Julia Wind

Background

About Julia Wind

Plant biotechnologist specialized in gene expression, genome editing and plant physiology. Great at developing new methods to understand and control gene expression in crops, to improve those traits that are important to our clients. Technical skills - Experienced at improving nutrient signaling, uptake and allocation in plants- Expert at molecular biology techniques such as PCR (PCR, qPCR, ddPCR and Taqman PCR), cloning, transformation and cultivation of bacteria and yeast, etc- Experienced at method development for the scoring of targeted deletions - Experienced at using and inducing genetic variation to improve traits (QTL, mutagenesis, genome editing and SALK insertion lines)- Skilled at automated and reproducible analysis of large data sets (gene expression, calculating genome editing frequencies)- Experienced at measuring protein and metabolite activity through protein purification and colorimetric assays - Experienced in tissue culturing and tissue regeneration into plants