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Degrees: 1990 - PhD - University of California, Berkeley - Botany 1985 - MS - Baylor University - Environmental Studies Awards: Katherine Esau Junior Faculty Fellow Chancellor's award for excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Professional Societies: American Society of Plant Biology American Association for the Advancement of Science Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties: Genetics Plant Biology Publications: Kessler S, Seiki S, and N Sinha. 2002. Xcl1 causes delayed oblique periclinal cell divisions in developing maize leaves, leading to cellular differentiation by lineage instead of position. Development. 129:1859-1869 Bharathan, G., Goliber, T., Moore, C., Kessler, S., Pham, T., Sinha, N. (2002) Homologies in leaf form inferred from KNOX1 gene expression during development. Science 296(5574):1858-1860 Kim, M., Canio, W., Kessler, S., Sinha, N.. 2001. Developmental changes due to long-distance movement of a homeobox fusion transcript in tomatoe. Science. 293:287-289 Research Interests: Genetic and molecular analysis of compound leaf development in tomato. Genetic and molecular analysis of epidermal differentiation in corn. Evolution and expression of homeobox genes. Teaching Interests:Genetic regulation of plant growth and development. Plant molecular biology. Introductory plant biology. Courses Taught: PBI 220 Plant Development PB! 227 Plant Molecular Biology BIS 1C Introductory Biology |
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