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Sushma Naithani
- 2024 Carolyn Crofford#, Bioresource and sustainability major
- 2024 Isabella Ramirez#, Microbiology major
- 2024 Siena Buchanan#, Biology major
- 2023 Riley Callahan#, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology major
- 2023 Jenna Rosenau#, Biochemistry and Biophysics
- 2023 Annette Tongsak#, Computer Science major
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2022 Elizabeth Hooks*#, Botany Major (e-campus)
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2022 Kennedy A. Sparks#, Bioengineering major
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2021 Quentin Beers#, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major
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2021 Gwendolyn Michna#, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major
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2021 Olivia Worley#, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major
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2021 Madeline Goebel#, Biochemistry major
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2021 Sarah El-Husseini#, Biohealth Science major
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2021 Amitavo Ganguli#, Geography and Geospatial Science major
- 2020 Callan Stowell#, Biology major
- 2023 Madeleine Zeller#, Botany Major (e-campus)
- 2020 Shayla Rao#, Computer Science major
- 2014. Kelsey M. Nadeau, Biology major
- 2013. Kate Threlfall, Biology major
- 2011 Ali Alnakhli, Pharmacy major
- 2009 Jimmy Hoang (work-study), Biology major
- 2009 Tracy Nguyen, (work-study), Biology major
sushma.naithani [at] oregonstate.edu
Office: 541-737-8022
Cordley Hall
2701 SW Campus Way
Naithani Lab
Area of Expertise: Systems biology, Genomics, Cell-cell signaling, Self-incompatibility, Mitochondria biogenesis, Photosynthesis, and Chloroplast biology, Plant pathway biocuration, and gene-gene network modeling
The current research focus of Naithani lab is on the development of the system-level models of crops and model plants of evolutionary importance by utilizing publicly available genomic data to understand how genetic diversity and a plant's immediate environment relate to yield, stress tolerance, and quality traits. We implement a variety of approaches rooted in biochemistry, genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics to dissect complex interactions between a plant’s genetic, metabolic, and signaling networks. The long-term goal is to develop models in a probabilistic framework that can assess the impacts of abiotic stresses on the yield and quality traits of crop plants.
Lab website
http://naithanilab.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/
Lab Members
Research Associate, Software Developer
2023-present Dr. Justin Elser
Undergraduate Honors Thesis students:
2021-2022 Sarah El-Husseini#, Biohealth Major
2019-2020 Daemon Dikeman*#, Biology Major
STEM Leaders Undergraduate Research Program Fellows (winter and spring term)
2023 Joie Beasley-Bennett#, Botany Major
Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & the Arts (URSA) fellows (winter and spring terms)
Experiential Learning Activity (one term)
Grant-funded Undergraduate Biocurators
2022-2023 Elizabeth Hooks*#, Botany Major (e-campus), Plant Reactome database
2018-19 Priya Garg*#, Plant Reactome database
2014-16: Christina M*#. Partipilo, FragariaCyc database
2013-14 Eli N. Waddell#*, VitisCyc database
Note: *co-authors of one or more published papers. #co-authors of the conference presentations/abstracts.