The NTNU Cell and Molecular Biology Group (CMB) is headed by professor Atle M. Bones, and studies various fundamental cellular and molecular processes using the the plant Arabidopsis thaliana as model organism.
Particular focus is put on the study of plant-insect interaction, and active areas of research in this field are signalling mechanisms and the cellular and molecular organization of plant defense systems. At CMB we aim to use the systems biology approach. This means integrating different types of studies to form a complete picture of the biological processes.
Over the the last 5 years, CMB have been active in the fields of metabolite profiling, molecular imaging, biochemical/protein analysis, transcriptional profiling and bioinformatics. CMB also hosts the Norwegian Arabidopsis Research Centre (NARC), which is one the national technology platforms organized by the functional genomics (FUGE) initiative of the Norwegian Research Council.
CMB News
November 2006: On November 30th NTNU CMB organized the Norwegian National Arabidopsis Meeting (NAM). More here.
November 2006: Article on "The crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RAC7/ROP9: The first RAS superfamily GTPase from the plant kingdom" was printed in Phytochemistry. Abstract.
