Howe Lab Members
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Marco Herde is a Visiting Research Associate who began working in the Howe lab in March of 2007. Marco received his PhD in 2007 from Georg August University in Göttingen, Germany. The general goal of the research he is involved in is to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-insect interactions. Using a proteomics approach, they are identifying stable plant proteins that resist digestive processes of herbivorous insects. Another project is focused on understanding how insects respond to defensive compounds in plant food. E-mail:mherde@msu.edu |
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Jin-Ho Kang, a Visiting Research Associate from South Korea, started in the Howe lab in the Fall of 2006. Jin-Ho earned his M.S. in Agricultural and Life Science at Seoul National University, and his PhD in Molecular Ecology at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and Friedrich Schiller University in Germany. He is researching plant-insect interactions as well as morphological, chemical, and genetic characterization of tomato trichome mutants. E-mail: kangjh@msu.edu |
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Abe Koo, a Visiting Research Associate in the Howe lab since July of 2004, earned his M.S. from Korea University in 1999 and his PhD from Michigan State University in 2004. Abe is currently working on jasmonate metabolism. He uses LC-MS/MS and GC-MS to measure the endogenous levels of jasmonates in plants. He also used reverse genetic approaches to identify enzymes involved in jasmonate metabolism. Another project involves the study of systemic wound signaling using molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches. Koo's biggest interest outside of science is his family and the campus ministry, University Bible Fellowship. E-mail:koojeon1@msu.edu |
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Hoo-Sun Chung is a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Student who began working in the Howe lab in Fall of 2004. Hoo-Sun received her M.S. from Yonsei University. She is studying the role of JAZ repressor proteins in jasmonate signaling. E-mail:chunghoo@msu.edu |
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Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, a Genetics Graduate Student, began working in the Howe lab in March 2005. Eliana earned her B.S at
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru. Her current goal is to to identify plant proteins that exert an anti-insect function by impairing insect digestive physiology. For doing this she is using a proteomic analysis of the insect feces (frass). This approach relies on the premise that plant proteins that have a detrimental role in the insect digestive system are resistant to the action of insect gut proteases. An example of this type of defensive protein is threonine deaminase.
E-mail:gonza260@msu.edu |
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Leron Katsir is a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Student who began working in the Howe lab in Spring of 2004. Leron earned his B.S. at Florida State University. His research
is focused on understanding the molecular mechanism for jasmonate perception in plants. Mainly, I put things from one tube into other tubes. E-mail:katsirle@msu.edu |
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Christine Shyu is a Plant Biology Doctoral Candidate who started work in the Howe lab in May of 2007. She received her B.S. from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. Christine is interested in finding out the role of JAZ proteins in JA signaling, and also understanding the transcription factors involved in the JA signaling pathway. E-mail:shyuchri@msu.edu |
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