Zambryski, Patricia

Name of Person: 
Patricia Zambryski
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Department: 
Plant and Microbial Biology, Professor
Research Interests: 
In microbial biology Zambryski studies the molecular mechanisms utilized by Agrobacterium that leads to the genetic transformation of plant cells. In plant biology she studies how plant cells communicate with each other via unique plant specific intercellular structures called plasmodesmata.