EMBO Member

Sophien Kamoun

The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich | United Kingdom

EMBO 2015

Plant-pathogen interactions

I study how plant pathogens, such as the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, infect plants, and the plant processes that are modulated by these pathogens. I aim to exploit state of the art findings on pathogen genomics and biology to develop disease resistant crops.

Keywords: Plant pathogens / pathogenomics / pathogen effectors / disease resistance / host-parasite coevolution / oomycetes

Subject area(s): Microbiology, Virology & Pathogens | Plant Biology | Evolution & Ecology