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FACULTY
- Hank W. Bass
Meiosis in higher plants; telomere dynamics; molecular
cytology; maize genomics.
- George W. Bates
Plant cell and molecular biology; cell fusion,
transformation, recombinant DNA, and plant cell culture.
- Hongchang Cui
Cell fate specification and reprogramming in plants; evolutionary and developmental
biology; plant-environment interaction; genomics and epigenomics; proteomics; molecular genetics.
- Jonathan H. Dennis
The biology of chromatin involved in the innate immune response.
- Austin Mast
Plant systematics, evolution, ecology, and biogeography.
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The faculty consists of biologists from several areas who meet weekly in a seminar
series. Research opportunities in plant biology are diverse but focus on basic plant
mechanisms. Research related to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology includes the study of:
1) the role of competition in plant population evolution, 2) the genetics of environmental
adaptation, and 3) the taxonomy and systematics of the Asteraceae and north Florida's rare
and endangered plants. This research is facilitated by our proximity to the Apalachicola
National Forest, Gulf of Mexico, and Tall Timbers Research Station.
Research related to cell biology includes the study of water oxidation and
photoinhibition in PSII and stomatal-aperture regulation. Molecular Biology &
Genetics-related research focuses on signal transduction & gene expression regulation
in Chlamydomonas, the molecular genetics of meiosis & chromosome pairing in maize and
arabidopsis, and hormonal regulation of plant growth and development (plant transformation
and genetic engineering). Special facilities (e.g. herbarium, greenhouse facilities,
controlled-environment, plant-growth facility) supplement standard departmental research
facilities, enhancing our research capabilities.
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