Professor
pinghemi@umich.edu
Office Information:
5118 Biological Sciences Building
1105 N. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1085
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
About
Plants have developed the sophisticated innate immune system to defend pathogen attacks. Our primary research interest is to elucidate the activation and signaling mechanisms of host immunity upon pathogen infections with an integrated genetic, biochemical, and cellular approach using Arabidopsis as a tractable model system. Plant immunity is inextricably linked with plant development and environmental stresses. We are trying to understand the signaling crosstalk that orchestrates plant responses to different extrinsic and intrinsic signals. Ultimately, knowledge gained from studying model plants will be applied to improve crop plants for stress resilience.
