Virginia Walbot

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Virginia Walbot (born 1946) is an American agriculturalist and botanist who is an emeritus professor [1] in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. She investigates maize development with a focus on factors involved in male sterility. [2]

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Life

Walbot first began working with corn when she used to help grow and sell it on her family's farm in Southern California. [3]

In 1967, Walbot received a B.A. degree in biology at Stanford University. [4] In 1969–1972, she attended Yale to work on embryogenesis, where she earned an M.Phil. and Ph.D. She completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Georgia in the laboratory of Leon Dure. [5] She was a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis from 1975 to 1980. [5] During this period of her academic career, Walbot started working on maize genetics via collaborations with Ed Coe at the University of Missouri. [4] In 1981, Walbot returned to Stanford as a professor in the Department of Biology. [4]

In 1978, Walbot was invited by geneticist Barbara McClintock to visit her laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Walbot spent several weeks learning about maize genetics and transposable elements. A subsequent visit in 1982 further shaped Walbot’s research direction, contributing to her long-term focus on maize development, reproduction, and transposon biology. [4]

Walbot participates in scientific societies including the American Society for Cell Biology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Genetics Society of America, and International Society for Plant Molecular Biology. [6] [5]

She has published two books, Developmental Biology (1987), and The Maize Handbook (1993). [5]

Honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty profile of Virginia Walbot". Stanford Profiles. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  2. ↑ [Wang, Dongxue, David S. Skibbe, and Virginia Walbot. "Maize Male Sterile 8 (Ms8), A Putative Β-1,3-Galactosyltransferase, Modulates Cell Division, Expansion, And Differentiation During Early Maize Anther Development." Plant Reproduction 26.4 (2013): 329-338. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.]
  3. ↑ AgWeb Staff (11 September 2011). "Unraveling the Mysteries of the Sex Life of Corn". Farm Journal. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biography for ASPB Pioneer Member: Virginia Walbot". ASPB Pioneer Member: Virginia Walbot. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hageman Lecturer" . Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "McClintock Prize awardees" . Retrieved 2026-01-18.
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