Assistant Professor
Division of Plant Science and Technology
Cell & Molecular Biology, Development, Ecology & Evolution, Environmental Interactions, Genomics & Proteomics, Plant Pathology,
Research
Host-parasitic plant interaction is a fascinating model for studying plant-plant interaction. Park is interested in how mobile RNAs and proteins are exchanged, transferred, and functional in other organisms through the host-parasite interaction. Cuscuta (stem parasitic plant) and Phelipanche (root parasitic plant) growing on Arabidopsis, tomato, and soybean are major parasites used in Park lab. We have developed Cuscuta (stem parasitic plant) transformation protocol to understand the functional mechanism of mobile molecules.