RICHARD M. MYERS
JEREMY SCHMUTZ
Jeremy Schmutz is a faculty investigator at
Richard Myers, PhD , is Chief Scientific Officer, President emeritus, M. A. Loya Chair in Genomics, and faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. His lab studies the human genome to understand how changes in gene expression contribute to human health and disease and basic biological processes. A major focus of his lab is gene expression and the brain.
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and co-direc- tor of the HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Cen- ter. His current research focus is in bioenergy, supporting DOE initiatives related to clean energy generation. Sequence data produced at HudsonAlpha are applied to reducing the United States’ dependency on fossil fuels by improving biomass yield and the effi- ciencies of processes used to convert plant materials into liquid fuels.
KANKSHITA SWAMINATHAN
Kankshita Swaminathan, PhD , is a faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Her research interests include annual and perennial grasses, phenotyping and applications of genomics for plant customization and modification. In particular, her group is interested in using genomics and biotechnology to understand nutrient use, carbon partitioning, and the role of the rhizome in resource reallocation and perenniality in plants.
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