Professor, Cell Biology Laboratory, Universida de Federalde Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), BRAZIL
Thursday 5 December 2019 | 11:30 am – ICGEB Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Understanding of plant-microbe communications for a sustainable agriculture
Host: Mariet Wium
Marcia R. Wink obtained her Ph.D. at Biochemistry from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (2003). One year of her Ph.D was done in Dr. Simon C. Robson’s lab at Harvard Medical as a “sandwiche-Ph.D” program of CNPq (2002). She then took a postdoctoral position in Dr. Simon C. Robson’s lab at Harvard Medical School, studying the Purinergic Signaling in gliomas (2003-2004). Returning to Brazil, she took a permanent position as biochemistry professor, at the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) (2006), where she also coordinates the Cell Biology Laboratory supervising Master, PhD and undergraduate students