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The aim of our research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of plant morphogenesis by understanding the process of cell shape acquisition and its associated signaling pathways. Our studies are particularly focused on auxin transport and signaling, endomembrane trafficking, and cell wall function in cell shape acquisition. While the majority of our work is established on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, we also conduct research on spruce, poplar, and tomato.
Before becoming a group leader at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences within the Umeå Plant Science Centre in 2010 and an IceLab affiliate member in 2024, Stéphanie worked as a postdoc with Prof. Natasha Raikhel (University of California, Riverside, USA, 2005-2007) and later with Prof. Jiri Friml (Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium, 2007-2010). She focused on studying plant development and integrated the approach of chemical biology to decipher the process of endomembrane trafficking governing cell polarity. Stéphanie completed her PhD studies at Paris XI, France, where she explored cell wall biosynthesis and plant development.
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Hive Talk Board: An example of poor science communication that deserves to be told: Aftermath of the ‘Panama debate’ with Alexis Rojas
An example of poor science communication that deserves to be told: The Aftermath of the 'Panama debate' with Alexis Rojas Hive Talk Snippet Alexis talked about the Isthmus of Panama, its [...]
Hive Talk Board: Challenges in academic publishing with András Bóta
Challenges in academic publishing with András Bóta Hive Talk Snippet András presented a blueprint of the scientific research machine and asked what can be done to improve it. We discussed [...]
Hive Talk Board: Information games for squirrels with Martin Rosvall
Information games for squirrels with Martin Rosvall Hive Talk Snippet Martin presented a class of information games that include popular board games such as Clue and Battleship. In these games, [...]
Hive Talk Board: A Smarter Literature Review with Gabrielle Beans
A Smarter Literature Review with Gabrielle Beans Hive Talk Snippet Gabrielle presented the challenge of how to do a better, unbiased literature review when the literature is over 10,000 scientific [...]
Hive Talk Board: Micro Loans and Crowdfunding in the Charity Space with Ludvig Lizana
Micro Loans and Crowdfunding in the Charity Space with Ludvig Lizana Hive Talk Snippet Ludvig began our season of hive talks with a presentation of the kiva loan data [www.kiva.org] [...]
Ignorance
Ignorance: How it drives science Author: Stuart Firestein This book has new take on ignorance — what we as a scientific community don’t know. Overall, the book club members enjoyed reading it, [...]