Palanivelu's laboratory studies how plant cells communicate with each other using pollen tube interactions with pistils during Arabidopsis thaliana reproduction as a model system. They are currently identifying the molecular mechanisms that underly specific pollen tube functions in A. thaliana such as germination, growth, guidance and growth arrest in the synergid cell of the female gametophyte.
Past PMB Seminars
For a schedule of all Plant & Microbial Biology events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
Susan Koskinen: Citation Management Tools: Best Practice
Can't decide which one to use? drop in for an overview of the best tools.
Jing-Ke Weng: Buchanan Lecture: Mechanistic Basis of Metabolic Evolution in Plants
Jing-Ke Weng has broad interests in understanding the origin and evolution of plant specialized metabolism at enzyme, pathway, and systems levels, as well as how plants exploit discrete small molecules to interact with their surrounding biotic and abiotic environments. Their work in plant metabolic evolution impacts a fundamental question in biology – how do complex traits evolve in a Darwinian...
Kumaran S. Ramamurthi: Towards the assembly of a synthetic bacterial cell
Ramamurthi’s laboratory studies fundamental mechanisms that cells use to differentiate and divide in an effort to understand how these processes may go awry during disease. His lab focuses on how proteins localize to particular subcellular locations and how they subsequently assemble to form large structures during development and cell division. Recently, he discovered that the shape of cellular...
Steve Whitham: Suppression of the plant immune system by effector proteins produced by the soybean rust fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi
Dr. Steve Whitham's research focuses on soybean defense gene networks, plant-virus interactions, and soybean-soybean rust interactions.
Jennifer Doudna: Plant Genome Engineering Symposium (PGES)
UC Berkeley’s first ever, student-run, Plant Genome Engineering Symposium (PGES) will be held from 9am to 6pm onTuesday May 31st, 2016 at Li Ka Shing Center in Berkeley. PGES aims to expand and enrich the available knowledge about the potential for genetic engineering and modification in plant systems.
Michael Laub, MIT: Microbiology Student Symposium
17th Annual Microbiology Student Symposium sponsored by the Micro Student Group, Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Rebekah Shirley: Locally Appropriate Energy Strategies for the Developing World: A focus on Clean Energy Opportunities in Borneo
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2015 Colloquium Series (ER295)
Megan Laurance: Open Genomic Data Repositories and Analysis Resources
This workshop will introduce you to the rich ecosystem of genomic data repositories and analysis tools available for discovery and utilization of open genomic data.