Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

FEATURED FACULTY
David Shintani, PhD

Interest: Plant biochemistry and genome research; metabolic and developmental regulation of plant lipid metabolism; vitamin and cofactor biosynthesis in plants.

 

 
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FEATURED RESEARCH
Dissecting The ROS Signaling Network Of Cells

 

ROS are implicated in diverse biological processes including stress tolerance, aging and cancer. Because the potential risk of oxidative stress is common to all aerobic organisms, elucidating the ROS-signaling network of plants would have a significant impact in medicine and agriculture.  Read More...

 

Ron Mittler , Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology