R. Howard Berg 

Director
Department of Plant Science
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
United States of America

Biography

"Howard Berg established the Danforth Center’s Integrated Microscopy Facility in 2001 with the aim to provide Center scientists with the best possible instruments for imaging plant cells and understanding their cell biology. Howard came to the Danforth Center from an academic setting—he was on the Biology Department faculty at the University of Memphis for 13 years. He received his Ph.D. in agronomy from the University of Florida and his academic studies were centered on the cell biology of nitrogen fixing actinorhizal plants. He has extensive experience in both electron and confocal microscopy. "

Research Intrest

Agronomy, Agricultural Plant Science, Botany

List of Publications
Geisler-Lee J, Brooks M, Gerfen JR, Wang Q, Fotis C, Sparer A, Ma X, Berg RH, Geisler M. Reproductive toxicity and life history study of silver nanoparticle effect, uptake and transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nanomaterials. 2014 Apr 22;4(2):301-18.
Weissmann S, Ma F, Furuyama K, Gierse J, Berg H, Shao Y, Taniguchi M, Allen DK, Brutnell TP. Interactions of C 4 Subtype Metabolic Activities and Transport in Maize Are Revealed through the Characterization of DCT2 Mutants. The Plant Cell Online. 2016 Feb 1;28(2):466-84.
Wilson ME, Mixdorf M, Berg RH, Haswell ES. Plastid osmotic stress influences cell differentiation at the plant shoot apex. Development. 2016 Sep 15;143(18):3382-93.

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