Dr Jessica Erickson – Bio for ECPP24
I am originally from a small, conservative, Canadian town tucked between the Rocky Mountains and the prairies. I discovered a passion for plant genetics and cell biology during my undergraduate degree and MSc. at the nearby University of Lethbridge. After some unexpected career detours, I ended up in Halle, Germany where I got hooked on a PhD project exploring the mechanisms behind chloroplast shape changes in plants under stress. I transitioned into plant pathology rather recently, during my postdoc, and I have spent the last two years carving a niche for myself in this very crowded field. I will soon start my own junior group investigating how bacteria manipulate the plant apoplast via secreted proteins.
