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Ursula Jander, PhD, Chair
Matt Aterburn, Ph.D
Sharon Ashworth, PhD
Kellis Bayless, PhD
Lee Boyd, PhD
Susan Bjerke, PhD
Robert Flahart, PhD
Andrew Herbig, PhD
Duane Hinton, PhD
Vic Landrum, PhD
John Mullican, PhD
Paul Wagner, PhD
Tracy Wagner, Phd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Matt Arterburn, Ph. D.

Matt Arterburn , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Stoffer 201D
(785) 670-3110 office
matt.arterburn@washburn.edu

 

Ph.D., Washington State University (2006)

Courses Taught:

BI 100 Introduction to Biology
BI 102 General Cellular Biology Lecture
BI 102 General Cellular Biology Lab
BI 333 General Genetics Lecture
BI 333 General Genetics Laboratory
BI 362 Immunology
BI 390 Biology Seminar
BI 395 Biology Research

Research Interests:

  • Cytogenetic manipulations in perennial wheat development
  • Molecular mechanisms of annual versus perennial life histories
  • Genomic implications of polyploid evolution in wheatgrasses

Recent Scholary Works:

  • Arterburn M, Kleinhofs A, Murray T, Jones S. 2008. "Polymorphic Nuclear Gene Sequences Indicate a Novel Genome Donor in the Polyploid Genus Thinopyrum." Hereditas. (Submitted).

  • Arterburn M, Kidwell K, Jones S. "Plant Breeding and Biotechnology." 2008 (review). United Nations Educational, Societal and Cultural Organization Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Section 1.5.06.

  • Li HJ, Arterburn M, Jones SS, Murray TD. Resistance to eyespot of wheat, caused by Tapesia yallundae, derived from Thinopyrum intermedium homoeologous group 4 chromosome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 2005, August. p. 1-9.

  • Li HJ, Arterburn M, Jones SS, Murray TD. 2004. A new source of resistance to Tapesia yallundae associated with a homoeologous group 4 chromosome in Thinopyrum ponticum. Phytopathology. 94. p. 932-937.

  • Lammer D, Cai X, Arterburn M, Chatelain J, Murray TD, Jones SS. 2004. A single chromosome addition from Thinopyrum elongatum confers a polycarpic, perennial habit to annual wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 55(403). p. 1715-1720.

Other Interests:

  • Hiking, tennis

 

 
 
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