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Research by laboratory

Caren Chang
Ethylene signal transduction
Arabidopsis
CBMG

Elena del Campillo
Cell wall physiology
Arabidopsis
CBMG

Atanu Duttaroy
Superoxides and aging
Drosophila
Howard University

Eric Haag
Evolution of sex determination
C. elegans
Biology

Iqbal Hamza
Micronutrient metabolism
C. elegans
ANSC

Antony Jose
Movement of RNA
C. elegans
CBMG

June Kwak
Abscisic acid signaling
Arabidopsis
CBMG

Carlos Machado
Evolutionary Genetics
Drosophila
Biology

Zhongchi Liu
Plant reproductive development
Arabidopsis
CBMG

Steve Mount
pre-mRNA splicing
Drosophila and Arabidopsis
CBMG

Leslie Pick
Embryonic pattern formation
Drosophila
Entomology

Lisa Taneyhill
Neural crest and embryonic patterning
vertebrate embryology
ANSC

Jian Wang
Neuronal development
Drosophila
Entomology

Louisa Wu
Innate immune response
Drosophila
CBR

Shunyuan Xiao
Programmed cell death and disease resistance
Arabidopsis
CBR

Jianhua Zhu
Abiotic stress
Arabidopsis
Plant Science

The monthly meeting

GEMS laboratories meet about once each month on a Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. for research presenatations by graduate students, postdocs and faculty. We usually meet in room 1103 BRB, which is the seminar room in the Bioscience Research Building. Graduate students who present in GEMS can obtain course credit as CBMG699T. Students who are interested in receiving credit for GEMS should contact Steve Mount.

The Next Several Dates and Speakers, through August 2012

March 9  2242 HJP
Xiao Wang, Culver lab:
"TMV-mediated reprogramming of host basal defense responses"

Qingmei Guan (Jose lab):
"A KH domain containing RNA binding protein is important for gene expression under temperature stress"

April 13  1103 BRB
Pick* and Duttaroy

May 25  1103 BRB
Ganesh* and Mount

June 15  1103 BRB
Hamza* and Haag

July 13  1103 BRB
Wu* and Wang

August 10  1103 BRB
Ullah* and Kwak

(Talks marked with the icon double as ATRIUM talks).
(The presenting lab with an asterisk brings drinks and snacks).
What is GEMS?

GEMS (Genetics with Eukaryotic Model Systems) is a monthly multi-lab meeting physically based at the University of Maryland, College Park and devoted to the use of genetic approaches in Eukaryotic model systems such as Drosophila, C. elegans or Arabidopsis to study problems in development, signal transduction and gene expression. The group includes researchers affiliated with the Departments of Biology, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and Entomology in the College of Life Sciences; the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and the Centers for Biosystems Research (CBR) and Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) in the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)



Institutions, departments and programs

College of Life Sciences:     Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics    Biology      Entomology          BEES      MOCB       College of Agriculture and Natural Resources    ANSC
CBCB      UMBI:     CBR    CARB          Howard University



page by Steve Mount
Last modified Jan. 13, 2012.
(But a lot here is out of date and older than that - Chang is coming!)