Welcome to the Legume-Microbe Interactions Laboratory at the University of Missouri (MU). The laboratory is directed by Professor Gary Stacey, MU Curators’ Professor of Plant Science. The interests of the laboratory are diverse but have a common theme of plant and microbe development. Click on the research or publication link to learn more about the wide variety of research projects underway or completed. A variety of structural and functional genomic methods are being used to understand the way in which legumes respond to microbial infection.