Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular mechanisms of plant Development

Research interests

• Structural and genetic mechanisms of adaptive regulation of plant growth and development in evolution of root systems and nitrogen-fixing nodules.
• Plant meristem identities and cell differentiation. Phytohormone signaling.
• Basic principles and ancestral molecular-genetic mechanisms of plant morphogenesis.
• Adaptive developmental strategies of plants.

The laboratory conducts comprehensive research using a wide range of research methods and approaches in the field of cell biology and molecular genetics of development:

- modern methods of light, fluorescent and confocal laser scanning microscopy;

- real-time PCR analysis of gene expression;

- cloning of genes of interest and localization of their expression at the cellular level;

- production of transgenic plants using agrobacterial transformation;

- genetic editing of CRISPR/Cas9.