# The Holbrook Group Hannes and Cade visiting the oldest pear tree in the United States! ![hannes and cade](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/holbrook/files/img-20240330-wa0016.jpg?itok=LfqK-c1O) ## Welcome! Welcome to the Holbrook lab! We study the physics and physiology of vascular transport in plants with the goal of understanding how constraints on the movement of water and solutes between soil and leaves influences ecological and evolutionary processes. Currently, we are working on questions relating to cavitation, stomatal mechanics, solute transport, cell wall mechanics, and wood anatomy. ## Latest News [### Congratulations to Nya Nicholson and Addason Harris! ](/news/congratulations-nya-nicholson-and-addason-harris) August 09, 2024 Congratulations to our two undergraduate students, Nya Nicholson and Addason Harris, for their awesome work this summer on sweaty shrubs (Nolana mollis) and tilted trees (tension wood). We are excited to see what you do next! [### Welcome Cade to the Holbrook Lab! ](/news/welcome-cade-holbrook-lab) February 01, 2024 We are excited to welcome our new post-doc Cade Kane to the lab! He graduated with a PhD from Purdue studying the role in regulation of Abscisic Acid (ABA) in higher plants. We are very lucky to have his expertise, calming vibes, and excellent tie-dye... [### Congratulations Dan! ](/news/congratulations-dan) August 18, 2023 The Holbrook Lab is happy to congratulate Dan Buonaiuto for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis, "Phenological sensitivity as a mediator of plant interactions." We know you're going to do incredible things! [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/news) ## Recent Publications Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### 2024 Mai, Melissa, Chen Gao, Peter Bork, N. Michele Holbrook, Alexander Schulz, and Tomas Bohr. 2024. “[Relieving the Transfusion Tissue Traffic Jam: A Network Model Ofradial Transport in Conifer Needles](/publications/relieving-transfusion-tissue-traffic-jam-network-model-ofradial-transport)”. *New Phytologist* . Mai, Melissa, Chen Gao, Peter Bork, N. Michele Holbrook, Alexander Schulz, and Tomas Bohr. 2024. “[Relieving the Transfusion Tissue Traffic Jam: A Network Model Ofradial Transport in Conifer Needles](/publications/relieving-transfusion-tissue-traffic-jam-network-model-ofradial-transport)”. *New Phytologist* . - [ picture\_as\_pdfnew\_phytologist\_-\_2024\_-\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/new_phytologist_-_2024_-_mai_-_relieving_the_transfusion_tissue_traffic_jam_a_network_model_of_radial_transport_in_conifer.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfnew\_phytologist\_-\_2024\_-\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/new_phytologist_-_2024_-_mai_-_relieving_the_transfusion_tissue_traffic_jam_a_network_model_of_radial_transport_in_conifer.pdf) ### 2023 Johnson, Kate, Sophie Everbach, N. Michele Holbrook, and Mark Olson. 2023. “[Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a Physiological Perspective](/publications/evaluating-carlquist%E2%80%99s-law-physiological-perspective)”. *IAWA Journal*. Johnson, Kate, Sophie Everbach, N. Michele Holbrook, and Mark Olson. 2023. “[Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a Physiological Perspective](/publications/evaluating-carlquist%E2%80%99s-law-physiological-perspective)”. *IAWA Journal*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://brill.com/view/journals/iawa/aop/article-10.1163-22941932-bja10134/article-10.1163-22941932-bja10134.xml?rskey=jNvkER&result=1) - [ picture\_as\_pdfiawa\_advance\_2255\_johnson...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/holbrook/files/iawa_advance_2255_johnson.pdf) “Carlquist’s Law” is a striking pattern of association between anatomical features in the wood of vessel-bearing plants. It derives from Sherwin Carlquist’s observation that xylem vessels tend to be solitary when embedded in a matrix of imperforate... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://brill.com/view/journals/iawa/aop/article-10.1163-22941932-bja10134/article-10.1163-22941932-bja10134.xml?rskey=jNvkER&result=1) - [ picture\_as\_pdfiawa\_advance\_2255\_johnson...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/holbrook/files/iawa_advance_2255_johnson.pdf) ### 2022 Losada, Juan, Zhe He, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2022. “[Sieve Tube Structural Variation in Austrobaileya Scandens and Its Significance for Lianescence](/publications/sieve-tube-structural-variation-austrobaileya-scandens-and-its-significance)”. *Plant, Cell & Environment* 45 (7): 2460-75. Losada, Juan, Zhe He, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2022. “[Sieve Tube Structural Variation in Austrobaileya Scandens and Its Significance for Lianescence](/publications/sieve-tube-structural-variation-austrobaileya-scandens-and-its-significance)”. *Plant, Cell & Environment* 45 (7): 2460-75. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfplant\_cell\_environment\_-\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/holbrook/files/plant_cell_environment_-_2022_-_losada.pdf) Lianas combine large leaf areas with slender stems, features that require an efficient vascular system. The only extant member of the Austrobaileyaceae is an endemic twining liana of the tropical Australian forests with well-known xylem hydraulics, but... - [ picture\_as\_pdfplant\_cell\_environment\_-\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/holbrook/files/plant_cell_environment_-_2022_-_losada.pdf) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)