Plant and Microbial Biology 40
The Secret Life of Plants (3 units, LG)
Professor Patricia Zambryski
TuTh 1:00-2:00 plus discussion sections,
109 Morgan Hall, CCN: 70809This course addresses contemporary topics in plant biology. It examines plants as energy and medicinal sources, how plants grow and reproduce, how plants cope with the environment and disease. It includes an introduction to genetic engineering and modern biotechnology, to enable students to evaluate these hot topics in the popular press. Knowledge of the physical sciences is neither required nor assumed.
Patricia Zambryski is a Professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, and has taught at UC Berkeley for the last fifteen years. Her research interests include Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction, Arabidopsis flower development and Plasmodesmata structure and function.
