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Deisiany Ferreira Neres

BSE Ph.D. Student
  • Research areas: Synthetic biology, Protein effectors and protein engineering, Genetic resistance in plants, Signaling pathways
Deisiany Ferreira Neres, Virginia Tech Biological Systems Engineering Graduate Student

Research focus: My research objectives are focused on predicting which hormone signaling genes regulate agriculturally important traits in crops. Specifically, I aim to engineer auxin signaling to enhance valuable traits in crops, with a particular emphasis on soybeans and apples.