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The Team
Courtney Price – ABRC Education & Outreach Specialist, Seed Sleuth Project Lead
Courtney Price leads the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center’s (ABRC) K-12 education, public outreach and community partnership programs. She serves as the project lead for Seed Sleuth. Courtney has a passion for making science fun and accessible for all audiences.
Lindsay Burns, PhD – Former ABRC Graduate Research Associate
Lindsay Burns worked for the ABRC as a Graduate Research Associate while completing her PhD in the Department of Teaching and Learning within the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Lindsay played a lead role in the development of the Seed Sleuth project. Lindsay’s research interests include informal science education and integrated STEM education. Upon graduation Lindsay accepted a position as an evaluator working on education projects for NASA.
Emma Knee, PhD – ABRC Associate Director
Emma Knee is the Associate Director for the ABRC. In this role she manages the ABRC team and assists the director in setting priorities and securing funding for the center. Emma provides scientific oversight to the Seed Sleuth project. She loves plants and science and is excited to share this Arabidopsis plant science project with the community.
Chris Calhoun – ABRC Curator
Chris Calhoun is the curator of ABRC’s seed production. In this role he oversees seed reproduction and quality control. Chris plays a lead role in identifying seed lines for the Seed Sleuth project, and will lead efforts to translate the data gathered through this project into next steps for future investigations. Chris is looking forward to working with community to identify seed lines that could lead to further understanding of Arabidopsis genetics in the future.
James Mann – ABRC Curator
James Mann is the curator of ABRC’s seed order fulfillment operations. In this role, he oversees the handling and processing of the approximately 4000 seed orders received by ABRC on an annual basis. James serves as the photographer for the ABRC, and is responsible for taking many of the seed sample photos included in this project. James enjoys the challenges in this project of presenting extremely small Arabidopsis seeds in a way that allows various people to see a variety of physical differences.
Alexis Highman - Former Education & Outreach Student Assistant
Alexis joined the ABRC as the student assistant for education and outreach in the fall of 2019. Alexis photographed many of the seed samples included in this project. During her undergraduate studies, Alexis completed two internships with the National Weather Service. She recently graduated with a BS in Atmospheric Sciences with a minor in Geographic Information Science. Upon graduation Alexis accepted a position with the National Weather Service in Louisiana.
ABRC Staff (2019) – This project is made possible by the hard work and support of the entire ABRC team.
Special thanks to Dr. Robert Last from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University. Dr. Last donated a large number of Arabidopsis seed lines to the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center at The Ohio State University, including those featured in this project.
Partners
The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center is a part of The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences.
This project is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CSBR-1928379.
