Profile of C. Robin Buell
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: C. Robin Buell has been a leading figure in plant genomics since the advent of DNA sequencing technology. She helped lead multiple consortia to sequence some of the first crop genomes at the turn of the millennium. She has since used the genomes to tackle questions in fundamental biology, plant evolution, and agriculture. Recently, she applied single-cell technologies to uncover how complex biosynthetic pathways are compartmentalized across different rare plant cell types. Now at the University of Georgia, Buell explores in her Inaugural Article how tubers arose repeatedly in the plant family tree.
Author: Sarah C. P. Williams
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7203888376