mutagenesis, Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing
Lauren Mclntyre
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Research interests include:
Genetical Genomics, Complex Phenotypes, Combining Expression and Phenotypic Data
Gloria A. Moore
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Research interests include:
Genetic Improvement of Fruit Crops, Citrus, Genetic Transformation, Disease Resistance and Response to Pathogens, Cold Tolerance
Zhonglin Mou
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Research interests include:
Plant Defense, Salicylic Acid, Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR), NPR1, PR Genes
David G. Oppenheimer
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Research interests include:
Plant Cell Shape, Cytoskeleton, Emmbrane Trafficking, Actin Dynamics
Gary Peter
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Research interests include:
Vascular System Development, Cell Wall Biosynthesis, Secondary Growth, Wood Properties, Bioenergy, Tree Breeding
Bala Rathinasabapathi
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Research interests include:
Metabolic Adaptations of Plants to High Temperature, Drought and Heavy Metal Stress, Functional Genomics of Stress Adaptations, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants
Jeffrey Rollins
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Research interests include:
Host-Pathogen Interactions, Developmental Biology, Signal Transduction, Fungi
Mark Settles
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Research interests include:
Seed Development, Maize Genetics, Functional Genomics, High-Throughput Phenotyping, Cell Differentiation, RNA Splicing
Doug Soltis
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Research interests include:
Angiosperm Phylogeny, Genome Doubling, Floral Developmental Genetics, Phylogeography
Pam Soltis
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Research interests include:
Plant Phylogenetics, Polyploidy, Gene Family Evolution, Photoperiod
Wen-Yuan Song
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Research interests include:
Kinase, Ubiquitin, Protein-Protein Interaction, Signal Transduction, Disease Resistance, Citrus, Rice
C. Eduardo Vallejos
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Research interests include:
Genetics and Genomics, Genetics of Disease Resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris
Wilfred Vermerris
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Research interests include:
Cell Wall, Lignin, Brown Midrib, Ethanol, Biofuels, Bioenergy, Genomics, Maize, Sorghum, Poplar, Sugar Cane
Professor Emeritus
George Bowes
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Research interests include: Biochemistry of photosynthesis
Daryl R. Pring
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Research interests include: Mitochondrial-associated traits, cytoplasmic male sterility, disease susceptibility, microgametogensis
Robert Schmidt
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Research interests include: Molecular genetics and biochemistry of nitrogen and carbon dioxide assimilation
Indra K. Vasil
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Research interests include: Developmental biology of higher plants, protoplast/cell/tissue culture, somatic cell genetics, genetic transformation
