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'''Matthew Crook''' ''Graduate Student''<br>
'''Paul "Skip" Price''' ''Postdoctoral Fellow''<br>
I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Griffitts lab. I am studying the molecular determinants of host range in the symbiotic relationship between the bacterium ''[[Wikipedia:Sinorhizobium meliloti|Sinorhizobium meliloti]]'' and members of the plant genus ''[[Wikipedia:Medicago|Medicago]].
I am studying accessory plasmids which restrict host range in ''Sinorhizobium meliloti''.


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'''Ryan VanYperen''' ''Graduate Student''<br>
'''Ryan VanYperen''' ''Graduate Student''<br>
I am a second-year Ph.D. student developing inducible gene expression tools and studying a two-component system in ''S. meliloti''.
I am a Ph.D. student developing inducible gene expression tools and studying a two-component system in ''S. meliloti''.


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'''James Palmer''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Phil Bennallack''' ''Graduate Student''<br>
I am working on identifying antibiotic targets using randomized peptide aptamers.
I am a Ph.D. student studying a bacteriocin produced by ''Staphylococcus epidermidis''.


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'''Alicia Lewis''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Clarice Harrison''' ''Undergraduate, emeritus''<br>
I am developing a program to help high school science teachers teach their students about the legume–rhizobium symbiosis.
I am studying rhizosphere communities.


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'''Gledi Peco''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Gledi Peco''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am using a modified RIVET system to delete genes during symbiotic infection.
I am attempting to cure ''S. meliloti'' of pSymA.


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'''Jordan Guillory''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Jordan Guillory''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am working on identifying antibiotic targets using randomized peptide aptamers.
Phage resistance.


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'''Matt Biggs''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Cole Seaton''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am working on identifying antibiotic targets using randomized peptide aptamers.
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.


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'''Brandon Smith''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
'''Cortlandt Sellers''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am investigating the effect that fatty acids have on resistance to Triclosan.
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.
 
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'''Hannah Russell''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying rhizosphere communities.
 
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'''Houston Tanner''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying accessory plasmids which restrict host range in ''S. meliloti''.
 
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'''James Bindrup''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am attempting to cure ''S. meliloti'' of pSymB.
 
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'''Kaitlin Davis''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying rhizosphere communities.
 
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'''Kevin Johnson''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying evolution in ''S. meliloti''.
 
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'''Krysta Felix''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.
 
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'''Matt Bean''' ''Undergraduate''<br>
I am studying evolution in ''S. meliloti''.
 
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'''Matt Shirley''' ''Undergraduate, emeritus''<br>
I am attempting to cure ''S. meliloti'' of its Sym plasmids.
 
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For lab members who have moved on, see [[Griffitts:Emeritus|Emeritus]].
For lab members who have moved on, see [[Griffitts:Emeritus|Emeritus]].

Revision as of 15:37, 15 January 2013


Joel Griffitts

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.

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Paul "Skip" Price Postdoctoral Fellow
I am studying accessory plasmids which restrict host range in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

Ryan VanYperen

Ryan VanYperen Graduate Student
I am a Ph.D. student developing inducible gene expression tools and studying a two-component system in S. meliloti.

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Phil Bennallack Graduate Student
I am a Ph.D. student studying a bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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Clarice Harrison Undergraduate, emeritus
I am studying rhizosphere communities.

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Gledi Peco Undergraduate
I am attempting to cure S. meliloti of pSymA.

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Jordan Guillory Undergraduate
Phage resistance.

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Taylor Orton Undergraduate
I am studying a two-component system in S. meliloti.

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Cole Seaton Undergraduate
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.

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Cortlandt Sellers Undergraduate
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.

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Hannah Russell Undergraduate
I am studying rhizosphere communities.

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Houston Tanner Undergraduate
I am studying accessory plasmids which restrict host range in S. meliloti.

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James Bindrup Undergraduate
I am attempting to cure S. meliloti of pSymB.

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Kaitlin Davis Undergraduate
I am studying rhizosphere communities.

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Kevin Johnson Undergraduate
I am studying evolution in S. meliloti.

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Krysta Felix Undergraduate
I am studying bacteriocins produced by soil bacteria.

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Matt Bean Undergraduate
I am studying evolution in S. meliloti.

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Matt Shirley Undergraduate, emeritus
I am attempting to cure S. meliloti of its Sym plasmids.

For lab members who have moved on, see Emeritus.