Area of research
Plant Science
Research interest
Research interests include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Plant Virus Research Studies.
Natural variation of immune epitopes reveals intrabacterial antagonism
Ptr1 and <scp>ZAR1</scp> immune receptors confer overlapping and distinct bacterial pathogen effector specificities
Genome of Solanum pimpinellifolium provides insights into structural variants during tomato breeding
Tomato Wall-Associated Kinase SlWak1 Depends on Fls2/Fls3 to Promote Apoplastic Immune Responses to <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i>
WRKY22 and WRKY25 transcription factors are positive regulators of defense responses in Nicotiana benthamiana
Generation and Molecular Characterization of CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Mutations in 63 Immunity-Associated Genes in Tomato Reveals Specificity and a Range of Gene Modifications
Transcriptome-based identification and validation of reference genes for plant-bacteria interaction studies using Nicotiana benthamiana
Generation of a Collection of Mutant Tomato Lines Using Pooled CRISPR Libraries
Use of RNA-seq data to identify and validate RT-qPCR reference genes for studying the tomato-Pseudomonas pathosystem
iTAK: A Program for Genome-wide Prediction and Classification of Plant Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Regulators, and Protein Kinases
Tomato receptor FLAGELLIN-SENSING 3 binds flgII-28 and activates the plant immune system
The SGN VIGS Tool: User-Friendly Software to Design Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) Constructs for Functional Genomics
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Type III Secretion Effector Polymutants Reveal an Interplay between HopAD1 and AvrPtoB
Transcriptomic analysis reveals tomato genes whose expression is induced specifically during effector-triggered immunity and identifies the Epk1 protein kinase which is required for the host response to three bacterial effector proteins
Transcriptomics-based screen for genes induced by flagellin and repressed by pathogen effectors identifies a cell wall-associated kinase involved in plant immunity
The Tomato Calcium Sensor Cbl10 and Its Interacting Protein Kinase Cipk6 Define a Signaling Pathway in Plant Immunity
Allelic variation in two distinct <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> flagellin epitopes modulates the strength of plant immune responses but not bacterial motility
A Draft Genome Sequence of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> to Enhance Molecular Plant-Microbe Biology Research
Type III Secretion and Effectors Shape the Survival and Growth Pattern of <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> on Leaf Surfaces
Plant Programmed Cell Death Caused by an Autoactive Form of Prf Is Suppressed by Co-Expression of the Prf LRR Domain
RESEARCH-PGR: Leveraging Natural Variation in Tomato to Identify, Characterize, and Deploy New Sources of Disease Resistance
Role of the Mai1 Protein Kinase in Connecting Host Recognition of Pathogen Effectors to MAPK Signaling
Role of the Bti9 LysM-receptor-like kinase in PAMP-triggered immunity
Role of MAPKKKa-Mediated Cell Death in Plant Disease Resistance and Susceptibility
Role of the Pti4 and Pti5 Transcription Factors in Pto-Mediated Defense Gene Activation and Disease Resistance
Instrumentation for a Center for Genetic Diversity and Gene Expression Profiling at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University
Role of Pto- and Fen-interacting Proteins in Plant Disease Resistance and Fenthion Sensitivity
Role of Pto- and Fen-interacting Proteins in Plant Disease Resistance and Fenthion Sensitivity
Analysis of a Tomato Pseudomonas Resistance Locus, Pto
Molecular Genetics of Disease Resistance in Tomato
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Plant Biology &&a+59C
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