Jacques Dumais
Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Phone: 617-496-0751
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Office: 1105 Bio Labs, 16 Divinity Ave
Website: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/dumais/Dumais_home.html
Morphogenesis of plants and fungi. Cell expansion such as tip growth and diffuse growth. Meristem morphogenesis and phyllotaxis. Mechanics of cell and organ expansion. Plant movements. Computer simulation of such processes.
Recent Publications
Dumais J, 2007. Can mechanics control pattern formation in plants? Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10: 58-62
Hotton, S, V Johnson, J Wilbarger, K Zwieniecki, P Atela, C Gole, J Dumais, 2006. The possible and the actual in phyllotaxis: Bridging the gap between empirical observations and iterative models. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 25: 313-323
Dumais, J., S.L. Shaw, C.R. Steele, S.R. Long, and P.M. Ray, 2006. An anisotropic-viscoplastic model of plant cell morphogenesis by tip growth. International Journal of Developmental Biology 50: 209-222
Forterre, Y., J.M. Skotheim, J. Dumais, and L. Mahadevan, 2005. How the Venus flytrap snaps. Nature 433: 421-425
Dumais, J., S.R. Long, and S.L. Shaw, 2004. The mechanics of surface expansion anisotropy in Medicago truncatula root hairs. Plant Physiology 136: 3266-3275
Courses Taught
OEB 52. Biology of Plants
OEB 173. Comparative Biomechanics
OEB 189. Comparative Cell Morphogenesis
OEB 276. Models of Development
OEB 360. Plant Biophysics
