Farmer-Scientists at Kohm & Spychalla, LLC

Dr. James Spychalla PhD

Dr. James Spychalla

“There is no end to the improvements and scale that can be accomplished with our minituber and FY1 production.”

University of Wisconsin, B.S. – Agronomy
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. – Plant Physiology
John Innes Centre, England – Postdoc – Molecular Genetics jic.ac.uk/
Wash. State Univ., Inst.of Biol. Chem. – Postdoc – Molecular Biology

Selected publication:  Spychalla et al., Identification of an animal ω-3 fatty acid desaturase by heterologous expression in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94: 1142-1147

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.4.1142

Current research interests: Potato aeroponics and CRISPR gene editing

Dr. Barbel Kohm PhD

Dr. Bärbel Köhm

“Propagating and growing potatoes is my passion.”

Universität Tübingen, Diplom – Mikrobiologie
Universität Tübingen, Dr. rer. Nat.- Pflanzenpathologie/Mikrobiologie
Sainsbury Laboratory John Innes Centre, England – Postdoc – Virology tsl.ac.uk/
University of Idaho, Postdoc – Potato Molecular Virology

Selected publication:  Köhm et al., Potato Virus X Resistance Gene Mediates an Induced, Nonspecific Resistance in Protoplasts. The Plant Cell, 5: 913–920,

https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.5.8.913

Current research interests: Potato endophytic microbes

Tissue Culture Lab
Molecular Lab 6
qPCR

Kohm & Spychalla, LLC

N4244 State Highway 52
Antigo, WI. 54409
715-623-5773
715-216-7449
potatoes@kohm-spychalla.com

Barbel Kohm or James Spychalla