Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Joel M. Sowders

Graduate Research Assistant

Contact Information

WSU Plant Pathology
PO BOX 646430
Pullman, WA, 99163-6430
Office – Plant Sciences Building 245
Lab – Plant Sciences Building 215
Phone: (509) 335-5813 | Fax: (509) 335-9581
joel.sowders [at] wsu.edu

Education

• 2023 (expected) Ph.D. (Molecular Plant Sciences), Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• 2017 B.S. (Cellular and Molecular Biology), Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Molecular Plant Sciences Program (affiliated with Department of Plant Pathology), Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2018 – Present)
• Teacher Assistant, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA (2017)
• Undergraduate Research Intern, Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute, Holland, MI (2016)
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA (2014 – 2015)

Academic Honors, Awards, and Achievements

• NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program Fellowship, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2019 – Present)

Current Research Focus

• Study on downstream mechanisms of extracellular ATP signal transduction

Profile links

ResearchGate | ORCiD | Twitter

Publications

1. Jewell JB, Sowders JM, He R, Willis MA, Gang DR, Tanaka K (2019) Extracellular ATP shapes a defense-related transcriptome both independently and along with other defense signaling pathways. Plant Physiol. 179: 1144-1158 doi:10.1104/pp.18.01301