Tag genetics

Carol Lee

Associate professor, zoology; Center of Rapid Evolution; trainer in genetics

Research focuses on evolutionary and physiological mechanisms that enable organisms to invade new environments

Audrey Gasch

Associate professor, Genetics

Expert on comparative and functional genomics, systems biology, microbial physiology and evolution, eukaryotic stress-defense mechanisms.

Natalia de Leon

Assistant professor, agronomy, and Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)

Expert on plant breeding and quantitative genetics

Michael Culbertson

Professor, genetics and medical genetics; chair, Laboratory of Genetics

Expert on molecular genetics

Aseem Ansari

Professor, biochemistry; member, Genome Center of Wisconsin

Expert on gene regulation and genome targeting with natural and synthetic molecules

Kent Weigel

Professor and chair, dairy science

Expert on genetic selection and genomics of dairy cattle

Alan Attie

Professor, biochemistry

Expert on genetics and physiology of diabetes, lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, and teaching methods in biochemistry.

Philipp Simon

Professor, horticulture

Expert on plant breeding and genetics

R. Alta Charo

Emerita professor, law and bioethics

Expert on regulation and ethics of scientific and medical innovation, including genetics, synthetic biology, stem cell biology and reproductive technologies

John Denu

Professor, biomolecular chemistry; epigenetics theme leader, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Expert in epigenetics, gene expression, metabolic regulation, cell signaling and drug discovery

Jean-Michel Ané

Professor, Bacteriology and Agronomy

Expert on plant-microbe symbioses, nitrogen-fixation, mycorrhizae and legume genetics

Waclaw Szybalski

Professor emeritus, oncology and genetics

New methods for sequencing human genome

David Baum

Professor of Botany; Fellow Wisconsin Institute of Discovery

Researcher and educator specializing in evolutionary biology and origins of life.

Michael MacDonald

Professor, pediatrics

Expert in type 1 diabetes in children, biochemistry of the pancreatic islet insulin-producing cell and genetics of diabetes

Shawn Kaeppler

Professor, agronomy

Expert in maize, corn, genetics, biofuel, epigenetics, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, transgenic plants, crops for underdeveloped countries, plant roots