News!
- A new journal, Seed Biology, has been launched!
- Jacob and Megan presented their work at the UK undergrad science fair. (4.26.2022)
- Foteh won the graduate program Outstanding PhD Student award. Congratulations! (4.22.2022)
- Tomo will be presenting our fertilization work at the 26th International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction as one of the keynote speakers!
Welcome to the Kawashima Laboratory!
Although many factors involved in seed development and seed sizes/numbers have been identified, the precise mechanisms of how plants accomplish seed development and control these seed traits are largely unknown. Using the confocal microscopy real-time live-cell imaging approach, we are investigating the molecular mechanisms, cellular dynamics, and evolution of land plant sexual reproduction, especially focusing on stages from fertilization to early seed/embryo development.
We are recruiting students who want to do research for ABT301/395/396, PLS395, or BIO199/395/398. Please contact Dr. Tomo (tomo.k@uky.edu)!
Vijyesh's parents visited our lab (6.10.2022)
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F-actin in the Arabidopsis female gamete cell
Cyan: F-actin in the central cell, Yellos: central cell nucleus, Magenta: cell structures (Ali et al., PNAS, 2020)