Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.
Diversity Statement
The Department of Botany at UW-Madison aspires to advance the educational and professional development of all its members, regardless of their cultural backgrounds or manners of personal identification. This department commits to make every student, staff, and faculty member feel recognized, respected, safe, and empowered.
In the News
These tomatoes are out of this world… or they will be soon
Simon Gilroy and his lab are no strangers to sending plants into space. And, at the end of January, his team will be doing it again for their sixth experiment with NASA on the International Space Station, this time with tomatoes...
Events
- March
- March 31Accelerating the conversion of CO2 into aromatic compounds in plantsSustainable Energy Seminar Series: Hiroshi Maeda, Professor of Botany3:30 PM, 1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute
Also offered online
- April
- April 3
- April 10
- April 17Biology Colloquium: Shayla SalzmanPollination ecology of a cycad – weevil mutualism3:30 PM, 168 Noland Hall
