| Alison Thompson
I assist with a variety of activities in the Plant Pathology Program at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center in Pendleton, Oregon. I contribute to research in the lab and greenhouse as well as in the field. I help with the setting up, rating and harvesting of greenhouse root-lesion nematode (RLN) resistance trials and field tolerance trials; also the setting up and rating of the sand bed and/or greenhouse Fusarium resistance trials on wheat and barley cultivars. In addition to the greenhouse trials I aid in the set up and maintenance of a crossing block which aims to incorporate resistance genes into local wheat varieties. My lab duties include aiding in maintaining pure RLN carrot cultures for use in the resistance trials and I have recently begun helping with DNA extractions of RLN’s for molecular diagnostics.
Email:
alison.thompson@oregonstate.edu
Education:
Work
Experience:
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Seasonal Field Technician for Plant Pathology Program at Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center
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Teaching Assistant and Chemical Prep Assistant for Chemistry and Microbiology Departments at Seattle Pacific University
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Internship in Molecular/Microbiology lab working with Agrobacterium tumefaciens at Seattle Pacific University
Personal
Information:
I am a native to the Pendleton area and returned after graduating from Seattle Pacific University in June 2006. I have just started a small vineyard for wine making. I enjoy gardening, reading, running, walking and country music.
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