Faculty
Plant Biology Graduate Group
 
John J. Harada
Professor of Plant Biology
Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences)
2163 Life Sciences Addition
Office 530-752-0673
Lab 530-752-6980
jjharada@ucdavis.edu
[Picture of John J. Harada]

Degrees:
1981 - PhD - University of Washington - Biochemistry
1975 - BS - University of California, Los Angeles - Biochemistry

Awards:
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Academic Senate Distinguished Award for Undergraduate Teaching, UC Davis

Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Plant Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - secondary member

Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Plant Biologists

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics
Plant Biology

Publications:
Ohto, M.-A., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.L., Nakamura, K., and Harada, J.J. (2005). Control of seed mass by APETALA2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102: 3123-3128.

Yamagishi, K., Nagata, N., Yee, K.M., Braybrook, S.A., Pelletier, J., Fujioka, S., Yoshida, S., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., and Harada, J.J. (2005). TANMEI/EMB2757 encodes a WD repeat protein required for embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.139:163-173.

Gehring, M., Huh, J.H., Hsieh, T.F., Penterman, J., Choi, Y., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., and Fischer, R.L. (2006). DEMETER DNA glycosylase establishes MEDEA polycomb gene self-imprinting by allele-specific demethylation. Cell 124: 495-506

Braybrook, S.A., Stone, S.L., Park, S., Bui, A.Q., Le. B.H., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., and Harada, J.J. (2006). Genes directly regulated by LEAFY COTYLEDON2 provide insight into the control of embryo maturation and somatic embryogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 3468-3473

Ohto, M.-A., Stone, S.L., and Harada, J.J. (2006). Genetic control of seed development and seed mass. In: Seed Development, Dormancy, and Germination (K.J. Bradford and H. Nonogaki, eds.). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. pp. 1-24.

Research Interests:
Molecular, genetic, biochemical, and genomic dissection of embryogenesis and seed development in plants.

Teaching Interests:


Plant molecular, cell, and genetic biology.

Courses Taught:
PLB 112 Plant Growth and Development - Term(s): Winter
PLB 113 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants - Term(s): Spring