Welcome to the Golz Lab

We are based in the School of BioSciences at The University of Melbourne. Our main focus is on understanding how complex patterns of gene expression are generated and maintained during cell-type specification and differentiation in multicellular organisms. This problem is being addressed in the model plant Arabidopsis through the analysis of transcriptional regulators that control cell differentiation in the developing seed (embryo, seed coat) and in post-embryonic structures such as leaves and roots. We are also interested in understanding how these regulators elicit developmental responses in response to environmental stimuli, such as heat and salt stress.

More recently the group has begun to consider how knowledge of developmental regulation in Arabidopsis can be applied biotechnological solutions to agricultural problems. The aim here is to help the agricultural industry generate crops of the future either through enhanced yields or enhanced carbon sequestration in their roots.

Our group uses a range of molecular, cellular and microscopic approaches in our research; including RNA-seq, chromatin immunoprecipitation, mutagenesis and confocal microscopy to address their questions.

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