Timothy R. Rast
Research Specialist (now in the Beilstein Lab, School of Plant Sciences)

Appointments and Education
B.S. Microbiology 1990 University of Minnesota Twin Cities     
B.S. Biochemistry 1990 University of Minnesota Twin Cities     

2010-2012: Research Specialist, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, January 2010-2012

2006-11/2009: Scientist, Davis Lab, Microbiology, University of Minnesota

2000-2006: Scientist, PT Magee Lab, Genetics and Cell Development, University of Minnesota

1995-2000: Scientist-Junior Scientist, Bioprocess Facility, Biological Process Technology Institute, University of Minnesota

1989-1995: Junior Scientist-Student lab tech, Palmer Rogers Lab, Microbiology, University of Minnesota

My Background
Originally from the upper Midwest, I conducted research at the University of Minnesota for 20 years in biochemistry and genetics. I love the Sonoran desert and Tucson, as you can see from this photo to the right, taken up at Mount Lemmon in 2010.

Publications
van het Hoog, M. and Rast, T.J. etal (2007) Assembly of the Candida albicans genome into sixteen supercontigs aligned on the eight chromosomes, Genome Biology 2007, 8:R52

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