REU Research Areas

After the first week students will focus on individual research projects in one of the following laboratories:
Clint Chapple - Phenylpropanoid pathway, regulation of lignin synthesis in plants
Brian Dilkes - Plant biochemistry, protein analysis using natural variation, genetics
Xiaoqi Liu - Polo-like kinase substrates, cell cycle regulation
Andrew Mesecar - Mechanisms and function of therapeutic enzymes and proteins
Joseph Ogas - Chromatin remodeling proteins, cell differentiation
Elizabeth Tran - RNA helicases and post-transcriptional gene regulation
Vikki Weake - Histone modifications in cell differentiation, neurobiology