Research in the Rashotte Lab is centered on the theme of gaining a greater understanding of plant development.

Our specific focus is on how a set of transcription factors that are regulated by the plant hormone cytokinin (CRFs) are involved in controlling the development of leaves, cotyledons and embryos.

Research in the lab is conducted using molecular, genetic, and physiological approaches to study developmental processes in the model system Arabidopsis and the crop plant Tomato