title: Finding a niche.
abstract: Although I always knew I wanted to be a scientist, I didn't know I would become a cell biologist. Events in life that you would never have predicted can greatly impact your career trajectory. I have learned to let those events take me in new directions. Following a desire to investigate an understudied area of cell biology, I have found a niche. In this area, my lab is poised to contribute significantly toward understanding the fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying polarized plant cell growth.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. bezanilla@bio.umass.edu
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bezanilla
mesh_terms: D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D044002:Bryophyta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003585:Cell Biology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D009218:Myosins