Dr. Rui Li joined our lab as a visiting scholar from Hebei Normal
University. Her work in the lab will focus on microtubule
organization and dynamics in the integument cells in ovules of
Arabidopsis. She will be making use of fluorescent marker lines and immunolabelling to explore infertile mutant plants.
Congratulations to Laryssa Halat, winner of the Directors' Award for best student oral presentation at the joint CSPB-CBA joint Western Regional Meeting in Winnipeg.
L to R: Geoff, Laryssa and Natalie (MSc candidate in Dr. Lacey Samuels' lab) enjoying the Christmas cheer in Winnipeg.
Geoff's Canada Research Chair was renewed for another 7 years (2018 to 2024). This is his third, and with the new CRC rules, final term as CRC Tier 1 in Plant Cell Biology.