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Faculty & Staff:
Dr. Edward J. Smith
Mrs. Jun Xu
Dr. Xiaojing Guan


Graduate Students:
Current:
Kwaku Gyenai (Ph.D.)
Hui Deng (Ph.D.)

Adikari A.M.J.B (Ph.D.)
Ali Abdelnabi (Ph.D.)

Interns:
Janice Thomas

Recent graduates :
Kuan-chin Lin, MS, 2006
Kwaku Gyenai, MS, 2005
Davida Kamara, MS, 2006
Xiaojing Guan, Ph.D., 07
Tuoyu Geng, Ph.D., 07
Dackson Zulu, MS, 08

Previous graduates
Edwin L. Beale (MS)
Paul V.B. Drummond (MS)
Hai-Bo Huang(MS)
Carlton P. Jones (MS)
Stephanie A. Ray MS)


Visiting Scholars
Dr. Pradeepa Silva, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Husni Hammade (2003-04, Fulbright scholar): now Associate Dean, University of Alleppo, Syria

Dr. Kolade Ayorinde
USDA-FAS funded fellowship: 2001-2002: now Dean, University of Ilorin


Postdocs
You-qiang Song
Sam Nahashon

Recent undergraduates:
Joy Cunningham, PHD program U.MD
Tom O'Hare, PHD prog., UC Davis
Matt Miller, DVM program, MSU
Stefanie Hartman, PHD prog., Duke
Swan Zheng, D. Pharm. prog., UMD

Recent high school students:
Ehichoya Amenkhienan
Paul Gutierrez
Shivesh Puri
Landon Klein

BioInformatics Tools:
PCR Primer Tool
GENSCAN Tool
BLAST tool
Clustal W
SeqCutter
NIEHS SNPs Program


Our Funding Sources:
Virginia Tech
National Human Genome Research Inst.
National Inst. of Aging
US Department of Agriculture
Virginia Agr. Council


Collaborators:
University of Washington - Genome Center
University of Idaho (biological sciences)

Links of interest:
Dr. Ed's RT Article
Search PubMed at NCBI
HyperMedia Glossary
of Genetic Terms

Genomics:
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Genomics Gateway
NIGMS Minority Programs & PREP Institutions

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