Jane

Jane graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc in Applied Biology specializing in microbiology. She then went on to do a PhD in Human Genetics at the University of London and from there to a postdoc at Yale with Tim Nelson. Working in a building with Tim, Ian Sussex and Steve Dellaporta led to an almost inevitable interest in the molecular and genetic basis of plant development. Most of the early work focused on maize and then there was a period where any plant species was considered depending on the biological question being asked. The focus has now returned to maize and other grass species with the aim of understanding how venation patterns are regulated in the leaf. CV