Lagarias Lab :: UC Davis

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John Clark Lagarias

Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
31 Briggs Hall
College of Biological Sciences
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530)-752-1865
FAX: (530)-752-3085

John Clark Lagarias' Professional Dossier (PDF)

Nathan C. Rockwell

Project Scientist
Project: Phytochrome photochemistry and engineering
Education: B.S. in Biology, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Stanford University
Hometown: Southern California
E-Mail: ncrockwell @ ucdavis.edu

Wei Hu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Molecular genetics of phytochrome signaling
Education: B.S. in Environmental Biology, Nanjing University, China; M.S. in Molecular Ecotoxicology, Nanjing University, China; Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Hometown: Fogang, Guangdong Province, China
E-Mail: weihu @ ucdavis.edu

Lixia Shang

Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Synthesis and biological activity of non-natural bilin analogs
Education: B.S. in Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, China: M.S. in Chemistry, Chengdu Organic Chemistry Institute, Chinese academy of Sciences, China; Ph.D. in Chemistry, UC Davis
Hometown: Ziyang, Sichuan Province, China
E-Mail: lshang @ ucdavis.edu

Timothy Butterfield

Graduate Student Researcher
Project: Manipulation of phytochrome-mediated signaling in transgenic plants
Education: B.S. in; M.S. in Plant Biology, University of Texas, Austin
Hometown: Boise, ID
E-Mail: tsbutterfield @ ucdavis.edu

Ade Arsianti (Visiting Student from Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Graduate Student Researcher
Visiting Research Project: Synthesis and chemistry of tripyrrole aldehydes
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, 1995; M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 1998, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
E-Mail: a-arsianti @ ms.naist.jp

Sindy Liao Chan

Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Genetic engineering of bilin metabolism
Education: B.S. candidate in Biochemistry
Hometown: Panama
E-Mail: saliaochan @ ucdavis.edu

Alexander King

Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Phytochrome engineering
Education: B.S. candidate in Biochemistry
Hometown: Northern CA
E-Mail: kjaking @ ucdavis.edu

Louis Chaw

Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Genetic dissection of GOF phyB mutant function
Education: B.S. candidate in Biochemistry
Hometown: Rosemead, Los Angeles County, CA
E-Mail: lkchaw @ ucdavis.edu

Shelley Martin

Research Support
Position: SRAII
Project: Everything
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, San Francisco State
Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
E-Mail: ssmartin @ ucdavis.edu

Keenan Taylor

Research Support
Position: Junior Specialist
Project: Relating phytochrome kinase activity to function
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, 2006
Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA
E-Mail: kctaylor @ ucdavis.edu

Gaganjoat Sidhu

Research Support
Position: Lab Assistant
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, 2006
Hometown: Livingston, California
E-Mail: gksidhu @ ucdavis.edu