Summer 2009

From left: Megan Paul, Jonathan Burne, Minsoo Kim, Jillian Moore (front), Kara Samsel (back), Devika Unnithan, Victor Garcia, Heather O'Neill, Logan Robinson, Eman Basha, Amr Badran, Ung Lee, Kishor Gaikwad.

The Vierling Lab is in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, in the Life Sciences South building. Dr. Vierling also holds joint appointments in the Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Plant Sciences and is a member of the BIO5 faculty. The lab is an active member of the Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology (BMCB) graduate program, the BCP graduate program and the Plant Sciences Graduate Program.  Research conducted in the lab focuses on the structure and function of molecular chaperones and the mechanism of plant response to environmental stress. The lab uses biochemistry, genetics and molecular and genomics techniques to address these questions.

Dr. Vierling has taught in the core biochemistry courses for majors (Biochem 462a and b), the core plant sciences courses for graduate students, and runs a seminar course for first year graduate students (595c).

Dr. Elizabeth Vierling, Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona 1007 E. Lowell Street Life Sciences South #352 Tucson AZ 85721-0106

Telephone: (520) 621-1601/-3977 Fax: (520) 621-3709, or -9288 vierling@email.arizona.edu