News from Kawashima Lab

• Ashwini has successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Shivakumar!
• National Science Foundation has awarded our project on plant fertilization!
• Tomo has joined the Editorial Board of The Plant Cell, Plant & Cell Physiology, and PLOS Genetics.

About the Lab

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 undergraduate students who want to do research for ABT301/395/396, PLS395, or BIO199/395/398. Please contact Dr. Tomo (tomo.k@uky.edu)!

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