People and groups researching on MADS box genes

• The Division of Gene Expression an Regulation at the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan studies development and morphogenesis of flowers using Arabidopsis thaliana.
• Victor Albert in the New York Botanical Garden studies MADS-box genes in Asteraceae.
• Gynheung An in the Department of Life Sciences Pohang University of Science and Technology studies MADS-box genes in rice (Oryza sativa)
• Jo Ann Banks in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University is interested in MADS-box genes in the fern Ceratopteris richardii.
• Peter Engström in the Department of Physiological Botany, Uppsala University, studies MADS-box genes in Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• Michael Frohlich and Susan Fuerstenberg at the University of Michigan Herbarium are interested in the evolution of MADS-box genes and of flowers.
• Vivian Irish in the Department of Biology at the Yale University is especially interested in floral homeotic genes of the B-type.
• Hong Ma in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory studies MADS-box genes in Arabidopsis.
• The Krizek lab is interested in understanding the developmental processes that are involved in patterning a flower and uses Arabidopsis as a model system.
• Bill Martin and Jens Pahnke in the Institut für Genetik, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, work on MADS-box genes in the fern Ceratopteris richardii (in cooperation with Theissen group).
• The Meyerowitz lab studies several plant processes, using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system.
• M. Enrico Pë in the Dept. of Genetics and Microbiology, works on MADS-box genes in rice, maize and sorghum.
• Michael D. Purugganan at the NCSU genetics department investigates the molecular evolution of flower development.
• The Richmond lab at the ETHZ in Switzerland specializes in X ray crystallography and has resolved the structure of serum response factor core bound to DNA
• Robert J. Schmidt at the University of California - San Diego works on MADS-box genes in maize (Zea mays)
• Bob Teasdale and Aidyn Mouradov at ForBio Ltd work on MADS-box genes in the pine Pinus radiata.
• The Theißen group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung in Cologne, Germany works on MADS box genes in Zea mays and in ferns like Ceratopteris and Ophioglossum.
• The Transcription Laboratory at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Treisman group)
• Detlef Weigel at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies works on LEAFY, a gene which controls flower formation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
• The Yanofsky lab at the University of California, San Diego, USA. The Yanofsky group is working on MADS box genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
• ... and many others ...