John Harada

Main research interests

Research in my lab focuses on understanding the regulatory processes that underlie events that occur during embryo and seed development.  A major interest is in understanding control of the maturation phase of seed development. To these ends, we are defining the gene regulatory networks that operate in regions and subregions of the seed at specific developmental stages.

Selection of 3 major recent publications

Belmonte, M.F., Kirkbride, R.C., Stone, S.L., Pelletier, J.M., Bui, A.Q., Yeung, E.C., Hashimoto, M., Fei, J., Harada, C.M., Munoz, M.D., Le, B.H., Drews, G.N., Brady, S.M., Goldberg, R.B., and Harada, J.J. (2013).  Comprehensive developmental profiles of gene activity in regions and subregions of the Arabidopsis seed.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110: E435-E444

Kirkbride, R.C., Fischer, R.L., and Harada, J.J. (2013).   LEAFY COTYLEDON1, a key regulator of seed development, Is expressed in vegetative and sexual propagules of Selaginella moellendorffii.  PloS One 8:e67971

Becker, M.G., Hsu, S.-W., Harada, J.J., and Belmonte, M.F. (2014).  Genomic dissection of the seed.  Front. Plant Sci., doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00464

Address

Department of Plant Biology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616 USA

jjharada[at]ucdavis.edu