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C. Robin Buell

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics

Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT)
Crop & Soil Sciences

Areas of expertise

Biochemistry and Cell BiologyGeneticsPlant Biology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Utah State University, UT, United States (1992)

Courses

PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
GENE 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
PBGG 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Fall 2025)
GRSC 7001: GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar (Fall 2025)
PBGG 7300: Master's Thesis (Spring 2026)
GRSC 7001: GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar (Spring 2026)
PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)
GENE 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
HONS 4990R: Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) (Spring 2026)
PBIO 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Spring 2026)
BCMB 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Spring 2026)
GENE 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
PBGG 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Summer 2026)
PBGG 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
GENE 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
BCMB 4970R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II (Fall 2026)
PBGG 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
PBGG 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Fall 2026)
PBGG 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2026)
GRSC 7001: GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar (Fall 2026)
PBIO 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

Co-option of ancestral stem regulators drove recurrent evolution of underground storage organs, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (2026).
Brose J, Martin D, Wang Y-W, Wood JC, Vaillancourt B … 4 more
Engineering carotenoid and steroidal glycoalkaloid depleted tomato fruit for heterologous production of high value terpenes., (2026).
Deans NC, Cody J, Reist L, Hamilton JP, Starker C … 6 more
Single Cell Multiomics of Hooked Potato Stolons Reveals Parallels to Shoot Apical Meristems in Arabidopsis, PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, (2026).
Martin D, Wood JC, Buell CR
Chromosome-scale genome assembly for yellow wood sorrel, Oxalis stricta, G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, (2026).
Wood JC, Hamilton JP, Vaillancourt B, Brose J, Edger PP … 1 more
Rooting for heterosis: Hybrid potatoes, NATURE PLANTS, (2026).
Buell CR

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Robin.Buell@uga.edu 706-542-4021

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111 Riverbend Road
Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, Room 249
Athens, GA 30602

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Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, Room 249
Athens, GA 30602

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Crop and Soil Sciences

Dec. 18, 2023

CAES researcher explores ancient wheat genomes to improve diversity in bread wheat
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Oct. 19, 2023

Growing our gas: UGA moving biofuels closer to market
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Crop and Soil Sciences

May 31, 2023

Analysis of single plant cells provides insights into natural product biosynthesis
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Oct. 17, 2022

CAES-led research team receives $15.8M to modify poplar for bioproducts
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Aug. 8, 2022

UGA genomicist seeks to offset climate impacts on important food crop
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March 10, 2022

Research in plant genomics is answering big biological questions
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