Career
She co-authored an article for corn farming in the 4th issue, volume 26 of Plant Reproduction titled "Maize Male sterile 8 (Ms8), a putative β-1,3-galactosyltransferase, modulates cell division, expansion, and differentiation during early maize anther development." Virginia Walbot first began working with corn when she used to help grow and sell it on her family"s farm in Southern California. Later in the 1970"s she began her interest in corn when she met Barbara McClintock, who also worked with corn. That is when Walbot began visiting McClintock"s lab in Cold Spring Harbor and when she became devoted to the studies of the sex life of corn.
In 1967, Virginia Walbot received a Bachelor degree in Biology at Stanford University.
In 1969-1972, attended Yale to work on embryogenesis to receive a M. Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy Doctor Walbot attended the University of Georgia to postdoctoral work. She became a faculty Member at Washington University in Saint Louis.
Later Doctor Walbot returned to Stanford as a professor in the Department of Biological Science. Doctor Walbot first worked with maize while working with Editor Coe in the University of Missouri.
Doctor Walbot participates in societies like the American Society for Cell Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, AIBS, Genetics Society, and International Society for Plant Molecular Biology Published two books Developmental Biology in 1987and The Maize Handbook in 1993.
Virginia Walbot has published a total of 126 journal articles *Elected to the Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate, Stanford (2009 - 2011) Elected to Faculty Senate, Stanford (2009 - 2011) Elected to Faculty Senate, Stanford (1999 - 2001) Committee on Committees, Stanford (2000 - 2001) Committee on Research, Stanford (2003 - 2005) Honors &.
