We have been testing our ideas about chemically-driven shape change (see Plant Computations tab) in the Biotechnology lab at BCIT. Biotechnology students, supported by the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Assistant program, have gathered experimental data on conifer embryos. Students have been co-authors for papers on the positional control of conifer cotyledons in Botany in 2016, Annals of Botany in 2018, and Frontiers in Plant Science in 2023.
We are now collecting anatomical and molecular data on bud development in mature spruce trees, to characterize the developmental biology and investigate the pattern formation dynamics of needle positioning.
We are now collecting anatomical and molecular data on bud development in mature spruce trees, to characterize the developmental biology and investigate the pattern formation dynamics of needle positioning.