Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1986

Current position

Distinguished Professor, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA (2010-present)
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA (2012-2015)

Publications (since 2005)

1. Rodriguez-Cazorla, E., Ripoll, J. J., Andujar, A., Bailey, L. J., Martinez-Laborda, A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Vera, A. (2015). K-homology nuclear ribonucleoproteins regulate floral organ identity and determinacy in arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 11(2): e1004983.
   
2. Crawford, B. C., Sewell, J., Golembeski, G., Roshan, C., Long, J. A. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2015). Plant development. Genetic control of distal stem cell fate within root and embryonic meristems. Science 347(6222): 655-659.
   
3. Ripoll, J. J., Bailey, L. J., Mai, Q.-A., Wu, S. L., Hon, C. T., Chapman, E. J., Ditta, G. S., Estelle, M. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2015). microRNA regulation of fruit growth. Nature Plants 1(4).
   
4. Romera-Branchat, M., Ripoll, J. J., Yanofsky, M. F. and Pelaz, S. (2013). The WOX13 homeobox gene promotes replum formation in the Arabidopsis thaliana fruit. Plant J 73(1): 37-49.
   
5. Gonzalez-Reig, S., Ripoll, J. J., Vera, A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Martinez-Laborda, A. (2012). Antagonistic gene activities determine the formation of pattern elements along the mediolateral axis of the Arabidopsis fruit. PLoS Genet 8(11): e1003020.
   
6. Crawford, B. C. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2011). HALF FILLED promotes reproductive tract development and fertilization efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 138(14): 2999-3009.
   
7. Ripoll, J. J., Roeder, A. H., Ditta, G. S. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2011). A novel role for the floral homeotic gene APETALA2 during Arabidopsis fruit development. Development 138(23): 5167-5176.
   
8. Girin, T., Stephenson, P., Goldsack, C. M., Kempin, S. A., Perez, A., Pires, N., Sparrow, P. A., Wood, T. A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Ostergaard, L. (2010). Brassicaceae INDEHISCENT genes specify valve margin cell fate and repress replum formation. Plant J 63(2): 329-338.
   
9. Liljegren, S. J., Leslie, M. E., Darnielle, L., Lewis, M. W., Taylor, S. M., Luo, R., Geldner, N., Chory, J., Randazzo, P. A., Yanofsky, M. F. and Ecker, J. R. (2009). Regulation of membrane trafficking and organ separation by the NEVERSHED ARF-GAP protein. Development 136(11): 1909-1918.
   
10. Sorefan, K., Girin, T., Liljegren, S. J., Ljung, K., Robles, P., Galvan-Ampudia, C. S., Offringa, R., Friml, J., Yanofsky, M. F. and Ostergaard, L. (2009). A regulated auxin minimum is required for seed dispersal in Arabidopsis. Nature 459(7246): 583-586.
    
11. Trigueros, M., Navarrete-Gomez, M., Sato, S., Christensen, S. K., Pelaz, S., Weigel, D., Yanofsky, M. F. and Ferrandiz, C. (2009). The NGATHA genes direct style development in the Arabidopsis gynoecium. Plant Cell 21(5): 1394-1409.
    
12. Crawford, B. C. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2008). The formation and function of the female reproductive tract in flowering plants. Curr Biol 18(20): R972-978.
    
13. Crawford, B. C., Ditta, G. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2007). The NTT gene is required for transmitting-tract development in carpels of Arabidopsis thaliana. Curr Biol 17(13): 1101-1108.
    
14. Gremski, K., Ditta, G. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2007). The HECATE genes regulate female reproductive tract development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 134(20): 3593-3601.
    
15. Roeder, A. H. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2006). Fruit development in Arabidopsis. The Arabidopsis Book/American Society of Plant Biologists 4.
    
16. Dinneny, J. R., Weigel, D. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2006). NUBBIN and JAGGED define stamen and carpel shape in Arabidopsis. Development 133(9): 1645-1655.
    
17. Ostergaard, L., Kempin, S. A., Bies, D., Klee, H. J. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2006). Pod shatter-resistant Brassica fruit produced by ectopic expression of the FRUITFULL gene. Plant Biotechnol J 4(1): 45-51.
    
18. Dinneny, J. R., Weigel, D. and Yanofsky, M. F. (2005). A genetic framework for fruit patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 132(21): 4687-4696.