Currently our studies are focused on the mechanism of the pathogen-induced oxidative burst, how H 2 O 2 signals programmed death of challenged host cells and elucidation of the signal systems for localized and systemic activation of defense genes. We are also interested in the developmental control of cell division in the de novo activation of meristems in lateral root initiation. H 2 O 2 from the oxidative burst orchestrates the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response.
Cyclin expression limits root growth and development.
Chris Lamb received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, England, and served on the faculty of Oxford University. He was the Browne Research Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, a McKnight Foundation Research Scholar, and received an award from the American Chemical Society. Professor Lamb is editor of The Plant Journal and serves on the editorial boards of several other plant biology journals. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1990.