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Michael Muszynski

Associate Professor in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii

Associate Professor in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii My research program focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms that control plant development using genetic, molecular and genomic approaches. We use maize as a model system and integrate genetic, genomic, molecular, bioinformatic, histological and physiological studies conducted in the field, green house and molecular lab. My research projects are multi-scale, ranging from dissecting the structure-function relationships of a plant hormone receptor protein, to defining the gene expression networks acting at cellular scales in defined plant tissues, to determining the molecular mechanisms by which different plant hormone pathways interact to control overall organ (leaf) growth. We use maize as a model system and integrate genetic, genomic, molecular, bioinformatic, histological and physiological studies conducted in the field, green house and molecular lab.