Maria Harrison

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

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Projects

Integrative imaging of plant roots during symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Baker

I. BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION The overall goal of this project is to develop an optical imager that can elucidate the symbiosis between plant roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, including: (1…

Uncovering the phosphoproteome of arbuscular mycorrhizal roots

Lead Institution

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

Principal Investigator

Maria Harrison

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

During the endosymbiotic association of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the fungus inhabits the root cortical cells where it delivers mineral nutrients to its plant host, and in return…