Principal Investigator
Siobhan Brady
Professor
HHMI Faculty Scholar
Siobhan Brady maps the gene networks that regulate the development of plant roots. Comparing these networks in different cell types across different species, including important crops such as tomato and sorghum, reveals how some plants adapt to frequent droughts and other harsh environmental conditions.
The Scientists
Physiological changes in the tomato root system during arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi colonization.
Mapping plant gene regulatory networks.
Genetic and epigenetic engineering of N-related traits.
Molecular mechanisms controlling endodermis and exodermis differentiation in tomato roots.
Characterizing changes in the S. lycopersicum chromatin landscape associated with root development.
Engineering nitrogen feedback loops in tomato
Characterizing the influence of the microbiome on Sorghum root system architecture, cellular anatomy and the transcriptome in the presence of the parasite, Striga hermonthica.
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Characterization of tomato root exodermis
The role of selective barriers in the root and shoot to salinity acclimation in tomato.
Characterization of xylem molecular and cell wall epitope profiles in S. lyopersicum and S. pennellii
Characterization of Sorghum germplasm for Striga resistance and root development
Torgeir R. Hvidsten is a professor in bioinformatics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and is currently spending his sabbatical in the Brady Lab. His research focuses on utilizing large genomics datasets to model how genes interact in regulatory networks and how such networks give rise to properties characteristic to individuals and species. He specifically works on the regulatory network underlying wood formation to better understand the evolution of trees and what it means to be a tree.
