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Richard E. Edelmann, Ph.D. 1993-Michigan State University, East Lansing Director of the Electron Microscopy Facility Botany Instructor Adjunct Assistant Professor of Zoology
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My research interests center on all aspects of microscopy and ultrastructural imaging, including light
microscopy (LM), transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM & SEM), and scanning probe microscopies (SPM, STM, & AFM). In addition to conventional specimen preparation and imaging techniques, my work involves (1) developing and studying cryo-preservation techniques for biological specimens and (2) developing a high resolution digital imaging and analysis network within the Electron Microscopy Facility.
For biological test organisms I study the ultrastructural reproductive development of members of the fungal class Zygomycetes. As group of organisms, the Zygomycetes are some of the most commonly found organisms and yet some of the most understudied organisms sharing our planet. My long term goal in these organism is to elucidate the fundamental steps of sexual reproduction. Each of the Zygomycetes gamete cells contain from 10-60 haploid nuclei, which after under going karyogamy and subsequent meiosis, some how result in the production of only 1 to a few genotypes following sexual reproduction. The central question remains of exactly how does this happen? |
