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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.
	Ryan VanYperen Graduate Student I am developing inducible gene expression tools
	Daniel Lindsay Undergraduate I am studying the role of succinoglycan in the host range of S. meliloti.
	Divyesh Choudhri Undergraduate I am trying to identify non-rhizobial endophytes that are symbiotic with members of Tribe Trifoliae.
	Jason Moulton Undergraduate, emeritus I worked on osmosensitive signaling through the FeuP/Q two-component system
	Lejdja Beshku Undergraduate, emeritus I studied gluconate utilization in S. meliloti.
	Rebecca Carlyon Undergraduate, emeritus I worked on a gene that is required for symbiotic infection.
	Joanna Ryther Undergraduate, emeritus I worked on finding a constitutively active form of one of the genes required for symbiotic infection
	Dan Standage Undergraduate, emeritus I performed bioinformatic analysis of conserved functions in the proteobacteria
	Jacob Erickson Undergraduate, emeritus I explored the biochemical properties of a bacterial transcription factor required for symbiotic infection.
	Chris Fowler Undergraduate, emeritus I worked on gluconate utilization in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
	Shawna Rogers Undergraduate, emeritus I studied host range restriction in the rhizobium–legume interaction.
	Tyler Steele Undergraduate, emeritus My research focused on gluconate utilization in S. meliloti, as well as the development of tools for inducible gene expression.
	Jon Conley Undergraduate, emeritus I studied host range restriction in the rhizobium/legume interaction.
	Joshua Bentley Undergraduate, emeritus I studied host range in the rhizobium/legume interaction.