From: Jazzman Robinson
The day of national peanuts The annual celebration is celebrated on September 13. It respects the potential and importance of peanuts in American life. Exterior. As a tribute to the economic and cultural effects of the legend, it honors peanut farmers on that day, highlights the value of peanuts, and recognizes their widespread integration into American cuisine.
In honor of this year’s national peanut day, we want to highlight a researcher working to improve peanuts for farmers and consumers around the world. Patricia Sanmarton Laboratory is manager The cloner lab At the Hudsnalifa Institute for Biotechnology. Clevenger Lab uses genomic technology to manufacture new peanut types that are better equipped to change environmental conditions, pests and diseases. Let’s know Patricia, which is an essential member of the lab that is a wonderful working lab for the peanut community.
Jazzman Robinson: So, tell me about yourself. Here you lead?
Patricia Sanmarton: Ecuador is tropical, but I’m from RibambaWhich is a mountainous area, so there is a lot of agriculture around it. We are from the city, but my mother worked in rural areas throughout her career, and I was very interested in the environment. Agriculture is one of the methods that contaminate the environment the most, and I wanted to work according to the environment. I went from Ecuador and went to it Earth University of Costa Rica For my bachelor in sustainable agriculture. The states will receive a lot of interns from different universities, and one of them interns Alabama A & M University I told me about their program. After graduating from Costa Rica, I chased my master in Food Science in Alabama A&M, a minor in chicken behavior.
Jaazman: Chicken behavior?
Patricia: What to do with plants, okay? The culture is so wide field And The animal was trying to decide what part of agriculture I like: animal production or plant production. Placing backgrounds in plant science and then researching during my master’s degree in animals, I now know that the plants are the most like that.
Jazzman: What would you say has the biggest impact in making this commitment?
Patricia: Here my experiences in Hudsinlifa. I applied for Hudsnalafa Bio Ren Because I wanted to know more about biotechnology. This shows that biotechnology is a multi -faceted field that includes everything I was interested in. I can work with animals, plants… chickens. I am very fortunate that I have been part of the biootein program.
After the internship was over, I was asked to stay and I was firing peanuts for a while. Whenever we harvest a plant, this is a unique model. We have to take action on them manually, and I was the name of peanuts. I’ve been pouring peanuts for nearly six months, in the headphones, podcast on, shelling. We didn’t have a greenhouse yet, but when it opened, I applied for the Green House Assistant Position and managed to work with all 3 Labs (Cloner Lab,. Harks LabAnd Swaminathan Lab) For about 8 months. Subsequently, opened in a research associate position The cloner labAnd I knew I wanted to go for it because I liked to do the most with peanuts. I have been in the cloner lab since then.
Jazzman: I love her! What about this peanuts that pulled you?
Patricia: Peanuts, itself, a superstar crop. Are peanuts Beer It has the power to introduce more nitrogen in the soil. This means that the environment is transformed into a useable form of nitrogen bacteria that live in peanut roots. Peanut is also a multi -purpose crop. Animals can eat leaves, and we eat fruit, (which is peanuts), so we can use the entire plant. Their growth cycle is relatively short, 100 to 150 days. Nutrition content is very important, especially for countries that are developed. This is an easy crop to grow. And the taste, it’s great. Once I started reading more about peanuts, I can’t help to love it.
Jazzman: What do you do in the lab?
Patricia: I am in charge of organizing the group, acting on the sample here, and cooperating with our sister lab Corrupt*.
We have peanuts and internal projects in the greenhouse. We cross to select our best gene type, which is demonstrating resistance to some pests, such as aplason and leaf space. We are also interested in finding gene type with high oxy acid content. We cooperate with different universities, help them take action and understand their results. We have worked with more than 29 different species.
We also work extensively with the breeders. We have a lot of data and technology that breeders do not have and they cannot access them, so we work with them so that they can be provided with their needs.
Right now, we are working on a short reading setting, and starting to read more prolonged reading. We have a new sectarian called review, so this is something we are studying and trying to solve problems for new projects.
Jazzman: Have you acquired a valuable lesson or skill through your research experiences?
Patricia: The biggest lesson I have learned is to take your time out and check everything triple. We are working with very small taps and numerous patterns at the same time, and you can engage. Taking your time does not hurt.
Jazzman: What would you say is the most exciting part of your work?
Patricia: I think every day is challenging. We always find problems, but it’s also interesting, okay? I realized that I really like research research and development. So try to understand science behind it, and then apply it and try it in the lab. It’s interesting, but at the same time, this is challenging, because you have to do it again and re -consider it. Sometimes you have done this more than 10 times and you still can’t get an answer. So, this is a challenge, but it is also interesting.
Jazzman: Has a partner played a significant role in your work or your training?
Patricia: I have noticed that many of the people of Hudsnalifa have helped me in many ways. Josh, by giving me a chance to learn from it. He is great in finding conferences and resources tools for training. I learned a lot about plants from the greenhouse to Jason (Bin). In fact, I have ever asked a question, he has been very helpful. Although our team is more limited, there are only three of us, we can still go to the other labs or education team and understand the basics of some protocols. I am watching the entire institute cooperation.
Jazzman: What do you see while doing your own long -term?
Patricia: I am excited about research and work. I am particularly interested in food security research. I want a character that includes reading, writing and laboratory work balance. Plants, especially peanuts, are a strong area of interest for me. I’m not sure I want to work with animals now.
Jazzman: So, out of your work, what do you like to do?
Patricia: I really enjoy drawing and painting. I use some water color or acrylic. I also like to enjoy motorcycle and yoga. I enjoy the companionship of good people. I came to Alabama during Covade, so it made it more difficult, but I think I now have a community.
* In 2022, Hudsnalifa announced its extension in Duthan, The capital of the world’s peanuts. Hudsinlifa is using the wiregras campus genomics to revolutionize agriculture in the wiregaras region, which is focusing on the development of drought and disease -prevailing peanuts among other major crops. An important part of the move is the cloner lab, guiding research efforts to enhance the stability of the crops by integrating modern genomics into the growth methods.
