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Negin Lab
Understanding the function of plant specialized metabolites
Our lab studies the function of specialized metabolites in plants, focusing on environmental interactions, in a natural setting as well as under more controlled laboratory conditions.
To study this, we use molecular biology, mass spectrometry, functional assays both on the plants themselves and in interaction with insects and experiments in a natural setting.
Planned Projects
Effects of specialized metabolite tiers in tobacco
Nicotiana benthamiana
Adapting native species for chemical ecology research
Brachypodium distachyon
Why do plants make the metabolites we consume?
Coffea arabica
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