People working in the lab (international!)
Principal Investigator
Dr Asim Esen:
Post-Doc:
Dr Lionel Verdoucq: Postdoctoral Research Associate(09/01/00 - ) (from France): Understanding of substrate (aglycone) specificity and binding in plant b-glucosidases.
Dr Monther Sadder : Postdoctoral Research Associate(09/01/01 - ) (from Jordan): Functional genomics of b-glucosidases and b-galactosidases in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Current Graduate Students
Sukanda Vichitphan: PhD student (08/15/97- ) from Thailand.
Shivanjali Joshi: PhD student (08/15/01- ) from India.
Vlada : PhD student (08/15/01- ) from Ukr.
Current Visiting Scholars
Bedia PALABIYIK: PhD student (07/16/01-10/26/01 ) from University of Istambul, TURKEY. Cloning and expression of maize ZmGlu1 and sorghum SbDhr1 beta-glucosidase isozymes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Current Undergraduates
Yann Dufour
* Supported by the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates Program.
Former Graduate Students and Visitors
Cristina Abbate: Visiting scholar (01/15/01-06/15/01) from University of Catania Italy. Isolation and purification of a Sinapis alba b-S-glucosidase by expression in Pichia pastoris.
Jeanette Nikus: Visiting scholar (09/05/00-02/01/01) from University of Uppsalla, Sweden.
Former Undergraduates
Mark Carroll
Sally Baker
Katherine Hanna *
Colleen Thomas *
Tifany Felton
* Supported by the National
Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates Program.
Some Pictures...
* During the visit of Jeanette:
