Victoria is from the UK and works with Jie and Brian on the validation of AI-predicted extracellular interactions between secreted proteins of Pseudomonas syringae and secreted hydrolases of Nicotiana benthamiana that are suppressed during infection.
Katarina is from Slovenia and studies antagonistic arms races between AI-predicted inhibitors secreted by tomato pathogens and the apoplastic P69 immune proteases of tomato.
Chaohui investigates the release of immunogenic flagellin fragments from the glycosylated flagellin polymer.
Emma Watts
D. Phil. student (BBSRC-interdisciplinary DTP) Email: emma.watts[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Emma is from Japan/UK and is improving molecular pharming efficiency by controlling immune responses.
Joy Lyu
D. Phil. student (BBSRC-interdisciplinary DTP) Email: joy.lyu[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Joy is from Shenzhen, China and studies AI-predicted inhibitors of Zymoseptoria tritici that target secreted wheat hydrolases.
Nora Liu
D. Phil. student (iCASE with Kyomei) Email: yinuo.liu[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Nora is from Shanghai, China and investigates the development of alternative protein expression platform through agroinfiltration of other plant species.
Ethan Martindale
D. Phil Student (BBSRC-Interdisciplinary DTP) Email: ethan.martindale[a]stx.ox.ac.uk
Ethan is from Hertfordshire, UK and works on improving the expression of ER-targeted glycoproteins using synthetic biology.
Phoebe is from Sheffield, UK, and uses AI to study protein-protein interactions at the plant-pathogen interface.
Shaunak Kinare
D. Phil. Student (ILESLA DTP) Email: shaunak.kinare[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Shaunak investigates increased transient expression in mutant Nicotiana benthamiana lines.
Pippa Threlfall
D. Phil. student (Oxford-John Oldacre Graduate Scholar) Email: pippa.threlfall[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Pippa is from Yorkshire, UK and investigates extracellular interactions between tomato leaf mold (Cladosporium fulvum) and tomato.
Xianchu Chen
Visiting D. Phil. Student Email: xianchu.chen[a]biology.ox.ac.uk
Xianchu is from Suomeng Dong's lab at Nanijng Agricultural University and investigates the perception mechanism of EpiC protease inhibitors in wild potato species.
Molly Ross
MBiol student Email: molly.ross[a]some.ox.ac.uk
Molly is from the Peak District in Derbyshire, UK and works with Victoria to investigate a pathogen-secreted subtilase inhibitor at the plant-pathogen interface.
Zoe is from Bristol, UK, and works with Nora investigating the efficiency of transient protein expression in other plant species using alternative Agrobacterium strains.
