 The Boss lab works on phosphoinositide metabolism in plants.Primarily, the research focuses on the role of the chemicals phosphatidyl-inositol-4P and phosphatidyl-inositol-4,5P in signal transduction in plants while adapting to environmental changes.In 2001 Dr. Boss received grants from NASA, NSF and the USDA's Binational Agricultural Research Development (BARD) program to study the role of this chemicals in plants grown in space.