{"id":279,"date":"2010-09-20T19:35:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T19:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/?p=279"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:30:38","slug":"genetics-class-participates-in-virginia-tech-research-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2010\/09\/20\/genetics-class-participates-in-virginia-tech-research-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetics class participates in Virginia Tech research program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genetics class has begun an exciting original project in coordination with the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP) program at Virginia Tech. \u00a0The project, coordinated by Dr. Erin Dolan and featuring the research program of Dr. Dorothea Tholl, both Virginia Tech professors, seeks to understand the roles of various genes in the ability of plants to defend themselves from insect herbivores. \u00a0Using the model organism <em>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em>, the class will design and conduct original experiments and, by doing so, directly contribute to an active Virginia Tech research program.<\/p>\n<p>On September 20 Dr. Dolan visited H-SC to introduce the project and help the students begin their <em>A. thaliana <\/em>plantings:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_280\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0446.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-280\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0446-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dolan introduces the project to the genetics class\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Dolan introduces the project to the genetics class<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The class will compare the ability of a number of <em>A. thaliana<\/em> strains with mutations to key regulatory genes to assess which genes play the most significant role in defending the plants against herbivory against insects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0456.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-281\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0456-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing the soil for planting\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing the soil for planting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_282\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0459.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0459-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Potting the soil \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potting the soil <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_283\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-283\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/img_0470-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Planting the seeds\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planting the seeds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We will update how the class is doing with their research as the semester progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genetics class has begun an exciting original project in coordination with the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP) program at Virginia Tech. \u00a0The project, coordinated by Dr. Erin Dolan and featuring the research program of Dr. Dorothea &hellip; 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