Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hauser Lab
Led by Bernard Hauser · Biology
What we study
The Hauser Lab studies how maternal tissues in plant seeds develop and affect fertilization, germination, and disease resistance. They examine mutant seeds under the microscope, identify genetic changes, and track where genes are active in flowers and seeds.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Embryo sac-less mutant analysis
Studying a mutation that lacks the embryo sac to understand its effect on seed formation.
Reduced seed set mutations
Investigating other mutations that lead to lower seed production.
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Recent papers, explained
- Tetratricopeptide Repeat 2 Is a Quantitative Trait Locus That Controls Seed Size
2025 · International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Identifies a gene that controls seed size in plants, affecting crop yields.
- Soybean Reproductive Traits Evaluated in Response to Temperature Stress and Elevated Oxygen; Three Peroxidase Transgenes Reduce Seed Abortion
2025 · Oxygen
Tests three soybean peroxidases to reduce seed abortion under heat stress and low oxygen.
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- Development of a homeolog-specific gene editing system in an evolutionary model for the study of polyploidy in nature
2025 · Frontiers in Genome Editing
Develops a tool to edit duplicate genes in plants to study evolution.
- Development of an efficient CRISPR-mediated genome editing platform in the diploid-polyploid model system Tragopogon (Asteraceae)
2025 · Journal of Experimental Botany
Tests CRISPR/Cas9 to edit genes in polyploid plants, knocking out a color gene in two species.
- During Water Stress, Fertility Modulated by ROS Scavengers Abundant in Arabidopsis Pistils
2023 · Plants
Finds ROS scavengers in stressed plant ovules may link to seed failure.
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How to reach out
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