Featured Faculty
As world leaders in plant genome research, Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute, and the U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory are host to many outstanding research labs. These research facilities have built on Cornell’s long tradition of research in plant genetics and breeding to develop novel technologies, the application of which has sought to improve the scientific understanding of many aspects of plant biology. The research interests of the labs are quite varied, ranging from identifying disease resistance in crop plants to understanding how plants sense and respond to light. For more information about the research projects in the Plant Genome Research Program, please click on the project leaders, below.
Current Projects
Dr. Klaus Apel
Environmental stress response in plants
Dr. Jeff Doyle
Molecular evolution of polyploids and genome expression in legumes
Dr. Zhangjun Fei
Functional genomics of fruit flavor and nutrition pathways
Dr. Jim Giovannoni
Ripening and lycopene accumulation in tomato
Dr. Maureen Hanson
Gene expression in plant organelles; Improving photosynthesis
Dr. Maria Harrison
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and plant phosphate nutrition
Dr. Georg Jander
Genetics and biochemistry of plant-insect interactions
Dr. Dan Klessig
Signal transduction of pathogenesis related genes
Dr. Leon Kochian
Root biology of aluminum tolerance and phytoremediation of heavy metals
Dr. Greg Martin
Molecular mechanisms of disease resistance and susceptibility in tomato
Dr. Susan McCouch
Plant breeding genetics and rice genomics
Dr. Lukas Mueller
SGN bioinformatics and genomics
Dr. Wojtek Pawlowski
Genetic regulation of chromosome behavior in meiosis and meiotic recombination
Dr. Sorina Popescu
Understanding plant signaling networks through protein microarrays and molecular system biology
Dr. Eric Richards
Epigenetics and nuclear organization
Dr. Adrienne Roeder
Plant cell division and cell identity specification
Dr. David Stern
Chloroplast gene expression, photosynthesis and bioenergy
Dr. Klaas van Wijk
Comparative proteome analysis of C3 and C4 leaf and chloroplast development and differentiation
Past Projects
Dr. Tom Brutnell
Ac transposon tagging and light signaling pathways in maize
Dr. Jian Hua
Environmental response in plants:Pathogens and Temperature
Dr. Ji Young Lee
Signal transduction of pathogenesis related genes
Dr. Keith Perry
The two main emphases of research in the Perry lab are research on plant viruses and the mechanism
Dr. Joss Rose
Structure, function, and metabolism of plant cell walls
Dr. Mike Scanlon
Plant evolution, development, and morphology
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