Mariana did a terrific job defending her dissertation
Evolutionary origins, regulation, and function of carotenoid biosynthesis in the marine heterotrophic eukaryote, Aurantiochytrium limacinum
this January*, and has cool papers coming out soon.
I’m happy to have her staying as a postdoc in the lab for a few months, and then am eager to see where she lands next. Way to go, Mariana!
*I’m much less late with this one than with Kylie’s. But still some catching up to do!
The Collier Lab is looking for a postdoctoral scholar, preferably with experience in genetic engineering of a model organism, to help develop new genome editing tools for the thraustochytrid Aurantiochytrium. Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Experimental Model Systems initiative.
https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/2018/11/07/postdoctoral-associate-1803048/
A nifty little paper describing the unique – and really fun and productive – model of collaborative science I’ve been privileged to experience as part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Marine Microbiology Initiative Experimental Model Systems program.
@PLOSBiology @MooreFound @TN_Marine_Micro @SoMAS_SBU
https://twitter.com/PLOSBiology/status/1014106731734069248
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