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UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
Research at the Department of Physiological Botany has a main focus on the experimental analysis of developmental processes in plants, and on the mechanisms which control them. Processes studied include the development of the root vascular tissue, and of reproductive organs, and the maintainance of the shoot apical meristem. Additional projects address plant responses to drought and other growth conditions, and the evolution of developmental processes.
Arabidopsis thaliana is employed as the primary model plant; its genomic sequence, and the genetic tools available for this species forming the basis of the research. In addition to a range of molecular and genetic technologies, a rather wide spectrum of tecniques are applied, including protein chemistry, light- and electron microscopy, and physiological experiments.
Researchers from the department teach courses in the Bachelors- and Master programs in Biology, in the Master program in Experimental Plant Sciences, given in collaboration with the University of Stockholm and SLU, and the Molecular Biotechnology Engineering program.