Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith is an Associate Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, MO, USA. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies, then received her Ph.D. from Yale University under the mentorship of Dr. S. P. Dinesh-Kumar. Her thesis work in plant innate immunity concerned plant responded to Tobacco mosaic virus, leading her to investigate plasmodesmata and intercellular communication with Dr. Patricia Zambryski at the University of California, Berkeley for her post-doctoral work.  Current research in her lab examines the connection between chloroplast signaling and intercellular communication with a focus on how signals from the chloroplast vary in response to changing chloroplast gene expression.

• Chapter 1. RNA Binding Proteins Regulating Chloroplast RNA Metabolism.- Chapter 2. The Roles of mTERF Proteins in Chloroplast Gene Expression.- Chapter 3. Light Control of Plastid Gene Expression.- Chapter 4. Chloroplast Translation Machinery.- Chapter 5. Chloroplast Stress Signals: Control of Retrograde Signaling, Chloroplast Turn-Over, and Cell Fate Decisions.- Chapter 6. The Genetic Engineering Toolbox for Transformation of Higher Plant Plastids.

Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith is an Associate Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, MO, USA. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies, then received her Ph.D. from Yale University under the mentorship of Dr. S. P. Dinesh-Kumar. Her thesis work in plant innate immunity concerned plant responded to Tobacco mosaic virus, leading her to investigate plasmodesmata and intercellular communication with Dr. Patricia Zambryski at the University of California, Berkeley for her post-doctoral work.  Current research in her lab examines the connection between chloroplast signaling and intercellular communication with a focus on how signals from the chloroplast vary in response to changing chloroplast gene expression.

• Chapter 1. RNA Binding Proteins Regulating Chloroplast RNA Metabolism.- Chapter 2. The Roles of mTERF Proteins in Chloroplast Gene Expression.- Chapter 3. Light Control of Plastid Gene Expression.- Chapter 4. Chloroplast Translation Machinery.- Chapter 5. Chloroplast Stress Signals: Control of Retrograde Signaling, Chloroplast Turn-Over, and Cell Fate Decisions.- Chapter 6. The Genetic Engineering Toolbox for Transformation of Higher Plant Plastids.

Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith is an Associate Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, MO, USA. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies, then received her Ph.D. from Yale University under the mentorship of Dr. S. P. Dinesh-Kumar. Her thesis work in plant innate immunity concerned plant responded to Tobacco mosaic virus, leading her to investigate plasmodesmata and intercellular communication with Dr. Patricia Zambryski at the University of California, Berkeley for her post-doctoral work.  Current research in her lab examines the connection between chloroplast signaling and intercellular communication with a focus on how signals from the chloroplast vary in response to changing chloroplast gene expression.

• Chapter 1. RNA Binding Proteins Regulating Chloroplast RNA Metabolism.- Chapter 2. The Roles of mTERF Proteins in Chloroplast Gene Expression.- Chapter 3. Light Control of Plastid Gene Expression.- Chapter 4. Chloroplast Translation Machinery.- Chapter 5. Chloroplast Stress Signals: Control of Retrograde Signaling, Chloroplast Turn-Over, and Cell Fate Decisions.- Chapter 6. The Genetic Engineering Toolbox for Transformation of Higher Plant Plastids.