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Present Past

Last modified 1 March 2009

Wayne Parrott

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Professor

University of Kentucky

MS and PhD in Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin
Currently teaches:

Peter LaFayette

Research Scientist
Vector construction and transgenic analysis
Chicagoan
PhD in Plant Biology, the University of California - Davis

The Staff
Barbara Artelt Research technician Lived mostly in Athens,GA BS in Animal Science from UGA Maize transformation technology	Ping Wu From Shanghai, China Research technician Genetic engineering of switchgrass	Donna Tucker Born and raised in Georgia Research technician Genetic engineering of soybean
Kristen Chesser From: Tunnel Hill,Georgia Soybean tissue culture & transformation

Undergraduate Research Theses
April McDaniel Major: Applied Biotechnology From: Waynesboro, Georgia Carotenoids engineering in soybean	Emily Pierce Major: Applied Biotechnology From: Lawrenceville, Georgia Carotenoid engineering in soybean	Wesley Leftwitch Major: Genetics From: New Orleans, LA Carotenoid genetics

Graduate Students
Doug Heckart From: Oregon BS in Biotechnology and Agronomy Sethoxydim resistance in turfgrasses Promoter activity in maize retroelements	Zach King From: New York BS in Biotechnology Switchgrass transformation	Tom Jacobs From: Connecticut BS in Horticulture & cell biology Engineering nematode resistance in soybean
María Ortega From: Colombia, via Ohio State BS in Horticulture & cell biology Insect resistance in soybean

The Student Workers
Melissa Cook Major: Biology From: Dalton, Georgia Tissue culture & transformation	Tionya DeBerry Major: Biology/PreMed From Douglasville, Georgia Tissue culture & transformation	Ronald Franco Major: incomming to Applied Biotechnology From Athens, Georgia (via Guatemala) Tissue culture & transformation
Allie Kerr Major: Horticulture From Athens, Georgia Clover breeding and genetics	April Lang Major: Biological Sciences From: Colbert, GA Switchgrass tissue culture	Major: From:
Nidhi Patel Major: From: Tissue culture & transformation	Andrew Yeager Major: Biology From Alpharetta, Georgia Vector assembly & molecular analyses

And, the Postdoc....
	Nathan Hancock Transposon mutagenesis in soybean From Arizona PhD from University of Missouri, Columbia

Also, check out some of our former lab personnel who forgot to take their pictures with them....

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