Professor Somerville, University of California, Berkeley, researches synthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides, the relationship of the structures to cell wall functions, and how the system is regulated, He envisions that knowledge of cell wall structure and function will facilitate the development of plants with improved utility as sources of renewable materials and as biofuel feedstocks.

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