Associate Professor, Stanford University, USA Expertise: Cell and Developmental Biology Research interests: 1) Study of cell fate 2) Stem cell self-renewal 3) Cell polarity in plants. Publications:  Dissection of MAPK signaling specificity through protein engineering in a developmental context. Wengier DL, Lampard GR, Bergmann DC. BMC Plant Biol. 2018 Apr 10;18(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12870-018-1274-9.  Direct Control of SPEECHLESS by PIF4 in the High-Temperature Response of Stomatal Development. Lau OS, Song Z, Zhou Z, Davies KA, Chang J, Yang X, Wang S, Lucyshyn D, Tay IHZ, Wigge PA, Bergmann DC. Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 23;28(8):1273-1280.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.054. Epub 2018 Apr 5.  Lineage- and stage-specific expressed CYCD7;1 coordinates the single symmetric division that creates stomatal guard cells. Weimer AK, Matos JL, Sharma N, Patell F, Murray JAH, Dewitte W, Bergmann DC. Development. 2018 Mar 21;145(6). pii: dev160671. doi: 10.1242/dev.160671.  Disruption of stomatal lineage signaling or transcriptional regulators has differential effects on mesophyll development, but maintains coordination of gas exchange. Dow GJ, Berry JA, Bergmann DC. New Phytol. 2017 Oct;216(1):69-75. doi: 10.1111/nph.14746. Epub 2017 Aug 21  Mobile MUTE specifies subsidiary cells to build physiologically improved grass stomata. Raissig MT, Matos JL, Anleu Gil MX, Kornfeld A, Bettadapur A, Abrash E, Allison HR, Badgley G, Vogel JP, Berry JA, Bergmann DC. Science. 2017 Mar 17;355(6330):1215-1218. doi: 10.1126/science.aal3254.