Sama is a 4th year biology student at Dalhousie, who has recently acquired a great interest in plants. She did her special topics project studying the effect of the calcium chelator EGTA on PCD in the lace plant. Her work helped elucidate the role calcium plays in the molecular pathway of PCD in the lace plant. Sama aims to keep working in the Gunawardena lab for the remainder of her undergraduate studies, and hopes to be able to use this research and experience for her graduate studies in the future.