User:KristenDeAngelis/sandbox/Patricia C. Zambryski

Patricia Claire Zambyrski
Alma mater(1974)University of Colorado
(1969)McGill University
Known forBacterial genetic transformation of plants
Awards(2001)National Academy of Sciences[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Dr. Patricia C. Zambryski is a microbiologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the molecular mechanisms by which the plant pathogen Agrobacterium is able to transform plant cells through the insertion of microbial genetic information.

She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2001 to the Plant Biology section.[2]. She was named an American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences fellow in 2011[3].


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Genetically Modified Organisms

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Dr. Zambryski has advocated in favor of the use of genetic modification of plants due to their many benefits. ...

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  1. ^ "Patricia C. Zambryski". National Academy of Sciences website. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Patricia C. Zambryski". National Academy of Sciences website. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Four UC Berkeley faculty named AAAS fellows". UC Berkeley Research News. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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