Sources: Christopher Toomajian, 785-532-0879 or
firstname.lastname@example.org; and Katie Hildebrand,
email@example.com Pronouncer: Toomajian is Too-MAY-jan Hometown
interest: Stafford and Stafford County, Kan. News release
prepared by: Jennifer Tidball, 785-532-0847,
firstname.lastname@example.org Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 MAPPING A
MODEL: RESEARCHERS' INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO SEQUENCE,
ANALYZE GENOME OF PLANT SPECIES APPEARS IN JOURNAL NATURE
MANHATTAN -- Two Kansas State University researchers have been
collaborating on an international project involving genomes of a
model plant species that can offer insights into other plants.
Christopher Toomajian, assistant professor of plant pathology,
and Katie Hildebrand, doctoral student in plant pathology,
Stafford, are researching genetic variation in Arabidopsis
thaliana, a small flowering plant that has a short life cycle,
making it one of the best model species for scientific study.
For some of their latest research, they have worked with
researchers from