Department of Botany

College of Letters and Science
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Mission

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.

Pringle lab probes death cap mushroom's toxin genes

A collaborative paper published by the Pringle and Keller labs, led by newly independent scientist Mickey Drott, establishes each death cap mushroom as having its own unique suite of toxin genes.

Botany professor first to receive new Rebecca Blank Professorship 

Kate McCulloh has been awarded the inaugural appointment for the newly established Rebecca Blank Professorship.

Maeda Lab identifies key gene mutation that increases amino acid production and carbon dioxide consumption

If scientists could add a trait like this to crops or drug-producing plants, it could help them produce more chemicals naturally while reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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