Pious Thomas pioust@umich.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pious received a B.S. in Horticulture form Kerala University and a Ph.D in Horticulture from Indian Agricultural Research Institute. He has been studying the initiation of root development in grape cuttings.
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Marissa Simon mksimon@umich.edu
Ph.D. Student
Marissa joined the lab in 2000 after earning a B.S. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Davis. She is characterizing new regulators of root epidermal call specification.
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Yan Lin linyan@umich.edu
Ph.D. Student
Yan earned a B.S. in Biology from Beijing Normal University. She has been studying the expression and function of the GLABRA2 gene in root development.
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John Schiefelbein schiefel@umich.edu
John received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Iowa State University and a Ph.D in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He began his appointment at the University of Michigan in 1989. He is a faculty member in the Department of Biology, and a member of the Genetics, CMB, and Biotechnology Ph.D. Training Programs.
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Ronglai Shen rlshen@umich.edu
Ph.D. Student
Ronglai received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Fudan University. She joined the lab in 2000 and has been studying the role of a new gene required for epidermal patterning.
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Christine Bernhardt cbernhar@umich.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Christine joined the lab in 1999, after earning a B.S. in Biology from Technical University of Darmstadt, and a Ph.D in Plant Pathology from University of Gottingen, Germany. Christine's research is focused on the basic helix-loop-helix proteins that participate in root epidermis development.
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