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Hi everyone! I’m Shiqi Zhang, currently a USDA NIFA fellow with Dr. Maria Harrison at Boyce Thompson Institute. I’ve been working on profiling the intracellular Pi dynamics during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Brachypodium distachyon. I’m using a quantitative imaging method to measure the fluorescence change of a Pi-specific sensor as a way to monitor live changes of the intracellular Pi levels. I graduated from UC Davis working with Dr. Eduardo Blumwald. During my Ph.D., I’ve also used quantitative imaging to characterize the biological function of the vacuolar Na+ (K+)/H+ exchangers in the growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Besides my research, I’m very interested in teaching. I’ve TA’ed four years during my Ph.D., and now am trying to find ways to teach as a postdoc. My career goal is to become a faculty member at a PUI so I can do interesting research with undergraduate students and teach!
Happy to meet you all! Please follow me on Twitter @ShiqiZhang186!