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- Dickerman, Allan
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Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Phone: (540) 231-1397
Email: dickerman@vt.edu
Fax: 540-231-2606
Administrative Specialist: Erin Sexton
Phone: (540) 231-8138
Email: ecsexton@vbi.vt.edu
Fax:540-231-2606
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Publications
Professional Preparation
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Zoology, Ph.D., 1992
- University of New Mexico, Biology, M.S., 1987
- Cornell University, Biology, B.A., 1984
- University of California-Irvine, postdoctoral training, 1997-98
- University of Arizona, postdoctoral training, 1992-97
Research Interests - Phylogenetic approaches to comparative genomics
- Gene expression programs in Arabidopsis embryogenesis
- Pathogen identification by microarrays of rRNA probes
Biography Allan Dickerman is an assistant professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1992 and spent several years in postdoctoral training at the University of Arizona and the University of California-Irvine. Before joining VBI in 2000, Dr. Dickerman was computational biologist and leader of the genomics scientific program for three years at the National Center for Genome Resources.
Selected Publications
Tyler BM, Tripathy S, Zhang XM, et al. Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis. Science. 2006;313:1261–1266.
Zhao CS, Craig JC, Petzold HE, Dickerman AW, Beers EP. The xylem and phloem transcriptomes from secondary tissues of the Arabidopsis root-hypocotyl. Plant Physiology. 2005;138:803–818.
Tzafrir I, Pena-Muralla R, Dickerman A, et al. Identification of genes required for embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 2004;135:1206–1220.
Beers EP, Jones AM, Dickerman AW. The S8 serine, C1A cysteine and Al aspartic protease families in Arabidopsis. Phytochemistry. 2004;65:43–58.
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