Neelima R. Sinha
Professor
nrsinha@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

Office
2224 Life Sciences
(530) 754 8441

Lab
(530) 752-8692


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Degrees:
1990 PhD University of California, Berkeley Botany
1985 MS Baylor University Environmental Studies
Research Interests:

Genetic and molecular analysis of compound leaf development in tomato. Genetic and molecular analysis of epidermal differentiation in corn. Evolution and expression of homeobox genes.
Awards:
Katherine Esau Junior Faculty Fellow
Chancellor's award for excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship
Elected Fellow of the AAAS
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications: Last updated 10/9/2009
  • Kessler S, Seiki S, and N Sinha. 2002. Xcl1 causes delayed oblique periclinal cell divisions in developing maize leaves, leading to cellular differentiation by lineage instead of position. Development. 129:1859-1869
  • Bharathan, G., Goliber, T., Moore, C., Kessler, S., Pham, T., Sinha, N. (2002) Homologies in leaf form inferred from KNOX1 gene expression during development. Science 296(5574):1858-1860
  • Kim, M., Canio, W., Kessler, S., Sinha, N.. 2001. Developmental changes due to long-distance movement of a homeobox fusion transcript in tomatoe. Science. 293:287-289
  • Kimura, S., Koenig, D., Kang, J., Yoong, F-Y., Sinha, N. (2008) Natural variation in leaf morphology results from mutation of a novel knox gene. Current Biology 18:672-677
  • Koenig, D., Bayer, E., Kang, J., Kuhlemeier, C., and Neelima Sinha (2009). Auxin patterns Solanum lycopersicum leaf morphogenesis. Development 136:2997-06
  • David-Schwartz, R., Koenig, D. and Neelima Sinha (2009). LYRATE is a key regulator of leaflet initiation and lamina outgrowth in tomato. Plant Cell (Advance online publication)
  • Garces, HMP., Champagne, CEM., Townsley, BT., Park, S., Malho, R., Pedroso, MC., Harada, JJ., and Sinha, Neelima. (2007) Evolution of asexual reproduction in leaves of the genus Kalanchoe. PNAS 104: 15578-15583.
Teaching Interests:
Genetic regulation of plant growth and development. Plant molecular biology. Introductory plant biology.
Courses:
PBI 220 Plant Development
PB! 227 Plant Molecular Biology
BIS 2C Introductory Biology