Kiani Gardner Washington University in St Louis, B.A. in Biology, 2007 Entered Duke 2007, Cell and Molecular Biology Program Faculty advisor: Harold Erickson Research Focus: Identifying E. coli genomic mutations that suppress an FtsZ null phenotype by whole genome resequencing; Studying the function of the the FtsZ flexible Ct-tail tether in the generation of the cell division constriction force.