Prof. Sophien Kamoun PhD
Senior Scientist and Professor
Research Focus
Plant-pathogen interactions
Scientific Activities
Plant pathogenomics
Pathogen effector biology
Plant immunity
Translational plant pathology
Significant Publications
Dong, S., Stam, R., Cano, L.M., Song, J., Sklenar, J., Yoshida, K., Bozkurt, T.O., Oliva, R., Liu, Z., Tian, M., Win, J., Banfield, M.J., Jones, A.M.E., van der Hoorn, R.A.L., and Kamoun, S. 2014. Effector specialization in a lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen. Science, 343:552-555.
Cooke, D.E.L., Cano, L.M., Raffaele, S., Bain, R.A., Cooke, L.R., Etherington, G.J., Deahl, K.L., Farrer, R.A., Gilroy, E.M., Goss, E.M., Grunwald, N.J., Hein, I., MacLean, D., McNicol, J.W., Randall, E., Oliva, R.F., Pel, M.A., Shaw, D.S., Squires, J.N., Taylor, M.C., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A., Birch, P.R.J., Lees, A.K., and Kamoun, S. 2012. Genome analyses of an aggressive and invasive lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen. PLOS Pathogens, 8:e1002940.
Raffaele, S., Farrer, R.A., Cano, L.M., Studholme, D.J., MacLean, D., Thines, M., Jiang, R.H.Y., Zody, M.C., Kunjeti, S.G., Donofrio, N.M., Meyers, B.C., Nusbaum, C., and Kamoun, S. 2010. Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage. Science, 330:1540-1543.
Collaborators
Prof. Nicholas J. Talbot FRS
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Deputy Vice Chancellor
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