Pawlowski lab - lab members

Chris Bozza

Graduate student

About Chris:
Chris is a native of New Jersey. He came to Cornell as a graduate student in Plant Biology in 2004 and joined the Pawlowski lab in summer of 2005. His thesis project is on chracterization and cloning of DsyCS and SegII, two maize genes controlling homologous chromosome pairing in meiosis. Chris is the only person we know, who can multiply four-digit numbers without using a pen or a calculator.

Patricia Eliasinski

Undergradute student

About Patricia:
Patricia is a Cornell junior and started in the Pawlowski lab in the fall of 2007. She comes from Long Island. In Summer 2008, Patricia is one of Cornell's Undergraduate Hughes Scholars. She studies natural variation in the recombination pathway in maize.

Kendra Hutchins

Graduate student

B.S.: University of Massachusetts

About Kendra:
Kendra is a first year graduate student in Plant Breeding. She is doing a rotation in the Pawlowski lab, studying recombination in the heterochromatic B chromosomes in maize.

Wojtek Pawlowski

M.S.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland
Ph.D.: University of Minnesota
Postdoc: University of California at Berkeley

About Wojtek

Publications

Emily Pinto

Summer intern

About Emily:
Emily is a junior majoring in biology and Spanish at Emory University. She is spending the summer with us as an intern of the Cornell/BTI Plant Genome Research Outreach Program. She is helping Chris in cloning the SegII gene.

Arnaud Ronceret

Postdoc

B.S.: University of Paris VII, France
M.S.: University of Montpellier II, France
Ph.D.: University of Perpignan, France

About Arnaud:
After living for several years in the south of France, Arnaud, in a moment of insanity in early 2005, decided to join the Pawlowski lab. He now works on the Phs1 gene in maize and Arabidopsis. In addition to a Ph.D., Arnaud holds an airplane private pilot license.

Publications:
Ronceret A., Guilleminot J., Linker F., Gadea-Vacas J., Delorme V., Bechtold N., Pelletier G., Delseny M., Chaboute M.-E., Devic M. 2005. Genetic analysis of two Arabidopsis DNA polymerase epsilon subunits during early embryogenesis. Plant Journal 44: 223-236

Moira Sheehan

Postdoc

B.S.: Virginia Tech
Ph.D.: Cornell

About Moira:
An Irish-Polish hybrid, Moira comes from Buffalo, NY. She joined the Pawlowski lab in early 2006, after finishing her Ph.D. in the Brutnell lab at Cornell. She studies the function of the telomere bouquet in maize. In 2007, Moira was one of four contributors to the Nature Postdoc Journal.

Publications:
Sheehan MJ, Kennedy LM, Costich DE, Brutnell TP. Subfunctionalization of PhyB1 and PhyB2 in the control of seedling and mature plant traits in maize. 2007. Plant Journal 49: 338-353.

Sawers RJ, Sheehan MJ, Brutnell TP. Cereal phytochromes: targets of selection, targets for manipulation? 2005. Trends Plant Sci. 10: 138-143.

Sheehan MJ, Farmer PR, Brutnell TP. Structure and expression of maize phytochrome family homeologs. 2004. Genetics 167: 1395-1405.

Wang J, Sheehan M, Brookman H, Timko MP. Characterization of cDNAs differentially expressed in roots of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Burley 21) during the early stages of alkaloid biosynthesis. 2000. Plant Sci. 8:19-32.

Gagan Sidhu

Graduate student

B.S.: Punjab Agricultural University, India
M.S.: Washington State University

About Gagan:
Gagan is a native of India. She joined the Pawlowski lab in the fall of 2006 as a graduate student in Plant Breeding and Genetics. She is interested in the a between chromatin structure and homologous chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis. Gagan is also an accomplished clothing designer.

Publications:
Coming soon.

Tomek Warzecha

Visiting scientist

M.S.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland
Ph.D.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland

About Tomek:
Tomek is a scientists at the Department of Plant Breeding, Agricultural University of Cracow in Poland. He came to the Pawlowski lab in April 2008 and will spend three months with us. He is involved in a project to examine variation in meiotic recombination proteins in a set of diverse maize inbreds.

Emeritus personnel:

Brandon Lemesh

Undergradute student

About Brandon:
Brandon was an undergraduate student in the lab from August 2006 to December 2007. He came to Cornell from the sunny San Mateo, CA. In the Pawlowski lab, he studied natural variation in the recombination pathway in maize.

Jessica Szymaniak

Technician

B.S.: University of Rochester

About Jessica:
Jessica was a technician in the Pawlowski lab from January 2005 to November 2006. She is now a student in the Genetics Counseling Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Junliang Zhao

Visiting scientist

About Junliang:
Junliang is a scientist at the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science in China. He stayed in the Pawlowski lab from September 2006 to August 2007 as a Chinese government fellow.

Visitors:

From September 24 to Spetember 28, 2007, we hosted Scott Boden and Wayne Crismani, Ph.D. students from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Scott and Wayne came here to learn how to do immunolocalization of meiotic proteins.

	Chris Bozza Graduate student	B.S.: Rutgers University About Chris: Chris is a native of New Jersey. He came to Cornell as a graduate student in Plant Biology in 2004 and joined the Pawlowski lab in summer of 2005. His thesis project is on chracterization and cloning of DsyCS and SegII, two maize genes controlling homologous chromosome pairing in meiosis. Chris is the only person we know, who can multiply four-digit numbers without using a pen or a calculator.
	Patricia Eliasinski Undergradute student	About Patricia: Patricia is a Cornell junior and started in the Pawlowski lab in the fall of 2007. She comes from Long Island. In Summer 2008, Patricia is one of Cornell's Undergraduate Hughes Scholars. She studies natural variation in the recombination pathway in maize.
	Kendra Hutchins Graduate student	B.S.: University of Massachusetts About Kendra: Kendra is a first year graduate student in Plant Breeding. She is doing a rotation in the Pawlowski lab, studying recombination in the heterochromatic B chromosomes in maize.
	Wojtek Pawlowski PI	M.S.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland Ph.D.: University of Minnesota Postdoc: University of California at Berkeley About Wojtek Publications
	Emily Pinto Summer intern	About Emily: Emily is a junior majoring in biology and Spanish at Emory University. She is spending the summer with us as an intern of the Cornell/BTI Plant Genome Research Outreach Program. She is helping Chris in cloning the SegII gene.
	Arnaud Ronceret Postdoc	B.S.: University of Paris VII, France M.S.: University of Montpellier II, France Ph.D.: University of Perpignan, France About Arnaud: After living for several years in the south of France, Arnaud, in a moment of insanity in early 2005, decided to join the Pawlowski lab. He now works on the Phs1 gene in maize and Arabidopsis. In addition to a Ph.D., Arnaud holds an airplane private pilot license. Publications: Ronceret A., Guilleminot J., Linker F., Gadea-Vacas J., Delorme V., Bechtold N., Pelletier G., Delseny M., Chaboute M.-E., Devic M. 2005. Genetic analysis of two Arabidopsis DNA polymerase epsilon subunits during early embryogenesis. Plant Journal 44: 223-236
	Moira Sheehan Postdoc	B.S.: Virginia Tech Ph.D.: Cornell About Moira: An Irish-Polish hybrid, Moira comes from Buffalo, NY. She joined the Pawlowski lab in early 2006, after finishing her Ph.D. in the Brutnell lab at Cornell. She studies the function of the telomere bouquet in maize. In 2007, Moira was one of four contributors to the Nature Postdoc Journal. Publications: Sheehan MJ, Kennedy LM, Costich DE, Brutnell TP. Subfunctionalization of PhyB1 and PhyB2 in the control of seedling and mature plant traits in maize. 2007. Plant Journal 49: 338-353. Sawers RJ, Sheehan MJ, Brutnell TP. Cereal phytochromes: targets of selection, targets for manipulation? 2005. Trends Plant Sci. 10: 138-143. Sheehan MJ, Farmer PR, Brutnell TP. Structure and expression of maize phytochrome family homeologs. 2004. Genetics 167: 1395-1405. Wang J, Sheehan M, Brookman H, Timko MP. Characterization of cDNAs differentially expressed in roots of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Burley 21) during the early stages of alkaloid biosynthesis. 2000. Plant Sci. 8:19-32.
	Gagan Sidhu Graduate student	B.S.: Punjab Agricultural University, India M.S.: Washington State University About Gagan: Gagan is a native of India. She joined the Pawlowski lab in the fall of 2006 as a graduate student in Plant Breeding and Genetics. She is interested in the a between chromatin structure and homologous chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis. Gagan is also an accomplished clothing designer. Publications: Coming soon.
	Tomek Warzecha Visiting scientist	M.S.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland Ph.D.: Agricultural University, Cracow, Poland About Tomek: Tomek is a scientists at the Department of Plant Breeding, Agricultural University of Cracow in Poland. He came to the Pawlowski lab in April 2008 and will spend three months with us. He is involved in a project to examine variation in meiotic recombination proteins in a set of diverse maize inbreds.

Emeritus personnel:
	Brandon Lemesh Undergradute student	About Brandon: Brandon was an undergraduate student in the lab from August 2006 to December 2007. He came to Cornell from the sunny San Mateo, CA. In the Pawlowski lab, he studied natural variation in the recombination pathway in maize.
	Jessica Szymaniak Technician	B.S.: University of Rochester About Jessica: Jessica was a technician in the Pawlowski lab from January 2005 to November 2006. She is now a student in the Genetics Counseling Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
	Junliang Zhao Visiting scientist	About Junliang: Junliang is a scientist at the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science in China. He stayed in the Pawlowski lab from September 2006 to August 2007 as a Chinese government fellow.

Visitors:
	From September 24 to Spetember 28, 2007, we hosted Scott Boden and Wayne Crismani, Ph.D. students from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Scott and Wayne came here to learn how to do immunolocalization of meiotic proteins.