Randy Wayne (biologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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botanist
Date of Birth: 08-May-1955
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession: botanist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Randy Wayne (biologist)
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- Wayne is a plant cell biologist at Cornell University notable for his work on plant development.
- In particular, along with his colleague Peter K.
- Hepler, Wayne established the powerful role of calcium in regulating plant growth; accordingly, their 1985 article Calcium and plant development was cited by at least 405 subsequent articles to earn the "Citation Classic" award from Current Contents magazine and has been cited by hundreds more since 1993.
- He is an authority on how plant cells sense gravity through pressure, on the water permeability of plant membranes, light microscopy, as well as the effects of calcium on plant development.
- He wrote two textbooks including Plant Cell Biology: From Astronomy to Zoology and Light and Video Microscopy.
- The second edition of Plant Cell Biology: From Astronomy to Zoology is dedicated to Erwin Chargaff. In 2010, Wayne proposed a theory of light that is inconsistent with relativity.
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