Professor, Department of Biology
The Emery lab's research centers around growth regulating molecules that are known to act as hormones in plants. Some of the work focuses on how those hormones change growth and development in plants and the practical impacts that can result – like increasing seed yields of crops. In addition, over the last several years, we have teamed up with other Trent labs and discovered that those same molecules exist in many other forms of life including: algae (Euglena), fungi (Ustilago), bacteria (methylotrophs), protists (Dictyostelium, Giardia), insects (many), mammals (dogs) and even human cell lines. It is a mystery why these non-plant systems contain plant hormones and our current work seeks to understand their role in communications among organisms.
Dr. Emery's Research Group
- Anna Kisiala - Senior Scientist
- Ainsely Lewis - Post Doctoral Fellow
- Raj Thapa - Post Doctoral Fellow
- Mark Seegobin - Ph.D. candidate
- Megan Aoki – Ph.D. candidate
- Daniel Palberg - Ph.D. candidate
- Zeynab Azimychetabi - Ph.D. candidate
- Imesha Perera - M.Sc. candidate
- Vedanti Ghatwala - M.Sc. candidate
- Kimberly Molina Bean - M.Sc. candidate
- Aarika Hurst - Undergraduate student
- Sara Clarke - Undergraduate student
- Suruthe Janakan - Undergraduate student