Here is a list of students that have worked in the lab and their student publications . Here is a list of ALL our research papers . My lab is interested in how cell structure dictates function. In plants, the pollen tube delivers the sperm for fertilization. The cellular mechanisms for this delivery are somewhat unique in the conifers compared to the flowering plants, so the typical model systems like Arabidopsis, Nicotiana and Lilium do not always apply.
Conifer timber is an important agricultural crop used for lumber and paper.
It can be difficult to breed new timber varieties because of incompatibility between tree species. Understanding the basic cellular mechanisms of reproduction in conifers may eventually lead to new commercial methods which overcome this incompatibility. More details about the conifer project . The hairs are an interesting model system to study cell secretion and intracellular transport. Here are more details about the secretory hair project .