Faculty

Biochemical evolution of specialized metabolism within the solanaceae family; genetic determinants of fruit quality and ripening.

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A22 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Postharvest biology and technology; controlled atmosphere storage of pome fruit, modified atmosphere packaging; sugarbeet storage, ripening biology and aroma volatile biochemistry.

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Biosynthesis of lipids in photosynthetic membranes, lipid trafficking phenomena involving chloroplasts, engineering of crops and algae for biodiesel production.

Mycology, plant-fungal interactions, truffle ecology, evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis in fungi.

Biology of secretion in plant cells, endomembranes and live cell imaging.

Plant diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes; epidemiology and genetics of host-pathogen interactions; diseases of field crops.

Statistical genetics, Bioinformatics, Longitudinal data analysis.

Molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions.

Biochemical genomics, quantitative genetics and genome wide association mapping of dietary micronutrients in plants. Genomics of medicinal plant metabolism. Synthesis and function of lipid soluble antioxidants in plants.

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S320 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Plant cell wall biology and applications, real-time label-free imaging using microspectroscopy, single cell omics.

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206 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Synthetic biology in cyanobacteria; photosynthetic metabolism and production of 'green' fuels and commodity products; mixed cyanobacteria-heterotroph microbial consortia.

Molecular mechanisms of the plant circadian clock; role of circadian rhythms in plant physiology.

Structure and function of membrane proteins; biosynthesis of glycolipids and glycosyltransferase function; protein crystallography.

Combinatorial control of flavonoid biosynthesis by R2R3-MYB and bHLH factors; Elucidation of the gene regulatory grids in maize and other grasses; Control of Arabidopsis cell cycle by unusual R2R3-MYB factors; Biosynthesis, trafficking, and sequestration of anthocyanins; Biosynthesis, health-promoting activities and metabolic engineering of flavones.

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A342 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Floral and fruit development in Cucumis; disease resistance; cucurbit genomics; biotechnology biosafety.

Discovery of plant pathways for bioactive diterpenoids in medicinal plant species.

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A332 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Molecular biology of secondary growth; secondary wall biosynthesis; feedstock development for bioenergy and biomaterials; drought tolerance.

Molecular genetics of plant-pathogens/microbiota interactions.

Metalloenzymology; biosynthesis, transport, and regulation of heme and other metal cofactors; mechanism of microbial H2 and N2O production; bioenergy; conversion of biomass to transportation fuels.

Plant biochemistry; phloem-mediated mechanisms of plant growth and development; identification of factors which regulate plant growth through changes in cell wall and cuticle biosynthesis.

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Molecular genetics of fruit tree development & physiology; plant architecture; flower development & bud dormancy.

Molecular basis of plant-insect interactions; regulation of plant growth and defense.

Using experimental and computational approaches to study genome-wide mRNA translation and identify novel peptides; plant responses under diurnal cycles and environmental stress; circadian rhythms.

Molecular mechanisms of peroxisomal function and regulation in plants.

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342 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Plant gene expression and regulation induced by environmental stresses, including heat, cold, and drought; Epigenetic mechanisms associated with plant centromere function; Genetics, genomics, and epigenomics of potato and other crop species.

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A330 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Function of transposable elements; mechanisms of genome diversification; computational and molecular biology.

Biological mass spectrometry and metabolomics of plant stress; plant defense and signaling chemistry involved in plant-insect and plant-pathogen interactions.

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222 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Structural and functional characterization of bacterial microcompartments and of proteins involved in photoprotection in photosynthetic organisms.

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S220 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Energetics and control of photosynthesis; electron and proton transfer reactions; reactive oxygen generation; understanding the molecular and physiological processes involved in conversion of light energy by plants into forms usable for life; understanding how plants evolved to support life in extreme environments.

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301 Biochemistrymap marker icon
Plant genetics, metabolic regulation, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, functional genomics.

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166 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Plant Speciation; population and quantitative genetics; landscape evoluationary genomics.

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Basic and translational research of dynamic lipid-protein particles of plastids, called Plastoglobules, for enhanced stress tolerance and metabolic engineering; plastid biochemistry; proteomics.

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162 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Plant and landscape ecology; plant virus ecology; disturbance ecology; remote sensing; global change; sustainability; restoration.

Small fruit and hop pathology, post-harvest diseases of specialty crops, fungicide resistance, and molecular pathogen detection.

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322 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Molecular basis of organ-specific phytochrome responses in higher plants; light-regulated development in cyanobacteria.

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239 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Function and evolution of plant genomes and epigenomes using both experimental and computational approaches.

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339 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Structural organization and dynamics of the chloroplast division machinery; molecular mechanisms controlling chloroplast division and expansion in plant cells.

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Molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance and other weedy traits in crop-pest species, with an especial focus on herbicide resistance evolution.

Plant/insect interactions; pesticide resistance; pest control strategies for cowpea in Africa.

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34 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Tree diseases (detection, identification, pathogenicity and population analysis) and improving tree health (phytobiome approach).

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166 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Molecular basis of chloroplast biogenesis; optimizing photosynthetic carbon capture for crop improvement.

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S350 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, non-photosynthetic one-carbon metabolism, metabolic engineering, plant NMR spectroscopy.

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Biochemistry and biophysics of processes important in gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere.

Genome evolution, stress biology, bioinformatics, systems and predictive biology.

Plant bacteriology; host pathogen interactions; fruit tree disease management; bacterial plasmid biology; microbial evolution.

Molecular mechanisms of nitrogen and sulfur utilization in plants; nutrient sensing, transport and metabolism.

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306 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Molecular genetics of plant freezing and drought tolerance; regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stress.

Development in filamentous fungi and host-pathogen interactions using genetics, genomics and physiological approaches.

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A328 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Comparative genomics; molecular genetics of desiccation tolerance; engineering CAM photosynthesis; crop domestication.

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Developmental genetics, epigenetics, chromatin structure; regulation of gene activity during development including flowering.

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310 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Mechanisms and models of photosynthesis; fluxes of metabolites during primary metabolism.

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348E Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Soybean genetics and genomics to improve plant performance, host plant resistance and seed chemical composition.

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A234 Plant and Soil Sciencesmap marker icon
Genetics of plant development; genomics-assisted breeding; marker-assisted selection; floriculture crops.

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S124 Plant Biology Labsmap marker icon
Plant cell wall biochemistry; biosynthesis and regulation of polysaccharides and lignin; genetic engineering of lignin for improved biomass.