Research Assistant
Sunshine Van Bael’S Endophytic Lab At Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
• Attended weekly laboratory meetings to stay informed on the research being conducted.• Aided in the research by working on a project to study the influence of flooding on endophyte community composition of baldcypress trees and its effects on plant responses to inundation stress. • Learned various laboratory protocols such as: DNA extractions from roots and cultures, PCR, AGE, DNA quantification, maintenance and quantification of greenhouse experiments, plant tissue collection and… Show more • Attended weekly laboratory meetings to stay informed on the research being conducted.• Aided in the research by working on a project to study the influence of flooding on endophyte community composition of baldcypress trees and its effects on plant responses to inundation stress. • Learned various laboratory protocols such as: DNA extractions from roots and cultures, PCR, AGE, DNA quantification, maintenance and quantification of greenhouse experiments, plant tissue collection and sterilization, soil sample collection, and culturing of microbes. Show less