In our Practicum Pods series, current GDB students are interviewed by GDB Peer Advisors in a conversation that delves into their practicum projects! We highly encourage all of our students to tune in to our new Practicum Pods to learn about different types of research, mentorship, and project specifics!

This week on Practicum Pods, we have the pleasure of speaking with Valerie Nyasimi (she/her), a fourth-year Global Disease Biology student working on her GDB Practicum Project in Dr. Douglas Cook's lab under the Department of Plant Pathology. Her project is titled "Efficacy of the bacterial metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol in controlling the Chickpea pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum."

PI: Dr. Douglas Cook (drcook@ucdavis.edu)

Cook Lab website: http://cooklab.ucdavis.edu/

Learn about Valerie's research experience in Episode 8 of the Practicum Pods!

You can find the transcription of Episode 8 here.

Email gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu with ideas and suggestions about Practicum Pods, or if you would like to share about your research experience in an episode!