“Using Genomics to Bridge the Genotype to Phenotype Gap in Disease Resistance: Dealing With Unexpected Phenotypes”
Dr. Michelle Graham, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS

Michelle Graham is a USDA-ARS Research Geneticist.  Michelle obtained her B.S. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin Madison while working with Dr. Paul Williams in the Fast Plants research program. She then received her Ph.D. in Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology with Dr. Randy Shoemaker at ISU, specializing in sequencing and characterization of resistance gene loci in soybean. Following her Ph.D., Michelle completed a Post-doc in computational biology working on identification of legume-specific genes and small antimicrobial compounds in plants at the University of Minnesota with Kate VandenBosch and Carroll Vance. In 2006 she returned to the Department of Agronomy as a scientist with the USDA-ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit. Dr. Graham’s current research uses cutting edge genomic and bioinformatic approaches to understand crop responses to biotic and abiotic stress.