Kristofer Gomes
School: University of Rhode Island
Degree: Ph.D., Biological and Environmental Sciences
Advisor: Bethany Jenkins
Research: My research focuses on how diatoms, a group of phytoplankton, adapt to varying concentrations of iron through changes in their proteins. In particular I am studying how the protein content of the diatom chloroplast, the organelle responsible for photosynthesis, responds to limiting levels of iron.
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