User:Brian P. Dilkes

About Brian Dilkes

Brian is a project scientist in the Comai Lab at the UC Davis Genome Center.

There is a Brian Dilkes WikiCV on OpenWetWare.

There is also a Dilkes project page under construction.

Brian has an aging external webpage at the University of Washington.

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Research

Brian is currently investigating the molecular and genetic mechansims that isolate populations and species using members of the genus Arabidopsis. For his postdoc, he has been looking at how genome organization can affect plant reproduction and survival. Long term interests include the roles of dosage-sensitivity in plant evolution, the contributions of maternal and paternal effects to seed development, and the molecular basis of hybrid vigor.

In the past, Brian has worked on the control of the cell cycle control during maize endosperm development. That was great too.

Outside Interests

When not in the lab or working on the computer, Brian spends the vast majority of his time eating or sleeping.