Welcome to Juliet Coates's lab

Dr. Juliet Coates , School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Twitter: @JulietCCoates
Facebook: Coates Lab @ Birmingham
Latest News:
The decision to germinate is regulated by divergent molecular networks in spores and seeds: Elly's paper is published in New Phytologist
An ancient and conserved function for plant ARMADILLO proteins in the control of spore and seed germination by abscisic acid: Laura and Younousse's paper is published in New Phytologist
Check out my blog with Sharon Robinson on why moss is so cool:
Coates lab articles on seaweed development in a special Frontiers Research Topic:
Our paper showing that an Arabidopsis MYB gene is a novel negative regulator of lateral root development is now published in New Phytologist! Press coverage from the BBSRC, New Phytologist, the School of Biosciences.
Call for articles on macroalgal morphogenesis and development for Frontiers Research Topic - contact Juliet if you are interested in contributing.
Congratulations to Anushree Choudhary, who will be starting a PhD studentship on the MIBTP training scheme from 23rd September. We will miss you in the lab but are glad you are not going far!
Juliet is on a year's Research leave from September 30th, back in the lab investigating "is there a genetic toolkit for green multicellularity?" thanks to a Royal Society-Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. Also check out the GARNet news.








The meeting report of The 25th New Phytologist/Colston Research Symposium “Colonization of the terrestrial environment” is now published in New Phytologist, January's issue.
Juliet is part of the GARNet elected advisory committee representing and serving the needs of the UK community.

Recent findings in the news: Stopping the spread of malaria

2010 Science Snaps competition: Shining a light on mustard cress
Juliet's interview for the New Optimists: adaptable algae and magic moss.
Also check out Kate Cooper's blog. Other New Optimist interviews can be found here.

Also check out Kate Cooper's blog. Other New Optimist interviews can be found here.

Check out the website and the chapter on plant evolution (heh heh).