Marisa Otegui
Credentials: Botany Department & Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging
Position title: Cellular trafficking and signaling in plants
Email: otegui@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5703
Address:
Bock Labs
1525 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53705
LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Plant Biology; Membrane Biology & Protein Trafficking, Cellular & Molecular Metabolism
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
My laboratory focuses on cell signaling and membrane, protein, and metabolite trafficking mechanism in plants. We are currently following three research lines: 1) endosomal trafficking and cell signaling controlling development and stress responses; 2) autophagy as a mechanism for organelle clearance, cellular protection, and enhance resilience in plants, including crops; 3) cellular and molecular mechanisms that allow cells and organisms to survive desiccation. Our research program combines genetics, biochemical, and state-of-the-art imaging approaches to study cellular dynamics and membranes and proteins fluxes through the plant endomembrane system to control development and stress responses.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: