Hsiang-Wen Chen has been awarded her PhD at the University of Melbourne today! Wen was cosupervised by Heather, Prof. Staffan Person, and Dr. Allison van de Meene. Wen’s thesis work investigated the molecular mechanisms that regulate plant growth and development by studying a protein called CMU1. She characterized a series of protein-protein interactions that regulate the cytoskeleton and plant cell wall synthesis and proposed an exciting model about how these proteins work together to regulate plant cell shape.

Congratulations Wen!