Hoon Pyon
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Research
I currently work with Parris Humphrey to examine interactions between bacterial plant pathogens and distinct plant defense pathways. In laboratory model plant species, there exists a "cross-talk" between plant defense pathways for distinct types of enemies (e.g. insect herbivores versus bacterial colonizers) which have shown to suppress one pathway when the other is activated. The importance of this cross-talk, however, has not yet been established for native plants and non-laboratory strains of bacterial pathogens. Therefore the research that we are doing is to directly test whether phylogenetically distinct isolates of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae are affected differently by two distinct plant defense pathways.
I have been with the Whiteman Lab since spring of 2014.
I have been with the Whiteman Lab since spring of 2014.
Background
I am a third-year undergraduate student studying Biology with a focus in Biomedical sciences. I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Tucson in 2012 to attend the University of Arizona for undergrad.
Aside from academics some hobbies that I am passionate about involve volunteering and art in the form of drawing/painting and cooking.
The work that I do in the Whiteman Lab has allowed for me to understand and learn many technicalities involved in empirical research; knowledge which I hope to continue using in my future endeavors in the health field.
Aside from academics some hobbies that I am passionate about involve volunteering and art in the form of drawing/painting and cooking.
The work that I do in the Whiteman Lab has allowed for me to understand and learn many technicalities involved in empirical research; knowledge which I hope to continue using in my future endeavors in the health field.