Structural Plant Biology

These faculty are interested in the functional significance of plant structural features to understand plant organelle functions, evolution, and systematics. Prokaryotes, protists, multicellular algae, bryophytes, and vascular plants are studied using a variety of microscopy techniques such as light microscopy, confocal scanning laser microscopy, cryofixation/freeze substitution, dual-axis electron tomography, scanning electron microscopy, and immunolabeling. Specific interests include algal structure, development, and systematics; and the rise of land plants; organelle organization and membrane traffic; cytokinesis, vacuole formation; seed development.

Members of the section are:

Linda Graham

Marisa Otegui

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