Åsa Strand is a group leader at the UPSC with currently 12 members in her research group. The main research focus of her group circulates around the signaling that occurs between various cell organelles, specifically chloroplasts, mitochondria and the nucleus. The dynamic coordination between the genomes of these three organelles is complex and needs a variety of different approaches to be investigated. Åsa Strands group uses a multidisciplinary approach combining biochemistry, molecular biology, plant genetics and cell biology to answer various research questions. This approach seems to be quite fruitful as Åsa and her group recently published several publications, one of which described a novel redox-regulated protein essential for transcription and important during the seedling establishment in Arabidopsis thaliana. You can find more about her work and her publications here: Åsa Strand Homepage
When asking Åsa about what she thinks is essential for a successful career in her field and what is the one most valuable Tip she would give to young researchers, she says: “Be strategic in your choice of postdoc projects so that you develop a research profile that is both unique and desirable. Define your own research question that is relevant to your specific field and that can be elevated into a more general context. Find your own approach or suitable experimental system to address that question.”