Heather Mcfarlane Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada Area

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Berlin Area, Germany

All plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall that provides mechanical support and allows plant cells to form complex multicellular organisms. This cell wall provides raw materials for food, textiles, building materials, and next-generation biofuels. My postdoctoral research in Staffan Persson’s group at the MPI-MP focuses on plant cell wall synthesis..

Vancouver, Canada Area

My brief postdoctoral period at UBC was focused on finishing projects that I had begun during my PhD research.

Vancouver, Canada Area

UBC Biology has a strong tradition of commitments to active student-centered learning and to consistent evaluation and feedback throughout the term. As a TA, I actively practiced this style of teaching, and as a TA mentor, I helped new TAs integrate into this culture.2010 & 2013 - Advanced Genetics Laboratory (BIOL337) Presented lectures, supervised.

Vancouver, Canada Area

The leaves, stems, and flowers of all plants are covered by a waxy cuticle that protects that plant from water loss. My PhD research, supervised by Prof. A. Lacey Samuels, focused on how the lipids that form the cuticle are transported from their site of synthesis inside the cell to their site of biological activity on the plant surface. I showed that two.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Let's Talk Science is a national organization that works to improve science literacy by connecting university students and researchers with their community. At UBC LTS, our Mentorship Program collaborates with the UBC Trek Program to partner almost 100 high school students from Vancouver's Eastside with students and scientists at UBC. As Mentroship Program.

Sweden

During my PhD I spent three months as a visiting scientist with Prof. Mats Andersson and Prof. Anna Stina Sandelius in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden. During my visit, funded by an NSERC-CGS-MSFSS, I isolated and characterized of subcellular compartments involved in lipid trafficking.

Montreal, Canada Area

Pectins are commercially important plant natural products; because of their gelling properties, they are of particular interest to the food industry. The seeds of several plant species, including Arabidopsis thaliana, synthesize and secrete large amounts of pectin-rich mucilage. My MSc. thesis research, supervised by Prof. Tamara L. Western, investigated.

Vancouver, Canada Area

My undergraduate honours thesis research, supervised by Prof. A. Lacey Samuels, focused on the role of the cytoskeleton in polarized secretion of cell wall pectins in Arabidopsis seed coat cells. My BSc research was funded by an NSERC USRA.

Phd, Botany

Activities and Societies: Botany Graduate Students' Association, Let's Talk Science Program

Msc, Biology

Activities and Societies: Biology Graduate Students' Association, Let's Talk Science Program

Bsc (Hons), Cell And Developmental Biology

Activities and Societies: Science One program