John J. Harada
Professor
jjharada@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

Office
2163 Life Sciences Addition
530-752-0673

Lab
530-752-6980


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Degrees:
1981 PhD University of Washington Biochemistry
1975 BS University of California, Los Angeles Biochemistry
Research Interests:

Molecular, genetic, biochemical, and genomic dissection of embryogenesis and seed development in plants.
Awards:
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Academic Senate Distinguished Award for Undergraduate Teaching, UC Davis
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - secondary member
Department of Plant Biology
Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Plant Biologists
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications:
  • Ohto, M.-A., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.L., Nakamura, K., and Harada, J.J. (2005). Control of seed mass by APETALA2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102: 3123-3128.
  • Yamagishi, K., Nagata, N., Yee, K.M., Braybrook, S.A., Pelletier, J., Fujioka, S., Yoshida, S., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., and Harada, J.J. (2005). TANMEI/EMB2757 encodes a WD repeat protein required for embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.139:163-173.
  • Gehring, M., Huh, J.H., Hsieh, T.F., Penterman, J., Choi, Y., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., and Fischer, R.L. (2006). DEMETER DNA glycosylase establishes MEDEA polycomb gene self-imprinting by allele-specific demethylation. Cell 124: 495-506
  • Braybrook, S.A., Stone, S.L., Park, S., Bui, A.Q., Le. B.H., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., and Harada, J.J. (2006). Genes directly regulated by LEAFY COTYLEDON2 provide insight into the control of embryo maturation and somatic embryogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 3468-3473
  • Ohto, M.-A., Stone, S.L., and Harada, J.J. (2006). Genetic control of seed development and seed mass. In: Seed Development, Dormancy, and Germination (K.J. Bradford and H. Nonogaki, eds.). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. pp. 1-24.
Teaching Interests:
Plant molecular, cell, and genetic biology.
Courses:
PLB 112 Plant Growth and Development Winter
PLB 113 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants Spring