The Bruns laboratory focuses on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi.
Past PMB Seminars
For a schedule of all Plant & Microbial Biology events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
Nick Burnett, PhD Candidate: The Biomechanics of Kelp in the Intertidal Zone
Join us for a new episode of The Graduates as we speak with biologist Nick Burnett about his work on the biomechanics of intertidal sea kelp in the Pacific Ocean. The Graduates, highlighting graduate student research at Berkeley and around the world, is broadcast every other Tuesday at 9AM on KALX 90.7FM and on the web.
Daniel Voytas: Editing the Plant Genome
Methods for precisely altering DNA sequences in living cells enable detailed functional analysis of genes and genetic pathways. In plants, targeted genome modification has applications ranging from understanding plant gene function to developing crop plants with new traits of value. Our group has enabled efficient methods for targeted genome modification of plants using sequence-specific...
Britt Glaunsinger: RNA destruction and revival during viral infection
The Glaunsinger lab studies the creative strategies viruses use to manipulate gene expression in host cells. Their primary focus is RNA-based regulation of gene expression, including both transcriptional and posttranscriptional control.
Susan Ustin: Mapping Aquatic Plants From the Air
Susan Ustin is a Professor of Environmental and Resource Science and Director of the Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) at UC Davis. She works with imaging spectroscopy and other remote sensing systems at a variety of scales ,from leaf level to global. Among other studies, she has included mapping vegetation distribution and abundance, including invasive species mapping...
Ravi Palanivelu: Closing the deal: Arabidopsis LORELEI is required for pollen tube reception by the female gametophyte
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.
Susan Koskinen: EndNote Introduction
Get started using Endnote, take control of your pdfs, article links, and images.
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...