Regina Visconti
Graduate Student, Department of Plant Biology
BIO
Originally hailing from Newington, CT I decided to uproot myself and move to Tampa to pursue a degree at the University of Tampa. It was here I earned my B.S. in biochemistry. After much deliberation, I decided to go to grad school here at UVM and take an interdisciplinary approach to plant biology. It was here that I discovered how wonderful it is to be so close to nature. I can frequently be found walking in the woods, and enjoying all the sunshine and water (snow) here. I love yoga and a variety of art forms.
I joined the Tierney Lab in order to study endomembrane trafficking in Arabidopsis. I am specifically looking at the role ER bodies and its' associated proteins have in response to stress. I will do this by monitoring whole plant phenotypes and fluorescent fusion proteins under normal and stressed conditions. I hope a better understanding of this ER body pathway will allow for further characterization of a plant's stress response that may even be applicable to species other than Arabidopsis thaliana.
Bio
Originally hailing from Newington, CT I decided to uproot myself and move to Tampa to pursue a degree at the University of Tampa. It was here I earned my B.S. in biochemistry. After much deliberation, I decided to go to grad school here at UVM and take an interdisciplinary approach to plant biology. It was here that I discovered how wonderful it is to be so close to nature. I can frequently be found walking in the woods, and enjoying all the sunshine and water (snow) here. I love yoga and a variety of art forms.
I joined the Tierney Lab in order to study endomembrane trafficking in Arabidopsis. I am specifically looking at the role ER bodies and its' associated proteins have in response to stress. I will do this by monitoring whole plant phenotypes and fluorescent fusion proteins under normal and stressed conditions. I hope a better understanding of this ER body pathway will allow for further characterization of a plant's stress response that may even be applicable to species other than Arabidopsis thaliana.