Murray Grant's Biography

Murray Grant, Professor, University of Exeter

Murray Grant graduate with a PhD in Biochemistry from Otago University. He studied nitrogen assimilation with the DSIR in New Zealand. He was recipient of the first Royal Society Endeavour Fellowship in 1990, studying at the John Innes and in 1993 moved into molecular plant pathology as a Human Capital and Mobility Fellow with Jeff Dangl in Koln. He continued in this field, first at Leicester University in 1996, moving to Wye College in 1998 and on to a Chair at Exeter University in 2006.

Unravelling Pathogen Virulence Strategies Through the Application of Transcriptomics and Real-time Imaging

Wednesday, 25 September 2013 at 17:00

Add to Calendar ▼2013-09-25 17:00:002013-09-25 18:00:00Europe/LondonUnravelling Pathogen Virulence Strategies Through the Application of Transcriptomics and Real-time ImagingAgriGenomics World Congress in John Innes Centre, Norwich, UKJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, UKSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

Successful pathogens deploy a collection of “effector” molecules to attenuate plant defense surveillance systems. We study how virulent Pseudomonas syringae establishes disease in Arabidopsis thaliana following delivery of a suite of ~ 30 effector proteins into the plant cell. We use a combination of unbiased transcriptomics, reverse genetics and real time imaging combined with network inference modeling to understand pathogen virulence strategies and plant defense mechanisms. Here we discuss the contribution of jasmonates to disease progression and show that the chloroplast, the site of hormone biosynthesis, is a key target of bacterial effectors.

Add to Calendar ▼2013-09-24 00:00:002013-09-25 00:00:00Europe/LondonAgriGenomics World CongressAgriGenomics World Congress in John Innes Centre, Norwich, UKJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, UKSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

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