David Cook, III

The Cook lab at K-State is focused on understanding genome regulation and evolution in fungal plant pathogens. We investigate how chemical and physical information in the genome coordinate transcription during infection, and how fungal genomes change over short and long periods of time. We are also actively involved in a number of projects to develop new molecular tools and computational approaches to aid crop development. Research projects in the Cook lab have been funded by the United State Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.