Biography:
Ms. Thorup studies Biological Sciences in the Master’s program at California State University, Chico under the supervision of Dr. Blee and plans to graduate in 2022. Previous to her master’s program, she spent four years at the same institution earning her BS, double majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology and General Microbiology, and graduated in 2020. As an undergraduate, she joined the research group of Dr. Tran in 2018 to study coral symbiosis, and later joined Dr. Blee’s laboratory group in 2019 to study bacterial transformation.
Title : Isolation of plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria from mixed-conifer forest in Sierra Nevada, California