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Joseph Edwards
- Assistant Professor
- Office:
- 333D PLPM
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 979-862-1495
- Website: https://www.bulksoil.org/
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- Virginia Tech, 2011
- Graduate Education
- University of California, Davis 2017
Areas of Expertise
- Plant microbiomes
- Plant genetics / genomics
- Plant immunity
- Bacterial genomics
Professional Summary
Joe Edwards is an assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. His research program investigates the community of beneficial, commensal, and sometimes pathogenic microorganisms which colonize plants roots (i.e. the root microbiome). He has a particular interest in uncovering the host genetic factors which impact assembly of the root microbiome of bioenergy / native grasses and the crop plant rice. His group utilizes metagenomic sequencing of microbial communities, GWAS and QTL mapping, bacterial isolation and genome sequencing, and transcriptomics.