Sabrina joined the Crop Science Centre as the interim ENSA Impact Manager to drive impact and facilitate the translation of scientific research discoveries into practical applications for the ENSA project. 
 
Sabrina has extensive lab-based research experience, having completed postdoctoral research at Michigan State University and the University of Cambridge, in both roles, dealing with amelioration of vitamin deficiencies in crops through nutritional genomics and epigenetics.

I have completed a BSc in Biological Sciences at the University of Exeter and I am excited to further develop my molecular genetic skills as a part of Professor Uta Paszkowski's Cereal Symbioses research group.

I have spent the last 23 years as a Research Assistant, at the University, where my focus has been in the field of Developmental Programming. This focused on the use of human and animal models to disentangle the mechanisms linking a suboptimal maternal environment with increased risk of the exposed infant having increased risk of adult disease in later life. During this time I have gained 47 papers in high impact factor journals.

I'm a first year undergrad studying Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. I'll be investigating the LysM receptor kinases LYK1 and LYK3 under the supervision of Dr Chai Hao Chiu this summer. More specifically this will involve determining where LYK1 and LYK3 are localised within the root, isolating these receptors and characterising lyk1 and lyk3 strains in the extent of their colonisation by AM fungi.

I am a first year undergraduate at the University of Cambridge doing a summer project under the supervision of Dr Thomas Irving. The project involves working on FRET and degron sensors for use in identifying/studying the undiscovered endogenous plant hormone KL.

I am a rising second year undergraduate student at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge studying biological natural sciences. I went to an international school in Shanghai, China, where I extracurricularly interned at ShanghaiTech University, investigating protein targets as substrates for ubiquitin mediated proteolytic degradation by novel molecular glues.

I am here at the Cereal Symbiosis Group for the summer, working with Tania to study the transcriptional changes associated with mycorrhizal symbiosis at the single-cell level. I have just finished my second year studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge and I am looking forward to continuing on with plant sciences next year after this project.

After completing my BSc and MSc degrees in Horticultural Science, I graduated from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2021. During my BSc, I studied the benefits of coconut water on both plant and human cells, and studied interspecific hybrids of Lepidium during my MSc. My interest in plant pathology also led me to undertake practical research training during my degree, where I studied Phytophthora infestans in fluctuating diurnal temperatures.

I study plant responses to abiotic stresses using molecular, biochemical, and physiological approaches. My interest in research started when I conducted undergraduate thesis for my bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Afterwards, I worked as a Researcher at the International Rice Research Institute while pursuing a master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from UPLB.

Originally from Italy, I am an Integrated Masters student at the University of York, studying Biotechnology and Microbiology. I have previously worked with rapeseed and wheat at the University of York and John Innes Centre (Norwich), respectively. At the CSC, I will be investigating role of Nitrate signalling components in AM symbiosis in rice in various conditions.