Sara Cline, PhD

Faculty/ Professor of Biology & Pre-Health Advisor
Sara Cline Photo

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology: Ohio State University
  • BA, Biology: Transylvania University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cytochrome c biogenesis in the chloroplast and Bioinformatic analysis of GWAS studies looking for genes associated with disease
  • Organelle biogenesis in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Bioinformatic analysis of variants of uncertain significance through the Characterizing Our DNA Exceptions (CODE) project
  • Genome annotation through the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP)
  • Isolating & characterizing antibiotic producing bacteria through the TinyEarth Project (TEP)
  • Molecular Biology Serious Educational Game development

If you are interested in a summer research project on one of these topics, please contact her!