ALEX HARKESS
Alex Harkess, PhD, holds a joint position as faculty investigator at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Research Focus His research focuses on plant reproductive, evolutionary and comparative genomics. More specifically, Harkess aim to understand how some plants have evolved unique ways to reproduce through plant reproductive, evolutionary and comparative genomics. Expertise Genetics, genomics, plant reproduction, botany, comparative genomics, translational genomics Lab Members Postdoctoral Associate: Sarah Carey, PhD, and Alan Yocca, PhD Graduate Students: Laramie Smith, and Zach Meharg Research Associate: Hannah Mueller UAH Undergraduate Researcher: Caroline Bendickson Lab Manager: Haley Hale
W e’re a basic biology lab, and we study the ways across the tree of life that plants have evolved to reproduce differently. And once you do that, once you map out all of the ways a plant can differently reproduce sexually or asexually, then you can start to engineer those kinds of changes into crop plants.
THOMAS MAY
Thomas May, PhD, is a research faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Floyd and Judy Rogers Endowed Professor at Washington State University. Research Focus He is interested in the intersection of medicine, public health, and moral, social and political philosophy, with a special interest in autonomy and healthcare.
Expertise Bioethics, social, ethical and legal implications of the genomic sciences
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