Plant Development
| Name | Research Abstract |
|---|---|
| George Haughn | Plant Developmental Genetics. Molecular genetics of seed coat development in Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Jae-Hyeok Lee | Life cycle transitions of sexual eukaryote; Molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing in phototrophic eukaryotes; Ubiquitin-dependent mechansism for chloroplast quality control; Evolution of developmental/epigenetic mechanisms; Macroevolutionary transitions from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and from green algae to land plants; Mitigating climate change by engineering algae for efficient carbon capture and biofuel production. |
| Abel Rosado | Characterization of ER-PM contact site components involved in plant stress tolerance |
| Liang Song | plant genomics, environmental stresses, seed development, gene expression |
| Geoffrey Wasteneys | Plant Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; organization of the cytoskeleton and its role in cell wall formation, intracellular motility and growth anisotropy in the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the characean algae; plant responses to abiotic and endogenous signals. |