HudsonAlpha Research Report 2021-2022

KANKSHITA SWAMINATHAN

Kankshita Swaminathan, PhD, is a faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Research Focus 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. Expertise Plant functional genomics, perennial grasses, phenotyping, genomic applications for plant customization and modification for bioenergy Lab Members Project Manager: Brandon James, PhD Postdoctoral Fellows: Pradeep Hirannaiah, PhD Research Associates: Morgan Brown, Tina Le, Shilpa Manjunatha, Tony Trieu Plant Biotechnologist: David Draize

Lab Assistants: Salema Myler Graduate Student: Wren Jenkins Interns: Farren Prasil, Joshua Stanley, Rebekah Wood

I enjoy the challenge of working with difficult-to-study plants. We have a lot to learn from them that we can apply to other plants.

ERIC MENDENHALL SENIOR FELLOW

Eric Mendenhall, PhD, is a senior fellow in the Myers Lab at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.

Research Focus His research focuses on defining the function of regulatory regions of the human genome and understanding how variation in DNA can alter gene regulation to produce human traits and human genetic diseases. Expertise Functional genomics, gene expression, developing and implementing new technologies

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