Plant Molecular Biology

Please note: Words in italics are the official PIBS affiliations of the indicated faculty.

Steven Clark, Ph.D. Current research focuses on receptor kinase=mediated signaling pathways regulating stem cell identity and organogenesis, as well as microRNA regulation of stem cell specification. Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology.

Laura Olsen, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular biology of peroxisomes - peroxisome biogenesis and function. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology.

Mark A. Saper, Ph.D. Structural biology of components of the type III secretion system essential for bacterial pathogenesis. Other current projects include a novel bacterial tyrosine kinase and phosphatase important for pathogenesis, and a family of aminotransferases essential for plant photorespiration. Protein crystallography is the main technique employed in the lab. Biological Chemistry. Biophysics.

John Schiefelbein, Ph.D. Molecular genetics of cell morphogenesis; plant molecular biology. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology. Cellular & Molecular Biology.
Lab: http://www.mcdb.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/schiefel/lab/index.html

Charles F. Yocum, Ph.D. Mechanisms of photosynthetic energy transduction. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology. Biophysics.