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Lab Members

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	Joanne Chory, Ph.D. Professor, HHMI Investigator Howard H. and Maryam Newman Chair chory@salk.edu	I have been at the Salk for 24 years, and have been an HHMI Investigator for the past 15 years. I am also an Adjunct Professor in the Biology Dept. at UCSD. During this time more than 75 students and postdocs have trained in my lab and most remain in academic science.
	Lynn Artale Administrative Assistant artale@salk.edu
	Jack Bolado Research Specialist bolado@salk.edu
	Willie Chen Lab Assistant wchen@salk.edu
	Tsegaye Dabi Research Assistant II dabi@salk.edu
	Javier Gallego Research Associate jgallego@salk.edu
	Joanathan Gilkerson Research Associate jgilkerson@salk.edu
	Jonathan Hetzel Graduate Student jhetzel@salk.edu	I am a graduate student in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. I earned my B.S. in Molecular Biology at Harvey Mudd College while studying the molecular motor dynein and after graduation worked as a technician at UCLA studying DNA methylation with Steve Jacobsen. I joined the Chory lab in June of 2011 and am currently studying Brasinosteroid Signaling in Arabidopsis.
	Eirini Kaiserli, Ph.D. Postdoc ekaiserli@salk.edu	I received my PhD from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where I studied UV-B perception and signaling at the lab of Prof. Gareth Jenkins. I joined the Chory lab in March 2009 and my current project focuses on understanding how light signaling and clock components integrate at the molecular and cellular level in order to regulate hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis.
	Kazumasa Nito, Ph.D. Postdoc nito@salk.edu	Identifying what kinds of phytochrome complexes exist in different conditions, and how they regulate light signaling
	Ullas Pedmale, Ph.D. Postdoc upedmale@salk.edu	I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Missouri-Columbia. During my graduate training I studied how phototropism is mediated by two key proteins in the pathway - phot1 and NPH3. In the Chory lab I am trying to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant plasticity or changes in plant architecture in response to variations in light quality.
	Carl Procko Research Associate procko@salk.edu
	Pedro Reis Exchange Student preis@salk.edu
	Hong Ren, Ph.D. Postdoc hren@salk.edu	Investigating the mechanisms of plant steroid hormone action in development
	Andrew Sinson Student Intern asinson@salk.edu
	Greg Vert, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist gvert@salk.edu
	Samantha Wong Lab Aide slw004@ucsd.edu
	Jesse Woodson, Ph.D. Postdoc woodson@salk.edu	Determining the mechanisms of chloroplast-to-nucleus signals that regulate gene expression
	Zuyu Zheng, Ph.D. Postdoc zzheng@salk.edu

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