- Research topics: development, gene regulation, genomics, genetics
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana
Professor, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Honorary Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology
Research interests: Cell fate specification during plant development, primarily focused on the asymmetric divisions that generate stomata in the leaf epidermis and lateral roots from the pericycle. We currently study the local cell--cell interactions that orient cell divisions and mechanisms by which cells polarize their divisions, but are also interested in understanding how cells integrate local signals with long-range environmental signals to optimize stomatal pattern and density for photosynthetic efficiency and plant growth.
- Research topics: development, cell biology, signal transduction, genetics, genomics
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana and other species as appropriate
Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Research interests: Molecular basis of phototaxis in cyanobacteria; signal transduction networks; type IV pilus mediated motility; comparative and functional genomics in cyanobacteria
- Research topics: genetics, genomics, gene regulation, evolution, photosynthesis, environment
- Species studied: Synechocystis sp., Anabaena sp., Synechococcus sp.
Emeritus Director, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Professor, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, photomorphogenesis, signal transduction
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana and others as appropriate.
Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Associate Professor by Courtesy, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: cell biology, development, genetics, genomics, proteomics
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana
Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Research interests: Interactions between maternal effect and zygotic effect mutations during maize seed development and Teosinte crossing barrier1, a locus governing hybridiztion of teosinte with maize.
- Species studied: Maize
Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Professor, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: molecular cell biology, molecular physiology, nanosensor design, imaging
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana, Lycopersicon esculentum, Mus musculus
Professor by Courtesy, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: genomics, genetics, gene regulation, metabolism, photosynthesis, environment
- Microbes and photosynthetic organisms studied: Synechocystis Pcc6803, Porchlorococcus ProMed4, Prochlorococcus 9313, Chlamydomans reinhardtii, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Arabidopsis thaliana
Martin Jonikas ">
Staff Associate, Carengie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
- Research topics: photosynthesis, carbon concentration, lipid biogenesis, genetics, molecular biology, cell biology
- Species studied: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Sharon R. Long
Professor, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Honorary Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology
Research interests: Cell signaling between bacterial symbionts and host plants; genetics and functional genomics of Rhizobium; symbiotic nitrogen fixation; gene expression
- Research topics: biochemistry, genetics, genomics, gene regulation, plant-microbe interaction, symbiosis, development, differentiation, cell cycle
- Species studied: Sinorhizobium meliloti, other rhizobia, Medicago sativa (alfalfa), Medicago truncatula
Honorary Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology
- Research topics: plant-microbe interaction, host-pathogen interaction, genetics, genomics, signal transduction.
- Species studied: Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas campestris, Arabidopsis thaliana, tomato
Sue Rhee
Associate Professor by Courtesy, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: metabolic network function and evolution, genetic and molecular architectures of adaptive traits, systematic discovery of transcriptional regulators, systematic discovery of signal transduction pathways
- Research methods: bioinformatics, cell biology, computational biology, environmental stress physiology, evolution, genomics, global gene expression, metabolomics, network modeling, proteomics, quantitative genetics, synthetic biology, systems biology
- Species studied: All plants (with an emphasis on model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Brachypodium distachyon, Seteria viridis, Solanum lycopersicum, and Lemna gibba)
Honorary Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology
- Research topics: biochemistry, metabolic engineering, metabolomics, synthetic biology, genomics
- Species studied: Arabidopsis, tomato, medicinal plants
Professor, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Honorary Adjunct Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology
Research Interests: Molecular and developmental regulaton of the MuDR/Mu transposons of maize, using genetically engineered transposons to define maize gene function and to study transposon regulation. Impact of UV-B on maize and MuDR/Mu elements.
- Research topics: biochemistry, development, environmental stress, evolution, gene expression, gene regulation, genetics, genomics
- Species studied: Maize, with other species (e.g. Petunia, Arabidopsis) as appropriate
Zhiyong Wang
Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Associate Professor by Courtesy, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Research topics: biochemistry, cell biology, genetics , genomics, proteomics, signal transduction
- Species studied: Arabidopsis thaliana