Current Funding

Principal Investigator: Computational resources for biofuel feedstock species; Dually funded by DOE (8/15/08-8/14/11) & USDA (8/15/08-8/14/10)

Principal Investigator: Generation of potato sequence and annotation resources; NSF; 9/28/07-9/30/10

Principal Investigator: An annotation resource for the rice genome; NSF; 9/28/07-8/31/10

Project Director: Comparative Genomics Resources for the Solanaceae: Tools and resources for cross-species translational genomics; USDA; 11/30/07-12/31/10

Project Director: Whole genome sequencing of Pythium ultimum; USDA; 01/15/2008-04/14/10

Project Director: Biochemical pathway mapping of genes within biofuel feedstock species; Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station; 7/18/08-6/30/10

Project Director: A comprehensive genome-based diagnostics resource and pipeline for identification of threatening plant pathogens; USDA; 10/01/07-2/28/10

Project Director: Improving the value of plant pathogen genome sequences through uniform, updated and value-added annotation; USDA; 9/01/09-8/31/12; $ 870,000

Project Director: Understanding the mechanisms that define cereals: unraveling the function of lineage specific genes within the Poaceae; 9/01/09-8/31/12; $ 450,000

Co-Project Director: Translating Solanaceae sequence diversity and trait variation into applied outcomes through integrative research, education, and extension; USDA; 10/01/08-9/30/12

Co-Principal Investigator: High throughput sequencing for comparative genomics of the Solanaceae; Michigan State University Strategic Partnership Grants; 7/1/08-6/30/12

Co-Principal Investigator: Advancing Drug Development from Medicinal Plants using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics; NIH;9/30/08-9/29/10