Lead Institutions Steering Committee External Advisory Committee University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Lawrence Cornett, PhD, UAMS, Chair Chris Gissendanner, PhD, University of University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Jerry Ware, PhD, UAMS Louisiana-Monroe Rick Morrison, PhD, UAMS Patricia Hand, PhD, Mount Desert Island Galina Glazko, PhD, UAMS Biological Laboratory Lawrence Cornett, PhD Liz Pierce, PhD, UALR James Hardin, PhD, SunEcoEnergy Principal Investigator Feng Wang, PhD, UAF Joan Lakoski, PhD, West Virginia University Jerry Ware, PhD Tom Risch, PhD, AState Daniel Satterlee, PhD, Louisiana State University Program Coordinator Ann Wright, PhD, Hendrix College Agricultural Center Tim Knight, PhD, OBU Brian Greuel, PhD, JBU Administrative Core Mansour Mortazavi, PhD, UAPB Lawrence Cornett, PhD, Director Steven Addison, PhD, UCA Affiliate Institutions Jerry Ware, PhD, Associate Director Arkansas Tech University Traci Abraham, PhD, Internal Evaluator Central Baptist College Caroline Miller Robinson, Program Manager Harding University Diane McKinstry, Outreach Program Coordinator Partner Institutions Henderson State University Arkansas State University Lyon College Hendrix College Philander Smith John Brown University Southern Arkansas University Ouachita Baptist University University of Arkansas, Fort Smith University of Arkansas, Little Rock University of Arkansas, Monticello University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff University of the Ozarks DRP Program University of Central Arkansas Director J. Ware, PhD Research Technology Outreach Core Core Director Director F. Wang, PhD A. Tackett, PhD Bioinformatics Core Co-Directors G. Glazko, PhD Liz Pierce, PhD .