Molecular genetic of Plant hormone signaling

植物激素是一组结构不相关的小分子，对植物的生长发育有深远的影响。在过去的十年里，在确定许多激素的核心信号通路方面取得了令人兴奋的进展。现在植物激素生物学正在进入一个具有挑战性的时期，以了解这些小分子传递的信息如何转化为细胞反应。此外，我们还进入了一个需要将实验模型的信息转化为重要作物的阶段。我的研究项目是研究两种植物激素，脱落酸（ABA）和独角酯内酯（SLs）在发芽和幼苗早期生长方面的基本机制。在这里，我建议使用系统和化学生物学的前沿工具，在基础水平和生物技术应用方面以新颖的方式将这些激素与植物生长和发育网络联系起来。

: Plant hormones are a collection of small structurally unrelated molecules that have profound effects on plant growth and development. Over the past decade, exciting advances have been made to define core-signaling pathways for many hormones. Now plant hormone biology is entering a challenging period of understanding how the information conveyed by these small molecules is turned into cellular responses. Furthermore, we are also entering a stage where information from experimental models needs to be translated to important crops. My research program investigates the fundamental mechanisms of two plant hormones, abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactones (SLs) with respect to germination and early seedling growth. Here, I propose to use the cutting edge tools of systems and chemical biology to link these hormones to plant growth and development networks in novel ways both at a fundamental level and for biotechnological application.