Group - Madelaine Bartlett

My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms and signalling networks underlying pollen-stigma recognition. Specifically, I have studied two critical aspects of pollen-stigma interactions: the role of signalling factors mediating cell-cell recognition and the programmed cell death of pollen tubes induced by self-incompatibility.

I am interested in the molecular underpinnings of plant diversity. Which genes control the development of plants? And how have these genes changed over the course of evolution?