People at the PSRC
People
Scott Leisner My laboratory is focused on virus-plant interactions. We are studying this from the perspective of the virus and their plant hosts. From the virus perspective, we are examining the interactions of the various viral components. By doing so, it will be possible to disrupt these interactions, thus preventing viral infection. In addition, we are characterizing unknown plant viruses. This will permit us to better diagnose infections in the future. From the host side, we are examining plant defenses against viral attack. We are studying this in several ways. First, we are examining cultivar variability as a source of virus resistance. Second, we are studying plants with mutations in known resistance signaling pathways to determine how these defects influence viral infection. In addition, we are also studying known plant genes involved in virus resistance to determine how their pattern of expression influences pathogen infection. Finally, we are performing studies to determine how plant nutrition influences viral infection. The hosts that we are using in these studies are mainly the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and ornamental plants in the genus Pelargonium (geraniums). Thus, this research has both basic and applied components. |
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Mike Weintraub Research Interests
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Scott A. Heckathorn Lab Research: Plant, and more recently algal, ecological physiology and biochemistry, stress physiology and stress proteins (especially heat-shock proteins, or HSPs), photosynthesis and respiration, and nutrient relations. Most of the current and recent research is focused on the following on-going projects:
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Daryl Dwyer The Environmental Remediation and Restoration Laboratory at the University of Toledo is under the direction of Dr. Daryl Dwyer, Associate Professor of Ecology. Research objectives of the lab encompass modeling and understanding the interactions of soil, water, and plants and restoring converted or degraded sites to native habitat with remediation design as a sustainable goal. Current and past funding has come from United States Department of Agriculture, National Resource Conservation Service, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Lake Erie Protection Fund, and Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments.
Our current projects include:
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John Gray Department of Biological Sciences University of Toledo Phone: 419.530.1537 Email: john.gray5@utoledo.edu In my laboratory we are interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating cell death decisions in plants. We are also interested in understanding the response of plants to abiotic and biotic stresses and more recently nutrient stress. We employ a molecular genetics approaches to isolate and study genes involved in such processes. Currently we have two projects in the lab.
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Tom Bridgeman Lake Erie Center University of Toledo Phone: 419.530.8373 Email: thomas.bridgeman@utoledo.edu |
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United States Department of Agriculture Since its establishment in late 2002, the USDA-ARS Greenhouse Production Research Group in Toledo, OH has been building a research program focused on developing solutions to greenhouse crop production problems. We routinely visit representatives of the industry to transfer research findings to the industry and get insight into needed research for the future. We have approached our research from the perspective of plant nutrition and the interactions between plant nutrition and biotic and abiotic stress. Research topics include:
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James Locke Greenhouse Production Research Group Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Phone: 419.530.1595 Email: jim.locke@ars.usda.gov |
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Jonathan Frantz |
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Charles Krause |