Today, Alban Mariette joins the lab as a visiting postdoc from Prof. Berit Ebert’s Lab at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Alban’s visit is supported by a Journal of Cell Science/The Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship and he is joining the group to conduct transmission electron microscopy and live cell imaging to investigate plant cell wall synthesis as part of Heather and Prof. Ebert’s Alliance International Catalyst grant.