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John W. Peters
Director, Professor
jw.peters@wsu.edu
(509) 335-3412
Clark 287, Pullman |
- Functional and structural examinations of enzymatic reduction processes, including nitrogenase, hydrogenase, and acetone carboxylase;
- structural and mechanistic features of electron bifurcation;
- influence of soil microbial communities on nitrogen fixation affecting crop growth
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Philip D. Bates
Assistant Professor
phil_bates@wsu.edu
(509) 335-0553
Clark 325, Pullman
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- Membrane and storage lipid biochemistry and metabolism
- Lipid metabolic flux, radioisotopic tracers
- Engineering plant oils for increased nutrition or chemical feedstocks and biofuels
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John Browse
Charlotte Y. Martin Distinguished Professor & Regents Professor
jab@wsu.edu
(509) 335-2293
Clark 443A, Pullman |
- Lipid and membrane biochemistry;
- pathways and regulation of lipid synthesis and membrane formation in higher plants;
- jasmonate hormone;
- chilling and freezing tolerance in plants
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David R. Gang
Professor & Director of the Tissue Imaging and Proteomics Laboratory
gangd@wsu.edu
(509) 335-0550
Clark 385, Pullman |
- Evolution of metabolism;
- medicinal plants, such as ginger, turmeric, Huperziaceae and Lamiaceae;
- development of rhizomes;
- application of omics tools (metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics) to investigate the structure, regulation and control of metabolism in individual cell types such as trichomes and specialized organs such as plant rhizomes;
- application of imaging mass spectrometry in agricultural and biomedical research
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Michael L. Kahn
Professor
kahn@wsu.edu
(509) 335-8327
Clark 203, Pullman |
- Interaction between plant and bacterial metabolism to support symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes;
- plant and bacterial differentiation during root nodule formation;
- signaling and resistance mechanisms operating during the initiation of root nodule formation;
- advanced methods in bacterial genetics
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Helmut Kirchhoff
Associate Professor & Phenomics Center Coordinator
kirchhh@wsu.edu
(509) 335-3304
Clark 427A, Pullman
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- Architecture of photosynthetic membranes;
- structure-function relationships on the whole membrane, mesoscopic and molecular levels;
- dynamics of the photosynthetic apparatus in response to environmental changes;
- protein repair and regulation of electron transport and light harvesting
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Bernd Markus (Mark) Lange
Professor & Co-Director of the M.J. Murdock Metabolomics Laboratory Service Center
lange-m@wsu.edu
(509) 335-3794
Clark 341, Pullman |
- Biosynthesis of natural products in medicinal and aromatic plants;
- enzyme structure-function relationships in terpenoid biosynthesis;
- development of tools and databases for plant metabolomics
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Norman G. Lewis
Arthur M. and Kate Eisig-Tode Distinguished Professor & Regents Professor
lewisn@wsu.edu
(509) 335-2682
Clark 467, Pullman
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- Functional characterization of dirigent proteins, and determination of their biochemical diversity in planta;
- biochemistry of natural and medicinal products in plants;
- biochemistry of vascular plant lignified cell walls;
- biochemistry of formation of unique plant constituents in individual cell types;
- effect of gravity on metabolic pathways in plants;
- integrated omics and phenylpropanoid biochemical pathway evolution
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Thomas W. Okita
Regents Professor
okita@wsu.edu
(509) 335-3391
Clark 351, Pullman
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- Biochemistry of starch synthesis and protein localization;
- metabolic genetic engineering of plants for increased productivity;
- mRNA localization and the role of the cytoskeleton and endoplasmic reticulum
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Sanja Roje
Associate Professor
sanja@wsu.edu
(509) 335-3008
Clark 261, Pullman
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- Folate metabolism and its relationship to photosynthesis and photorespiration;
- flavin biosynthesis and pathway regulation, role of flavins in symbiotic interactions
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Andrei P. Smertenko
Assistant Professor
andrei.smertenko@wsu.edu
(509) 335-5795
Clark 207, Pullman
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- Development of novel technologies for phenotyping drought tolerance in crops;
- genetics of cambium proliferation and secondary growth;
- molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis;
- regulation of microtubule dynamics
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Research Faculty
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Paul S. Hwang
Assistant Research Professor
hwangs@wsu.edu
(509) 335-1090
Clark 383, Pullman
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- Plant genome editing;
- metabolic engineering of starch for enhanced plant productivity and yields;
- subcellular mRNA localization in higher plants
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WSU-PNNL Adjunct Faculty
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John R. Cort
WSU-PNNL Joint Appointment
Research Associate Professor
john.cort@pnnl.gov
(509) 371-6334
PNNL, MSIN: K8-98 |
- Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
- Determination of protein structure, dynamics, and function
- Structural Bioinformatics
- Characterization of structural biopolymers such as lignin and hemicellulose
- Characterization of complex mixtures of metabolites and products of biomass conversion
- Structure elucidation of specialized metabolites
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Mary S. Lipton
WSU-PNNL Joint Appointment
Research Professor
mary.lipton@pnnl.gov
(509) 372-XXXX
PNNL, MSIN: K8-98 |
- Relative quantitative determination of changes in protein abundance.
- Determination of protein localization and the determination of temporal changes in protein expression patterns.
- These applications have elucidated important biological processes that play integral roles in microbially mediated bioenergy production, bioremediation, and carbon sequestration. Additionally, the comparison of proteomic data across a variety of microorganisms has allowed the determination of proteins that are necessary for life and those that define the lifestyle of a class of microbes. Such insights will have impact on understanding microbial function across the “Tree of Life” as well as in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
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Simone Raugei
WSU-PNNL Joint Appointment
Research Professor
simone.raugei@pnnl.gov
(509) 372-6902
PNNL, MSIN: K1-83
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- Energy transduction in enzymes
- Biophysics
- Catalysis
- Physical Chemistry
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