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Laboratory Research

Laboratory Research encompasses the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, the Genomics Program, Climate Solutions, and Structural Botany. Highly advanced facilities support research by Garden scientists, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, visiting scientists, technical staff, and interns. Laboratory research complements traditional field, herbarium, and literature research about plants and allows for critical and exhaustive investigation, experimentation, and discovery.

NYBG’s Laboratory Research Projects:

A phylogenomics approach to resolving one of the world’s most diverse, tropical angiosperm radiations: Melastomataceae
Bromeliad Life History, Nutrient Cycling, and Conservation Biology
CAM photosynthesis, life history and nitrogen cycling in the diverse Neotropical bromeliads
DNA Barcoding of Dietary Supplements
Evolution and Systematics of the Neotropical Clade of Schefflera (Araliaceae)
Evolution and Development in Lycophytes and Ferns
Evolution and Development of Fundamental Reproductive Structures: Sporangia
EvoNet: A Phylogenomic and Systems Biology Approach to Identify Genes Underlying Plant Survival in Marginal, Low-Nitrogen Soils
Fruit Evolution and Development
Genomics of Comparative Seed Evolution
The Green Algae Tree of Life
Living Fossils: Applying Advances in Single Molecule Sequencing to Decode Large and Complex Genomes of Ancient Plant Lineages
Mangrove Resilience and Restoration
Molecular-based Plant Inventory of a Megadiverse Bahian Forest
Optimizing Carbon Sequestration in Constructed Forests
Phylogeny and Systematics of the Characeae
Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of the Caribbean Zamia clade
Resolving a paradox of global botanical biodiversity: why is Africa the “odd man out?”
Starry Stonewort: Assessing the Threat of an Invasive Freshwater Macroalga in the Northeast
Surviving a mass extinction: Lessons from the K-Pg fern spike
Transforming Selaginella apoda into a Major Model Species
Understanding the effects of ploidal level on responses to global change in plants
Urban Forests Project

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