AN INTEGRATED OMICS GUIDED APPROACH TO LIGNIFICATION AND GRAVITATIONAL RESPONSES: THE FINAL FRONTIER.WE PROPOSE A MULTI-OMICS STUDY USING THE MODEL PLANT ARABIDOPSIS UNDER BOTH 1G AND IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS (SPACEFLIGHT). OUR APPROACH SPANS COMPREHENSIVE PHENOMICS METABOLOMICS TRANSCRIPTOMICS AND PROTEOMICS STRATEGIES AND IS INCISIVELY AND UNIQUELY MELDED VIA DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (ICB) APPROACH WE ARE PIONEERING. OUR PLANT LINES INCLUDE WILD TYPE VARIOUS MUTANTS WE HAVE GENERATED WITH DIFFERENT LIGNIN AMOUNTS THROUGH MANIPULATION OF THE MULTIGENE FAMILY ENCODING AROGENATE DEHYDRATASES AND OTHER LINES ENHANCED IN CARBON ASSIMILATION CAPACITY AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF. WE CONSIDER THIS PLACES US IN AN UNPREDEDENTED POSITION TO INVESTIGATE HOW PLANTS FUNCTION IN ALTERED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS.
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Washington State University, Pullman WA