Associate Member and Principal Investigator
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith is an Associate Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to this, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She competed her graduate studies at Yale University with Dr. S.P. Dinesh-Kumar and her postdoctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley with Dr. Patricia Zambryski. Her research focuses on intercellular communication in plants, particularly on plasmodesmata and uses a variety of molecular and cell biological approaches including advanced light and electron microscopy and plant viruses. Her lab also investigates chloroplast gene expression and signaling can control expression of nuclear genes via retrograde signaling. She currently serves as Chair of the ASPB Science Policy Committee and is a member of the ASPB Board of Directors.
Workshop: Negotiating Success! How to be a Self-Advocate
Monday, August 7, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
(PL-4-5) An uncommon view: 3D imaging of plasmodesmata formation
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT