Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Scott Michaels
Assistant Professor of Biology
Interests:
Regulation of when plants flower, plant developmentEducation:
- B.A. in Chemistry at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Background:
Scott Michaels uses Arabidopsis as a model plant system to study the regulation of flowering time. Flowering time is controlled by plant and flower size, generation time, as well as photoperiod (flowering is accelerated by long days) and vernalization. Early-flowering lab strains of Arabidopsis do not have a vernalization requirement for early flowering, however, there are situations when Arabidopsis is late-flowering and vernalization-responsive.
