Alice Y. Cheung | |
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| Alma mater | Smith College Yale University |
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| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst Harvard University |
Alice Cheung is an American biochemist who is a professor of molecular biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research considers the molecular and cellular biology of polarization. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.
Cheung was born in Hong Kong. Her parents decided that she and her brother would attend university in the United States, and Cheung moved to Smith College to complete her undergraduate studies. She moved to Yale University for her graduate studies, where she focused on molecular biophysics.[ citation needed ] Her doctoral research considered the genetic and biochemical regulation of aminoacyl tRNA synthetase. At a scientific conference, she heard Eugene Nester discussing the cell interaction between agrobacteria and plants, which inspired her to learn more about plant biology. After completing her doctoral research, Cheung joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow, learning more about chloroplast-nuclear interactions, and reading work on self-incompatibility performed by Adrienne Clarke in Nicotiana alata and by June Nasrallah in Brassica oleracea. Inspired by this work, and the work of Elizabeth Lord, Cheung decided to investigate plant reproduction. [1]
Cheung was recruited to the faculty at Yale University in 1987. She was promoted to associate professor in 1993, before joining the University of Massachusetts Amherst at a full professor of biochemistry. [1] There she started working in cell biology. Her research considers the role of signalling strategies in plants, [2] with a particular focus on the communication between pollen and pistil, which ultimately leads to fertilisation. [3] [4] She showed that FERONIA is an essential aspect of the wall-to-cell communication process. [2] [5]
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