Violeta Londono Velez

PhD Students

PhD Student

Location:

Building 2, Level 3, 3255-WS04

Biography

Violeta Londono completed her undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellin, Colombia) in 2019. She focused on evaluating the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) for the Bacillus megaterium system: waste glycerol in batch cultures. Londono started as a master's/PhD student (2021) in the plant science program at KAUST and joined the stress granules laboratory under professor Monika Chodasiewicz's supervision. She is currently studying the stress granule's dynamic and is interested in protein interactions.

Research Interests

Violeta Londono Velez is focused on studying protein and metabolite interactions by molecular biology techniques in plant biotechnology.

Selected Publications

Londoño Vélez V, Alquraish F, Tarbiyyah I, Rafique F, Mao D and Chodasiewicz M (2022) Landscape of biomolecular condensates in heat stress responses. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1032045. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1032045

Education

B.Sc., Biological Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, 2019

Master degree- Plant Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2022

KAUST Affiliations

Prof. Monika Chodasiewicz's Group

CDA - Center for Desert Agriculture

BESE - Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division