Research
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or
Departmental Mailing Address:
Department of Biology,
Biological & Geological Sciences Building,
Western University,
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
Departmental Phone:
519-850-2542
Departmental Fax:
519-661-3935
Plant Stress & Food Security
Western Biology has a broad set of researchers studying aspects of plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress, and other topics related to food security. Topics include molecular, biochemical and physiological stress tolerance of plants to climate change, plant-pest interactions, research on plant biosynthetic pathways, and plant-microbe interactions.
Regular or Term Faculty
Name |
Research Interest |
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Mark Bernards | Plant Secondary Metabolism |
Hugh Henry | Terrestrial plant ecology |
Sheila Macfie | Mechanisms of Metal Tolerance |
Vera Tai | Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics |
Adjunct, Emeritus or Cross-Appointed Faculty
Name |
Research Interest |
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Yuhai Cui (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
Plant Molecular Biology; Seed Development |
Sangeeta Dhaubhadel (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
Gene expression and regulation, plant specialized metabolism, genomics and biotechnology, soybean and dry bean |
Abdelali Hannoufa (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
Molecular Plant Stress Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, Regulation of Gene Expression, Functional Genomics |
Norman Hüner | Photosynthetic Adaptation and Phenotypic Plasticity in Extreme Environments |