Spindle pole bodies

How did you become interested in plants? I began my graduate work with Phil Leder with the hope of making transgenic mice as a means towards understanding development in a multicellular organism. It turned out to be far more difficult and timeconsuming than I had bargained for. So when it became apparent that making transgenic plants was relatively easy, I jumped at the opportunity. I also thought that basic discoveries could be more easily translated to practical applications in plant biology than in the area of human health.