Ryan Douglas Ryan graduated from Truman State University with a B.S. in Biology in 2005. He joined the Scanlon Lab in Spring 2006, and is working on the map-based cloning and genetic characterization of ragged seedling2. The ragged seedling2 mutant shows a radial leaf phenotype, but unlike other radial leaf mutants, the leaves retain proper dorsiventral anatomy. When he has spare time Ryan is very active in the Ithaca birding community. Email: rnd4@cornell.edu