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Phone: (612) 625-1234
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Department of Plant Biology
University of Minnesota
250 Biological Science Center
1445 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108

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Susan M. Wick

Professor, Department of Plant Biology
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979

Plant cell biology and plant development.

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Mailing Address:

Dr. Susan Wick
Department of Plant Biology
University of Minnesota
250 Biological Science Center
1445 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108

Office: 726 Biological Sciences Center
Phone: (612) 625-4718
Fax: (612) 625-1738
E-mail: wickx002@umn.edu
Web Site: MCDB&G

Research Interests

My lab is concerned with plant development and morphogenesis, especially with how this is regulated at the cellular level. Major interests include the role of specific tubulin genes in maize and Arabidopsis development, reproduction, and during exposure to chilling. Lab members use a combination of molecular biology, immunofluorescence microscopy, and immunochemistry approaches to investigate these topics.

Selected Publications

Wick, S.M. and H.J. Rogers. 2001. The cytoskeletal interface with cell cycle control. In, The Plant Cell Cycle and its Interfaces. D. Francis, ed., Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, pp. 108-136.

Baird, Wm., Y. B. Blume, and S. M. Wick. 2000. Microtubular and cytoskeletal mutants. Biotechnological Potential of Plant Microtubules. P. Nick, editor, Springer-Verlag, Vienna. pp. 155-186

Szymanski, D. B., M. D. Marks, and S. M. Wick. 1999. Organized F-actin is essential for normal trichome morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell: 2331-2348

Goddard, R.H., R. Villemur, C. D. Silflow, and S. M. Wick. 1998. Generation of chicken polyclonal antibodies against distinct maize isotubulins. Protoplasma 204:

Eun, S.-O. and S. M. Wick. 1998. Tubulin isoform usage in maize microtubules. Protoplasma 204: 235-244

McLaughlin, D. J., E. M. Frieders, M. E. Berres, J. C. Doubles, and S. M. Wick. 1996. Immunofluorescence analysis of the microtubule cystoskeleton in the yeast phase of the basidiomycetes Kriegeria eriophori and Septobasidium carestianum. Mycologia 88: 339-349.