Areas of expertise

About

Dr. Buell’s research program focuses on the genome biology of plants and plant pathogens, including comparative genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

She has worked on the genomes of Arabidopsis, rice, potato, maize, switchgrass, sweetpotato, mints, and medicinal plants. With expertise in bioinformatics, one component of Dr. Buell’s research is provision of databases and web-based data-mining tools for the greater scientific community.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Utah State University, UT, United States (1992)

Awards and honors

• Award Title Goes Here, Institution Name Here (2023)
• Award Title Goes Here, Institution Name Here 2 (2021)
• Award Title Goes Here, Institution Name Here 3 (2017)

Courses

• CRSS 5200: Advanced Soil Microbiology
• CRSS 5500: Crop Breeding and Genetics

Publications

• Single Cell Multi-Omics Reveals Rare Biosynthetic Cell Types in the Medicinal Tree Camptotheca acuminata.
  Bui V-H, Wood JC, Vaillancourt B, et al. (2025). Plant Biotechnology Journal.
• Discovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids.
  Colinas M, Tymen C, Wood JC, et al. (2025). Nature Plants.
• Genetic basis for broad interspecific compatibility in Solanum verrucosum.
  Behling W, Coombs J, Ranaweera T, et al. (2025). The Plant Journal, 123(4).
• Phased chromosome-level assembly provides insight into the genome architecture of hexaploid sweetpotato.
  Wu S, Sun H, Zhao X, et al. (2025). Nature Plants.
• Enzymatic epimerization of monoterpene indole alkaloids in kratom.
  McDonald A, Nakamura Y, Schotte C, et al. (2025). Nature Chemical Biology.