Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Karen R. Fritch

Technical Assistant III

Contact Information

WSU Plant Pathology
PO BOX 646430
Pullman, WA, 99163-6430
Lab – Johnson Hall 358
Phone: (509) 335-5813 | Fax: (509) 335-9581
karen.fritch [at] wsu.edu

Education

• 2018 (expected) B.S. in Agricultural and Food Systems, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• 2015, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Professional Experience

• Lab Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (August 2016 – Present)
• CAHNRS Summer Intern, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (May – August, 2016)

Current Research Focus

• Comparison of innate immune response among different potato cultivars

Profile links

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Publications

1. Moroz N, Fritch KR, Marcec MJ, Tripathi D, Smertenko A, Tanaka K (2017) Extracellular alkalinization as a defense response in potato cells. Front. Plant Sci. 8: 32 doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00032