Plants are feed, fuel, material, and medicine. How we use plants depends on how they are shaped. The number of flowers, the shape of the leaf, and how deep roots grow, are all shapes that contribute to the productivity and sustainability of our food system. We try to understand how these shapes are made so that we can better manipulate them for crop improvement.
The spikelet meristem is the source of ~50% of human calories world wide!
We are looking for a Postdoc to join our team.
We study the molecular mechanisms of plant developmental patterning, defining which levers to pull to improve plant shape.
We study the tools and deployment mechanisms for delivering gene edits into plants. We design custom alleles for research and crop improvement.
We combine developmental mechanism and allele design to improve target traits in crop plants, including yield and developmental plasticity.
PhD Student Danielle Samson has received a fellowship from the CSU qCMB program funded by an NIH T32 training grant. Thanks to qCMB for supporting her research and providing a vibrant community focused on quantitative cell and molecular biology!
The qCMB program is supported by the NIH NIGMS Award T32 GM132057.
Let there be light!
First pics on the new scope and they are awesome…..
SoPIN1-Cerulean and PIN1b-Citrine in Brachypodium spikelet meristem
Our Confocal has arrived!! Thanks to the Biology Department, the College of Natural Sciences, and the Vice President of Research for supporting this investment in our lab and the greater CSU Microcopy Community! Can’t wait to boot this baby up!
