Plant Virus Biodiversity and Ecology

From left: Michael Palmer, Rick Nelson, Vaskar Thapa, Ulrich Melcher, Kay Scheets, Graham Wiley, Veenita Grover, Tracy Feldman, Fengqiu Judy Zhang, Jonathan Wren, Marlee Pierce, Bruce Roe, Olga Blinkova, Marilyn Roossinck, Guoan Shen

We have put together a select team of scientists representing the disciplines of computer science, strutural biology, molecular biology, genetics, plant virology, botany, and ecology for a coordinated effort to address the above opportunity. These investigators are from four of the major research institutions of the state: Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Hiring of additional investigators with EPSCoR funding will place an additional team member at the University of Tulsa. Team members include falculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff.

• Ulrich Melcher (Oklahoma State University), Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Project Coordinator
• Marilyn Roossinck (SR Noble Foundation), Plant Biology Scientist, Project Co-Coordinator
• Michael Palmer (Oklahoma State University), Professor of Botany
• Bruce Roe (University of Oklahoma), Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Advanced Center for Genome Technology (ACGT)
• Rick Nelson (SR Noble Foundation), Plant Biology Scientist
• Jeanmarie Verchot-Lubicz (Oklahoma State University), Associate Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
• Adam Zlotnick (Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center), Associate Professor of Biochemsitry & Molecular Biology
• Jonathan Wren (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation), Assistant Member, Arthritis and Immunology Research Program
• Kay Scheets (Oklahoma State University), Adjunct Assistant Professor of Botany
• Kelly Craven (SR Noble Foundation), Principal Investigator
• Marlee Pierce (Oklahoma State University), Associate Research Professional
• Andrew Doust (Oklahoma State University), Assistant Professor
• Akhtar Ali (University of Tulsa)

Postdoctoral Fellows:

Graduate Students:

• Vaskar Thapa (OSU Environmental Science, Palmer)
• Devinka Bamunasingle (OSU Plant Pathology, Verchot-Lubicz & Nelson)
• Veenita Grover (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher & Pierce)
• Graham Wiley (OU Chemistry, Roe)
• Vijay Muthukumar (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher & Pierce)
• Daniel McGlinn (OSU Botany, Palmer)

Staff:

• Yan Song (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher), Database and Web Programmer, departed
• Shanshank Bhide (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher), Systems Administrator, departed
• Fenqiu (Judy) Zhang (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher), Research Specialist, departed
• Guoan Shen (SR Noble Foundation, Roossinck), Curator
• Joe Grisson (University of Oklahoma, Wren), Database Programmer
• Hua Weng (OSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Melcher), Application Programmer, departed

The project is proud to have as its external advisors:

• Karen Garrett
• Allison G. Power
• Mark Young

Contact U. Melcher

Page posted June 14, 2004
Last updated October 4, 2007