Birgit Alber


Marie Asao


Michael Carter 
Michael spent his undergraduate years at Indiana University, Bloomington where he finished a B.S. in Microbiology and a B.A. in Biochemsitry.  At Indiana,  he worked with Dr. Clay Fuqua on microbial ecology in tick populations across the United States.  He is now working on elucidating the mechanisms responsible for regulating the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway.



Kelsey Baron
Kelsey graduated with a B.S. in Biology and a second B.S. in Spanish.  In the lab, Kelsey is responsible for much of the molecular biology that occurs.  Currently, she is working to develop clean, in-frame chromosomal deletions of the genes involved in the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway.  She plans to pursue a career in medicine after finishing a medical degree at an as of yet undetermined medical school.




Jordan Allen
Jordan is in his fourth year of a B.S. in Molecular Genetics and plans to graduate in Spring of 2011.  He is currently working with  Marie in screening R. sphaeroides transposon mutants in an effort to identify genes that are required for growth on a variety of carbon sources.  See a poster of his work at the 2010 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.



Emily Smith
Emily is a fourth year student graduating in 2011 with a B.S. in microbiology.  In addition to volunteering for Wonders of Our World, she also works with Marie Asao in identifying genes from genetic screens that are resposible for R. sphaeroides growth on a number of substrates.  See a poster of her work at the 2010 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum





Lauren Branditz
Lauren graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Microbiology in 2009.  She accepted an offer to attend the Ohio State University Medical School where she is currently a student persuing her M.D.  The lab is grateful for her work on laying the foundation for the study of the regulation of the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway.