Meredith Fraser is in her fourth year of her BSc in Marine Biology and Sustainability at Dalhousie. She was first introduced to the lace plant and developmental PCD in her second year ‘Diversity of Life’ class taught by Dr. Gunawardena. While taking the ‘Diversity of Algae’ class at Dal and participating in a field course semester focusing on biogeography and natural resource management in the United States, she found her passion for plant life and plant cell biology.

Meredith completed an Experiential Learning credit in the PCD lab in Winter 2017. She was a recipient of an NSERC USRA, allowing her to work in the lab this summer completing a project focusing on intracellular calcium dynamics involved in lace plant PCD. She is hoping to begin her honours in the fall focusing on plant PCD and comparing it to similar processes in marine alga.