Plant Cell Biology

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Plant cell walls provide us with food, clothing, shelter, and renewable energy. However, initial attempts to modify cell walls for improved agriculture or biomaterials have fallen short of expectations and exposed a critical gap in our knowledge: plants have mechanisms to sense the status of the cell wall and often limit their growth when the cell wall is ¿out of balance¿. Dr. McFarlane¿s research aims to uncover these largely unknown cell wall signaling and response mechanisms. Her work has the potential to inform cell wall modification strategies, which can advance applications in sustainable agriculture, food security, and next-generation biofuel development.