Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I have a scientific background ranging from cellular to whole plant responses to environmental cues. In my research I am interested in study plant responses to environmental stressors and their physiology, and developmental plant biology.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  During my final year in high school. Here I have elaborated a bit about that in the plant cell first author profile. https://plantae.org/sanbon-chaka-gosa-the-plant-cell-first-author/

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  (not set)

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  (not set)

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Arabidopsis and Maize. Interesting and relatively easy to learn practical science.

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  1

  
  

Recent Posts

mhsmirandaaftwspring2024 project 10 Sanbon Ch Gosa Mar 20 at 08:43am

That's a good thought. Other possibilities are: 1. If the soil is dry, plants lose their turgidity and start to bend. 2. Plants have particular hormones that help them grow straight up. But when there's a lot of uneven light, like if one…

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That's a good thought. Other possibilities are: 1. If the soil is dry, plants lose their turgidity and start to bend. 2. Plants have particular hormones that help them grow straight up. But when there's a lot of uneven light, like if one side of the plant is in shadow, the cells on that shaded side grow more, making the plant bend toward the light. Keep up this nice experiment.

mhsmirandaaftwspring2024 project 10 Sanbon Ch Gosa Mar 13 at 01:21pm

Thanks for sharing your cool photo and description in the PowerPoint.

Do you have any ideas about why some of your plants are bending?

Also, what do you think when you notice that a few plants in the control group are taller than the others?

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Thanks for sharing your cool photo and description in the PowerPoint.

Do you have any ideas about why some of your plants are bending?

Also, what do you think when you notice that a few plants in the control group are taller than the others?

Cheers!

Affects of Acid Rain Sanbon Ch Gosa Mar 13 at 01:09pm

 

That's a great observation and thought! Let me explain a couple more things. 

First, why do plants sometimes tilt? Plants have particular hormones that help them grow straight up. But when there's a lot of uneven light,…

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That's a great observation and thought! Let me explain a couple more things. 

First, why do plants sometimes tilt? Plants have particular hormones that help them grow straight up. But when there's a lot of uneven light, like if one side of the plant is in shadow, the cells on that shaded side grow more, making the plant bend toward the light.

Why do leaves change color? Do you know how plants are usually green? That's because of something called chlorophyll, a natural compound in plants. When water becomes more acidic, it has more H+ ions, which can affect the chlorophyll and cause the leaves to lose some of their chlorophyll, which gives them a green color. Keep up the exciting work! Cheers