Lauren Hemara

@hemara.nz

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🦠 Postdoc in the Microbiome Manipulation Lab @ University of Toronto 🥝 Previously studying plant pathogen evolution with everyone's favourite P. syringae pathovar - Psa! ✨ 🌿 hemara.nz

Germplasm sampling workflow schematic. Symptomatic leaf samples were taken from germplasm Actinidia vines. Symptomatic and asymptomatic leaf discs were sampled from each leaf and split into two sample sets. gDNA was extracted from leaf homogenate for quantitative PCR and amplicon sequencing. Leaf homogenate from symptomatic leaf discs was also plated on selective agar for Pseudomonas isolation. The resulting pure cultures underwent DNA extraction, qPCR testing for the presence of Psa, and whole genome sequencing.

Environmental Science & Chemistry building with snow in the foreground.