Barros Laboratory
Our lab conducts fundamental research and applied biotechnology to offer solutions to address global challenges such as food security, climate change, and sustainable production of energy and commodity chemicals.
Our lab conducts fundamental research and applied biotechnology to offer solutions to address global challenges such as food security, climate change, and sustainable production of energy and commodity chemicals.
Research
Research
Our research focuses on understanding the biosynthesis of lignin, a key cell wall constituent with essential functions on growth, development, and resistance to various stresses in plants.
Work in the Barros laboratory has three major goals:
To improve food and feed crops for stress tolerance, forage quality, and CO2 sequestration.
To develop bioenergy crops for sustainable production of fuels, chemicals, and bioproducts.
To generate trees with improved properties for paper pulp production.
