Elizabeth Applegate
Researching the Cellular Processes of Powdery Mildews
This summer, I will be finishing up my year-long honors project. My project involves the overexpression of powdery mildew-secreted effector proteins in seedlings of its plant host. My mentor and I hypothesize that these effector proteins are causing a crucial process called endoreduplicaiton to occur in plant host cells, so my project allows us to test this hypothesis.
Message To Sponsor
I am very grateful to be receiving this summer funding to finish out my project. This research experience has been a fundamental part of my college career, and I am so excited to use this summer to tie up loose ends in the lab. Thank you so much for helping me continue to pursue research at UC Berkeley–I really appreciate it!![Profile image of Elizabeth Applegate](https://live-ours.pantheon.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ElizabethApplegate-2019-400x400.jpg)
Major: Integrative Biology
Mentor: Amanda McRae, Mary Wildermuth
Sponsor: Cheunkarndee Fund