Epicuticular wax ceystals coat the outer epidermal cell walls of Arabidopsis stems. (Photo by Lacey Samuels).
YFP-tagged WSD1 wax ester synthase co-localizes with the hexyl rhodamine B in the endoplasmic reticulum. (Li et al., 2008, Plant Physiol. 148: 97-107).
The CER6 promoter directs epidermis-specific expression of iudA gene encoding GUS in Arabidopsis shoots (cross section through a petiole). (Photo by Tony Millar).
Developing seeds in wild-type and KCR1/kcr1 heterozygous siliques. (Beaudoin and Wu et al., 2009, Plant Physiol. 150: 1174-1191).
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Research positions are no longer available in my lab.
Thank you for your interest in joining my research group. However, I am no longer accepting graduate students and postdocs as I am nearing retirement.