Current Lab Group (2006)

Principle Investigator:  Brian G. Ayre, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholars:
Roisin McGarry, PhD (Phloem gene expression and development; "Phloemeomics")
Avinash Srivastava, PhD (Photoassimilate transport and biomass partitioning)

Graduate Students:
Savita Ganesan (Phloem gene expression and development; "Phloemeomics")
Janhavi Raghunandan (Photoassimilate transport and biomass partitioning)
Te Cao (Long-distance signaling)

Undergraduate and TAMS:
Robert Daniels
Karin DeVasto
Ryan Hassan
Shradha Kulkarni

Youngest lab member, Declan Emory Ayre, joined March 23, 2005.  Declan has expertise in analyzing the sugar content of homogenized peas (pisum sativum).

UNT Phloem Physiology Laboratory, Summer, 2004.

Bottom Row, left to right:  Suman Mukherjee, PhD student, metabolic engineering to study photoassimilate transport; Steven Sweeney, Biology major, molecular biology and tissue culture.

Top Row, left to right:  Kenneth Morales, Texas Academy of Math and Science (TAMS), phloem genomics (phloemeomics) by phylogenetic footprinting; Dr. Roisin McGarry, PhD (Cornell University, 2003), cell biology and phloemeomics; Kacy Peek, TAMS, metabolic engineering and biochemistry; Sarah Sithamparapillai, Biology research project, metabolic engineering and plant transformation; Dr. Brian Ayre, PhD (University of Alberta, 1995), Principal Investigator.

Not present:  Savita Ganesan, PhD student, phloem development and genetics.