Plant Gene Expression Center

The Plant Gene Expression Center (PGEC) conducts fundamental research in plant molecular biology. The Principal Investigators are elucidating the signal transduction pathways responsible for the perception of environmental and cellular cues. Research programs include heavy metal tolerance, disease resistance, light perception, ripening, vegetative growth, and reproduction. Essential genes and the networks within which they operate are elucidated using molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches.

The Plant Gene Expression Center is a unique collaboration of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Plant & Microbial Biology Department of the University of California. PGEC research leaders are members of the PMB Department and research opportunities are available in our laboratories for graduate and undergraduate students.

PGEC - 20 Year Celebration

We celebrated our 20 Years of Scientific Excellence with a symposium June 4-6, 2007. The symposium took place at the Clark Kerr Campus in Berkeley. Invited speakers included Xing Wang Deng, S. Dinesh-Kumar, Joe Ecker, Jenn Fletcher, David Jackson, Steve Kay, Sheila McCormick, David Ow, Natasha Raikhel, and Chris Somerville. The meeting began with an evening reception on June 4 and ended at noon on June 6. Here you can view the Symposium Volume and the Opening Remarks by Gerry Still.

ARS-230 form available here ARS-230

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