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Joanna Wysocka-Diller Ph.D., Associate Professor

Office Location:  329 Rouse Life Sciences Building Mailing Address: Biological Sciences 101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg Auburn University, AL 36849 Tel: 334) 844-1648 Fax: (334) 844-1645 dillejo@auburn.edu

Employment
1999- Present, Auburn University

Education
Ph.D., Columbia University

Research & Teaching Interests
Cell and Developmental Biology of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Recent Publications
Yuan Kun and Wysocka-Diller J. (2006) Phytohormone signalling
pathways interact with sugars during seed germination and seedling
development. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 3359-3367.

Müller S., Fuchs E ., Ovecka M., Wysocka-Diller J., Benfey P., and
Hauser M-T. (2002) Two new loci, PLEIADE and HYADE, implicate organ-
specific regulation of cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant
Physiology 130: 312-324.

Helariutta, Y., Fukaki, H., Wysocka-Diller J., Nakajima, K., Jung,
J., Sena, G., Hauser, M-T., and Benfey, P.N. (2000). The SHORT-ROOT
Gene Controls Radial Patterning of the Arabidopsis Root through
Radial Signaling. Cell 101: 555-567.

Wysocka-Diller, J.W., Helariutta, Y., Fukaki, H., Malamy, J.E., and
Benfey, P.N. (2000). Molecular analysis of SCARECROW function reveals
a radial patterning mechanism common to root and shoot. Development
127: 595-603.

Pysh, L.D., Wysocka-Diller, J.W., Camilleri, C., Bouchez, D., and
Benfey, P.N. (1999). The GRAS Gene Family in Arabidopsis: Sequence
Characterization and Basic Expression Analysis of the Scarecrow-Like
Genes. The Plant Journal 18: 111-119.

Fukaki, H., Wysocka-Diller, J.W., Kato, T., Fujisawa, H., Benfey,
P.N., Tasaka, M. (1998). Genetic evidence that the endodermis is
essential for shoot gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant
Journal 14: 425-430.

Wysocka-Diller, J.W. and Benfey, P.N. (1997). Root development:
signaling down and around. BioEssays 19: 959-965.

Di Laurenzio, L., Wysocka-Diller, J., Malamy, J.E., Pysh, L.,
Helariutta, Y., Freshour, G., Hahn, M.G., Feldmann, K.A., and Benfey,
P.N. (1996). The SCARECROW gene regulates an asymmetric cell division
that is essential for generating the radial organization of the
Arabidopsis root. Cell 86:423-433.

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