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Center for Molecular Agriculture

James Umen

Assistant Professor
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology,
The Salk Institute
La Jolla, CA
PH +858-453-4100 x1880
umen@salk.edu
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Dr. Umen received his Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics Genetics, University of California, San Francisco and received a NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1996) NSF Predoctoral Training Fellowship (1988) award.

Research focus:

Our work focuses on two questions that are of universal importance for eukaryotic cells: 1) How do cells control their size? and 2) How do cells control inheritance of their organellar DNA? We use the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii   as an experimental organism because it offers unique advantages for gaining insight into these questions.

 

Links to Recent publications

More details on current work in the Umen Laboratory.