Rachel Baschieri earned an MSc at Oregon State Unversity’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology in 2022. Rachel’s research focused on live time-course imaging of maize and sorghum protoplasts and their response to the plant hormone gibberilic acid, summarized in this protocol for transfection and time-course imaging in alginate. Rachel also worked on identifying genes involved in natural diveristy of sorghum inflorescences, performing physiological experiments using greenhouse and field hormone treatments. Before joining the lab, Rachel earned a BSc in Horticultural Sciences at Unversity of Florida.