Plant biology

This class comprises research and experimental development in plant biology.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Phycology (including marine grasses)
Plant cell and molecular biology
Plant developmental and reproductive biology
Plant pathology
Plant physiology
Plant microbiota
Molecular plant and microbe interactions (including host pathogen interactions)
Plant stress biology
Plant hormone biology
Plant nutrition and metabolism
Seed biology
Plant genetics (phytogenetics)
Plant biology, n.e.c.
 
 
 

Graduate Degree Programs in Plant biology

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program provides advanced, research-based education that will prepare students for a career in academic, industrial, or professional positions in British Columbia and beyond.  The Program offers MSc and PhD degrees, with the option to transfer from...

Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD)

The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest plant-focused departments in North America with roots extending back to the founding of UBC in 1915. Our departmental community of more than 260 consists of 40 full-time faculty members, several part-time faculty or associates, about 100...

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science (PhD)

Plant Science graduate program offers advanced study in applied plant biology, with a commitment to development of sustainable managed agroecosystems. Our graduate program offers opportunities for advanced studies in basic and applied research, leading to M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees, in plant production...

Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSc)

The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program provides advanced, research-based education that will prepare students for a career in academic, industrial, or professional positions in British Columbia and beyond.  The Program offers MSc and PhD degrees, with the option to transfer from...

Master of Science in Botany (MSc)

The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest plant-focused departments in North America with roots extending back to the founding of UBC in 1915. Our departmental community of more than 260 consists of 40 full-time faculty members, several part-time faculty or associates, about 100...

Master of Science in Plant Science (MSc)

Plant Science graduate program offers advanced study in applied plant biology, with a commitment to development of sustainable managed agroecosystems. Our graduate program offers opportunities for advanced studies in basic and applied research, leading to M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees, in plant production...
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Plant biology

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Angert, Amy

Department of Botany, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Zoology; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; biogeography; biological responses to climate change; Conservation Biology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology; population biology

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Berbee, Mary

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Mycology; Evolution and Phylogenesis; Microorganisms; Taxonomy and Systematics; fungi; molecular phylogenetics; mycology; systematics

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Kronstad, James

Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Immunology; Microbiology; Plant biology; Mycology; Fungal diseases of plants; Genomics and Proteomics; Medical Mycology; Molecular Genetics; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases; Plant-Microbe Interactions

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Leander, Brian

Department of Botany, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Zoology; Comparative organismal biology; Evolutionary morphology; Evolutionary protistology; Marine biodiversity; Marine invertebrate zoology; Phylogenetic biology; Species discovery

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Martone, Patrick

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Protist; Plants; Physiology; Taxonomy and Systematics; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Evolution and Phylogenesis; Biomaterials; Solid Mechanics; Fluid mechanics; biomechanics; Ecology; evolution; Intertidal Zone; Macroalgae; Phycology

Michaletz, Sean

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant physiological ecology; Plant biology; Surface processes; Natural hazards; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem ecology; climate change; macroecology; Geophysics; Scaling; Fire

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Rieseberg, Loren

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Genomics; Plant biology; adaptation; crops; invasive plants; plant evolutionary biology; speciation; weeds

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Samuels, Anne Lacey

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; plant cell biology; plant cell walls

Sargent, Risa

Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Biological control; community ecology; evolutionary ecology; Floral trait evolution; Flowering plants; Herbivory; Pollinator-mediated interactions

Suttle, Curtis

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Fisheries sciences; Immunology; Microbiology; Oceanography; Plant biology; Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses

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Todesco, Marco

Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Quantitative genetics (including disease and trait mapping genetics); Biological adaptation; Developmental genetics (including sex determination); Genomics; Population, ecological and evolutionary genetics; Paleogenomics; Genetics engineering; Plant-animal interactions; Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation; Plant genomics; Chromosomal structural variation; Crop improvement and bioengineering; Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution; Cannabis diversity and domestication

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Wasteneys, Geoff

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Cell signaling; Hormones and Growth Factors; Molecular Genetics; Cellulose Biosynthesis; Microtubule Dynamics and Organization; Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function; Plant Growth and Development; Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress; Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters

Whitton, Jeannette

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Speciation (evolutionary processes); Plant developmental and reproductive biology; Plant evolutionary ecology; Evolution of asexuality; Evolution and consequences of polyploidy; Speciation/ diversification; Species at risk in Canada; Conservation policy
 
 

Program Specializations in Plant biology

Botany

Plant Science
 
 
 
French Name
Phytobiologie
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en phytobiologie.
 
 

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