Mission
Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.
‘Foray’ draws scientists to Wisconsin in search of mushrooms, fellowship
Now in its 44th year, the Smith Lake States Mycological Foray gathers mushroom experts to collect samples, share mycological gossip and debate the evolution of these enigmatic organisms.
Blazes of light reveal how plants signal danger long distances
The plants produce a protein that only fluoresces around calcium, letting the researchers track its presence and concentration. Then came caterpillar bites, scissor cuts and crushing wounds.
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
Researchers show that gene loss — not the evolution of new genes — helped drive the fly amanita mushroom into its symbiotic relationship with plants.
Events
- February
- February 20Biology Colloquium: Peri KurshanTowards a molecular understanding of synapse formation12:00 PM, 1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
- February 25Biology Colloquium: Nathan KlapoetkeA visual feature space for guiding natural behaviors12:00 PM, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- February 28Biology Colloquium: Erin BarnhartCellular mechanisms for efficient coding in the Drosophila visual system12:00 PM, 1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
- March
- March 7Biology Colloquium: Vikram GadagkarNeural Mechanisms of Performance Evaluation in Singing Birds11:00 AM, 1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
