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Tony brings his 23 years of expertise in agricultural biotechnology to the group and will lead the effort to develop biotechnology and synthetic biology tools and pipelines in miscanthus and sorghum. These pipelines will primarily be used to understand the role of genes underlying traits of interest for bioenergy in these grasses.
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Josh focuses on understanding the fundamental principles of plant genetics and learning advanced molecular biology techniques. Currently, he is focusing on learning the basics of seed dispersal and shattering.
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Shilpa brings more than a decade of experience in molecular and computational biology skills. She is using her expertise to adopt and develop new cutting-edge protocols, aiming to understand the biology of bioenergy plants like miscanthus and sorghum.
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Tina has 10 years of virology experience (5 with mammalian, 5 with plants), 5 years of molecular biology and tissue culture experience, and 8 years in finance and taxation. She is currently working on tissue culture with miscanthus for bioenergy studies.
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As a student researcher, her work moves between multiple topics to provide educational exposure to multiple areas of agricultural genomic research. Her thesis research is focused on the identification of genes controlling floral traits in the biofuel grass miscanthus.
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With a background in molecular biology and bioinformatics, his work is focused on understanding the genes involved in flowering time and carbon partitioning in biofuel grasses such as miscanthus, sugarcane, and sorghum.
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Pradeepa is focused on improving plants of interest for use in sustainable bioenergy production. He uses a combination of genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic data analysis and biotechnology to understand traits of importance for sustainable biomass production for bioenergy.
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Dave has over a decade of tissue culture experience across monocots and dicots, with a specialty in sorghum. He is currently working on understanding genes of interest and their role in plant development in sorghum.
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Morgan possesses a background in molecular biology, plant genetics, and plant evolution. Her current work is focused on applying various molecular biology techniques and tissue culture to understand genes of interest in bioenergy grasses, such as sorghum.
Understanding the role of the rhizome in resource reallocation and perenniality.
Kankshita Swaminathan, PhD, studies the role of the rhizome in nutrient storage and reproduction in plants. She is interested in how perennial plants remobilize nutrients year after year.
