Magdalena Bezanilla
Magdalena Bezanilla is a biologist and the Ernest Evert Just 1907 Professor at Dartmouth College. Bezanilla is known for her research into molecular mechanisms that affect cell shape.
Early life and education
[edit]Magdalena was an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, majoring in physics. She received her doctoral degree in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Career and research
[edit]Bezanilla was an associate professor of biology at University Of Massachusetts, Amherst.[2] Magdalena and her colleagues developed a technique called multi-gene silencing to simultaneously silence genes in a multicellular organism.[1] She joined Dartmouth University as the Ernest Evert Just 1907 Professor in 2017.[3]
Her work focuses on the configuration of plant cell walls and supporting structures that govern a cell’s shape, internal organization, and patterns of growth and development. She has also pioneered the use of a moss called Physcomitrella as a model system in her research. Bezanilla developed the use of moss physcomitrella patens as a model system to figure out proteins in the plant cell regulate growth and morphogenesis.[4][3]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2023, Bezanilla was named a fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists.[5] Bezanilla was the first woman to win the Golden Spore Award in 2022 from the International Molecular Moss Science Society.[6] She also received the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.[1] In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.[1] Bezanilla was awarded the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering in 2007 for her research into molecular mechanisms that affect cell shape.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Nealy, Michelle J. (2012-02-01). "Emerging Scholars: Cell Biology Pioneer – Magdalena Bezanilla". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "Cell Biology Pioneer – Magdalena Bezanilla". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ a b Blumberg, Joseph (2017-08-07). "Magdalena Bezanilla Is Dartmouth's New E.E. Just Professor". Dartmouth news. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Biologists Unlock Secrets of Plants' Growing Tips". phys.org. 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Magdalena Bezanilla Named Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists". Dartmouth Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Golden Spore Award". International Molecular Moss Science Society. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Bezanilla, Magdalena • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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