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	Joel Griffitts Principal Investigator I graduated from Stanford University in 1999, finished graduate school at UC San Diego in 2004 and then returned to Stanford to work on symbiotic nitrogen fixation as a post-doc. During that time, I developed several projects centered on symbiotic invasion and host-microbe compatibility. I have been on the BYU faculty since 2006, where my lab is investigating various aspects of host-microbe communication.
	Matthew Crook Graduate Student I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Griffitts lab. I am studying the molecular determinants of host range in the symbiotic relationship between the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti and members of the plant genus Medicago.
	Lejdja Beshku Undergraduate
	Rebecca Carlyon Undergraduate I am working on a gene that is required for symbiotic infection.
	Joanna Ryther Undergraduate I am working on finding a constitutively active form of one of the genes required for symbiotic infection
	Daniel Lindsay Undergraduate Tools for systematic synthetic-lethal screening in E. coli
	Ryan VanYperen Undergraduate Developing inducible gene expression tools
	Divyesh Choudhri Undergraduate I am working on the host range project with Matt Crook.
	Jason Moulton Undergraduate, emeritus Osmosensitive signaling through the FeuP/Q two-component system
	Dan Standage Undergraduate, emeritus Bioinformatic analysis of conserved functions in the proteobacteria
	Jacob Erickson Undergraduate, emeritus I am exploring the biochemical properties of a bacterial transcription factor required for symbiotic infection.
	Chris Fowler Undergraduate, emeritus I am an undergraduate working on gluconate utilization in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
	Shawna Rogers Undergraduate, emeritus I am an undergraduate studying host range restriction in the rhizobium/legume interaction.
	Tyler Steele Undergraduate, emeritus Research focused on gluconate utilization in S. meliloti, as well as the development of tools for inducible gene expression.
	Jon Conley Undergraduate, emeritus Studied host range restriction in the rhizobium/legume interaction.
	Joshua Bentley Undergraduate, emeritus Studied host range in the rhizobium/legume interaction.