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PhD "Genetics of Rhizobium phaseoli", John Innes Institute, 1980
In 1990 I moved to Wye College and took the opportunity to move into research on the pathology of the then developing model plant Arabidopsis. In an ongoing collaboration with Eric Holub and Ian Crute at HRI I became involved in the cloning of disease resistance genes from Arabidopsis as the first step to understanding of disease resistance mechanisms in plants. To further cement this collaboration I joined HRI in 1997. We have published on the cloning of three such genes, all of which tell unique stories in terms of gene evolution and disease resistance mechanisms. One of these genes, RPP13, shows the greatest variation between alleles of any plant gene cloned to date and we believe it will become a key gene in understanding the evolution of resistance gene structure and function.
In order to progress further, however, it became clear to me that we needed to clone the genes in the pathogen that triggered the resistance response. Hence, together with Eric Holub and Ian Crute, we developed all the necessary tools to study the downy mildew pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (formerly Peronospora parasitic). This was a major achievement as the organism is an oomycete, a little studied group of very serious pathogens, and is an obligate biotroph, meaning that it can only be cultured by growing on its host plant. We succeeded in cloning two pathogenicity effector genes from this pathogen and are in the process of analysing their role in the plant. This groundbreaking work was published in Science and Plant Cell.
Collaborations have always formed an important part of my research. A very important collaboration has been with Paul Birch at the James Hutton Institute (formerly SCRI), which have revealed some fascinating relationships between H. arabidopsidis and Phytopthora infestans (potato blight).
Then came bioinformatics. A collaboaration with Prof. Brett Tyler (VBI, USA) resulted in the sequencing of the H. arabidopsidis genome, which was published in Science in 2010. This wealth of information enabled us to identify a unique motif within effector proteins allowing over 130 putative effectors to be identified. Currently, my group is using the effector proteins as baits to identify their host targets. This is revealing a complex and highly interconnected network of proteins representing the immune interactome.
Since 2008, I have been leading a collaboration with colleagues in Warwick, Exeter and Essex Universities where we are using systems biology approaches to analyse plant stress responses. Using high resolution transcript profiling we are using mathematical techniques to predict networks of genes responding to biotic and abiotic challenges.
Integrating the transcriptional models and protein interaction networks is a key goal of my current research.
Biography
Chair, Executive Committte of the UKPSF and represents UKPSF on the GPC
Member, BBSRC/DEFRA Tree Health Panel
Fellow, The Society of Biology
Member, International Society for Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions
Member, British Society for Plant Pathology
Committee member, International Arabidopsis Informatics Consortium (IAIC)
Member, Exeter University Systems Biology Advisory Board
Member, Scottish Crop Research Institute advisory group on plant pathogen research
External examiner since 2007, Nottingham University degree in Plant Sciences
- 'McLellan, Hazel, 'Harvey, Sarah E., 'Steinbrenner, Jens, 'Armstrong, Miles R., 'He, Qin, 'Clewes, Rachel, 'Pritchard, Leighton, 'Wang, Wei, 'Wang, Shumei, 'Nussbaumer, Thomas, 'Dohai, Bushra, 'Luo, Qingquan, 'Kumari, Priyanka, 'Duan, Hui, 'Roberts, Ana, 'Boevink, Petra C., 'Neumann, Christina, 'Champouret, Nicolas, 'Hein, Ingo, 'Falter-Braun, Pascal et al (Select to open full list), 2022. 'Exploiting breakdown in nonhost effector?target interactions to boost host disease resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (35)
- Bechtold, Ulrike, Penfold, Christopher A., Jenkins, Dafyd J., Legaie, Roxane, Moore, Jonathan D., Lawson, Tracy, Matthews, Jack S.A., Vialet-Chabrand, Silvere R. M., Baxter, Laura, Subramaniam, Sunitha, Hickman, Richard J., Florance, Hannah, Sambles, Christine, Salmon, Deborah L., Feil, Regina, Bowden, Laura, Hill, Claire, Baker, Neil R., Lunn, John E., Finkenstädt, Bärbel et al (Select to open full list), 2016. Time-series transcriptomics reveals that AGAMOUS-LIKE22 affects primary metabolism and developmental processes in drought-stressed Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 28 (2), pp. 345-366
- Coker, Timothy L. R., Cevik, Volkan, Beynon, Jim, Gifford, Miriam L., 2015. Spatial dissection of the Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptional response to downy mildew using fluorescence activated cell sorting. Frontiers in plant science, 6, pp. 1-13
- Lewis, Laura, Polanskia, Krzysztof, de Torres-Zabala, Marta, Jayaraman, Siddharth, Bowden, Laura, Moore, Jonathan D., Penfold, Christopher A., Jenkins, Dafyd J., Hills, Claire E., Baxter, Laura, Kulasekaran, Satish, Truman, William, Littlejohn, George, Prusinska, Justyna, Mead, Andrew, Steinbrenner, Jens, Hickman, Richard J., Rand, D. A., Wild, David L., Ott, Sascha et al (Select to open full list), 2015. Transcriptional dynamics driving MAMP-triggered immunity and pathogen effector-mediated immunosuppression in Arabidopsis leaves following infection with pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000. The Plant Cell, 27 (11), pp. 3038-3064
- Piquerez, Sophie J. M., Harvey, Sarah E., Beynon, Jim, Ntoukakis, Vardis, 2014. Improving crop disease resistance : lessons from research on Arabidopsis and tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5, pp. 1-13
- Polanski, Krzysztof, Rhodes, Johanna, Hills, Claire E., Zhang, Peijun, Jenkins, Dafyd J., Kiddle, Steven J., Jironkin, Aleksey, Beynon, Jim, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, Ott, Sascha, Denby, Katherine J., 2014. Wigwams : identifying gene modules co-regulated across multiple biological conditions. Bioinformatics, 30 (7), pp. 962-970
- Block, Anna, Toruño, Tania Y., Elowsky, Christian G., Zhang, Chi, Steinbrenner, Jens, Beynon, Jim, Alfano, James R., 2014. The Pseudomonas syringaetype III effector HopD1 suppresses effector-triggered immunity, localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, and targets the Arabidopsis transcription factor NTL9. New Phytologist, 201 (4), pp. 1358-1370
- Gibbs, Daniel J., Md Isa, Nurulhikma, Movahedi, Mahsa, Lozano-Juste, Jorge, Mendiondo, Guillermina M., Berckhan, Sophie, Marín-de la Rosa, Nora, Conde, Jorge Vicente, Correia, Cristina Sousa, Pearce, Simon P., Bassel, George, Hamali, Bulut, Talloji, Prabhavathi, Tomé, Daniel F. A., Coego, Alberto, Beynon, Jim, Alabadí, David, Bachmair, Andreas, León, José, Gray, Julie E. et al (Select to open full list), 2014. Nitric oxide sensing in plants is mediated by proteolytic control of group VII ERF transcription factors. Molecular Cell, 53 (3), pp. 369-379
- Bechtold, Ulrike, Albihlal, Waleed S., Lawson, Tracy, Fryer, Michael J., Sparrow, Penelope A. C., Richard, François, Persad, Ramona, Bowden, Laura, Hickman, Richard D. G., Martin, Cathie, Beynon, Jim, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, Baker, N. R., Morison, James I. L., Schoffl, Friedrich, Ott, Sascha, Mullineaux, Philip M., 2013. Arabidopsis HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTORA1b overexpression enhances water productivity, resistance to drought, and infection. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64 (11), pp. 3467-3481
- McLellan, Hazel, Boevink, Petra C., Armstrong, Miles R., Pritchard, Leighton, Gómez-Galera, Sonia, Morales, Juan, Whisson, Stephen C., Beynon, Jim, Birch, Paul R. J., 2013. An RxLR effector from phytophthora infestans prevents re-localisation of two plant NAC transcription factors from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus. PLoS Pathogens, 9 (10)
- Brown, Paul E., Baxter, Laura, Hickman, Richard J., Beynon, Jim, Moore, Jonathan D., Ott, Sascha, 2013. MEME-LaB : motif analysis in clusters. Bioinformatics
- Hickman, Richard J., Hill, C., Penfold, Christopher A., Breeze, Emily, Bowden, Laura, Moore, Jonathan D., Zhang, Peijun, Jackson, Alison C., Cooke, Emma J., Bewicke-Copley, Findlay, Mead, A. (Andrew), Beynon, Jim, Wild, David L., Denby, Katherine J., Ott, Sascha, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, 2013. A local regulatory network around three NAC transcription factors in stress responses and senescence in Arabidopsis leaves. The Plant Journal, 75 (1), pp. 26-39
- Cevik, Volkan, Kidd, B. N., Zhang, Peijun, Hills, Claire E., Kiddle, Steven J., Denby, Katherine J., Holub, E. B., Cahill, D. M., Manners, J. M., Schenk, P. M., Beynon, Jim, Kazan, K., 2012. MEDIATOR25 acts as an integrative Hub for the regulation of jasmonate-responsive gene expression in arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 160 (1), pp. 541-555
- Baxter, Laura, Jironkin, Aleksey, Hickman, R. D. G., Moore, Jonathan D., Barrington, Christopher, Krusche, Peter, Dyer, Nigel, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, Tiskin, Alexander, Beynon, Jim, Denby, Katherine J., Ott, Sascha, 2012. Conserved noncoding sequences highlight shared components of regulatory networks in dicotyledonous plants. The Plant Cell, Vol.24 (No.10), pp. 3949-3965
- Lavagi, Irene, Estelle, Mark, Weckwerth, Wolfram, Beynon, Jim, Bastow, Ruth, 2012. From bench to bountiful harvests : a road map for the next decade of Arabidopsis research. The Plant Cell, Vol.24 (No.6), pp. 2240-2247
- Windram, Oliver P., Madhou, Priyadharshini, McHattie, Stuart, Hill, Claire, Hickman, Richard J., Cooke, Emma J., Jenkins, Dafyd J., Penfold, Christopher A., Baxter, Laura, Breeze, Emily, Kiddle, Steven J., Rhodes, Johanna, Atwell, Susanna, Kliebenstein, Daniel James, Kim, Youn-sung, Stegle, Oliver, Borgwardt, Karsten M., Zhang, Cunjin, Tabrett, Alex, Legaie, Roxane et al (Select to open full list), 2012. Arabidopsis defense against Botrytis cinerea : chronology and regulation deciphered by high-resolution temporal transcriptomic analysis. The Plant Cell, Vol.24 (No.9), pp. 3530-3557
- Cevik, Volkan, Kidd, B. N., Zhang, P., Hills, Claire E., Kiddle, Steven J., Denby, Katherine J., Holub, E. B., Cahill, D. M., Manners, J. M., Schenk, P. M., Beynon, Jim, Kazan, K., 2012. MEDIATOR25 acts as an integrative hub for the regulation of jasmonate-responsive gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, Vol.160 (No.1), pp. 541-555
- Breeze, Emily, Harrison, Elizabeth, McHattie, Stuart, Hughes, Linda Karen, Hickman, Richard J., Hill, Claire, Kiddle, Steven J., Kim, Youn-sung, Penfold, Christopher A., Jenkins, Dafyd J., Zhang, Cunjin, Morris, Karl, Jenner, Carol E., Jackson, Stephen D., Thomas, Brian, Tabrett, Alex, Legaie, Roxane, Moore, Jonathan D., Wild, David L., Ott, Sascha et al (Select to open full list), 2011. High-resolution temporal profiling of transcripts during Arabidopsis leaf senescence reveals a distinct chronology of processes and regulation. Plant Cell, The, Vol.23 (No.3), pp. 873-894
- Mukhtar, M. S., Carvunis, A.-R., Dreze, M., Epple, P., Steinbrenner, Jens, Moore, Jonathan D., Tasan, M., Galli, M., Hao, Tong, Nishimura, M. T., Pevzner, S. J., Donovan, S. E., Ghamsari, L., Santhanam, B., Romero, V., Poulin, M. M., Gebreab, F., Gutierrez, B. J., Tam, S., Monachello, D. et al (Select to open full list), 2011. Independently evolved virulence effectors converge onto hubs in a plant immune system network. Science, Vol.333 (No.6042), pp. 596-601
- Caillaud, Marie-Cécile, Piquerez, Sophie J. M., Fabro, Georgina, Steinbrenner, Jens, Ishaque, Naveed, Beynon, Jim, Jones, Jonathan D. G., 2011. Subcellular localization of the Hpa RxLR effector repertoire identifies a tonoplast-associated protein HaRxL17 that confers enhanced plant susceptibility. Plant Journal, Vol.69 (No.2), pp. 252-265
- Bailey, Kate, Cevik, Volkan, Holton, Nicholas, Byrne-Richardson, Jane, Sohn, Kee-Hoon, Coates, Mary, Woods-Tör, Alison, Aksoy, H. Murat, Hughes, L., Baxter, Laura, Jones, Jonathan D. G., Beynon, Jim, Holub, E. B., Tör, Mahmut, 2011. Molecular cloning of ATR5Emoy2 from hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, an avirulence determinant that triggers RPP5-mediated defense in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol.24 (No.7), pp. 827-838
- Fabro, Georgina, Steinbrenner, Jens, Coates, Mary, Ishaque, Naveed, Baxter, Laura, Studholme, David J., Körner, Evelyn, Allen, Rebecca L., Piquerez, Sophie J M, Rougon-Cardoso, Alejandra, Greenshields, David, Lei, Rita, Badel, Jorge L, Caillaud, Marie-Cecile, Sohn, Kee-Hoon, Van den Ackerveken, Guido, Parker, Jane E, Beynon, Jim, Jones, Jonathan D. G., 2011. Multiple candidate effectors from the oomycete pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis suppress host plant immunity. PLoS pathogens, Vol.7 (No.11)
- Leene, Jelle van, Hollunder, Jens, Eeckhout, Dominique, Persiau, Geert, Slijke, Eveline van de, Stals, Hilde, Isterdael, Gert van, Verkest, Aurine, Neirynck, Sandy, Buffel, Yelle, Bodt, Stefanie de, Maere, Steven, Laukens, Kris, Pharazyn, Anne, Ferreira, Paulo C. G., Eloy, Nubia, Renne, Charlotte, Meyer, Christian, Faure, Jean-Denis, Steinbrenner, Jens et al (Select to open full list), 2010. Targeted interactomics reveals a complex core cell cycle machinery in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Systems Biology, Vol.6 (No.397)
- Baxter, Laura, Tripathy, Sucheta, Ishaque, Naveed, Boot, Nico, Cabral, Adriana, Kemen, Eric, Thines, Marco, Ah-Fong, Audrey, Anderson, Ryan, Badejoko, Wole, Bittner-Eddy, Peter, Boore, Jeffrey L., Chibucos, Marcus C., Coates, Mary, Dehal, Paramvir, Delehaunty, Kim, Dong, Suomeng, Downton, Polly, Dumas, Bernard, Fabro, Georgina et al (Select to open full list), 2010. Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome. Science, Vol.330 (No.6010), pp. 1549-1551
- Hall, Sharon A., Allen, Rebecca L., Baumber, Rachel E., Baxter, Laura, Fisher, Kate, Bittner-Eddy , Peter D., Rose, Laura E., Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, 2009. Maintenance of genetic variation in plants and pathogens involves complex networks of gene-for-gene interactions. Molecular Plant Pathology, Vol.10 (No.4), pp. 449-457
- Kiddle, Steven J., Windram, Oliver P., McHattie, Stuart, Mead, A. (Andrew), Beynon, Jim, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, Denby, Katherine J., Mukherjee, Sach, 2009. Temporal clustering by affinity propagation reveals transcriptional modules in Arabidopsis thaliana. Bioinformatics, Vol.26 (No.3), pp. 355-362
- Benhamed, Moussa, Martin-Magniette, Marie-Laure, Taconnat, Ludivine, Bitton, Frederique, Servet, Caroline, De Clercq, Rebecca, De Meyer, Bjorn, Buysschaert, Caroline, Rombauts, Stephane, Villarroel, Raimundo, Aubourg, Sebastien, Beynon, Jim, Bhalerao, Rishikesh P., Coupland, George, Gruissem, Wilhelm, Menke, Frank L. H., Weisshaar, Bernd, Renou, Jean-Pierre, Zhou, Dao-Xiu, Hilson, Pierre, 2008. Genome-scale Arabidopsis promoter array identifies targets of the histone acetyltransferase GCN5. Plant Journal, 56 (3), pp. 493-504
- Allen, Rebecca L., Meitz, Julia C., Baumber, Rachel E., Hall, Sharon A., Lee, Sarah C., Rose, Laura E., Beynon, Jim, 2008. Natural variation reveals key amino acids in a downy mildew effector that alters recognition specificity by an Arabidopsis resistance gene. Molecular Plant Pathology, 9 (4), pp. 511-523
- Lim, Pyung Ok, Kim, Yumi, Breeze, Emily, Koo, Ja Choon, Woo, Hye Ryun, Ryu, Jong Sang, Park, Don Ha, Beynon, Jim, Tabrett, Alex, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky, Nam, Hong Gil, 2007. Overexpression of a chromatin architecture-controlling AT-hook protein extends leaf longevity and increases the post-harvest storage life of plants. PLANT JOURNAL, 52 (6), pp. 1140-1153
- Sclep, Gert, Allemeersch, Joke, Liechti, Robin, De Meyer, Björn, Beynon, Jim, Bhalerao, Rishikesh P., Moreau, Yves, Nietfeld, Wilfried, Renou, Jean-Pierre, Reymond, Philippe, Kuiper, Martin T.R., Hilson, Pierre, 2007. CATMA, a comprehensive genome-scale resource for silencing and transcript profiling of Arabidopsis genes. BMC Bioinformatics, Vol.8 (No.400)
- Borhan, Mohammad H., Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, Rozwadowski, Kevin, Rimmer, Samuel Roger, 2004. The Arabidopsis TIR-NB-LRR GeneRAC1 confers resistance to Albugo candida (white rust) and is dependent on EDS1 but not PAD4. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 17 (7), pp. 711-719
- Rose, L. E., Bittner-Eddy , Peter D., Langley, Charles H, Michelmore, Richard W, Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, 2004. The maintenance of extreme amino acid diversity at the disease resistance gene, RPP13, in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics, 166 (3), pp. 1517-1527
- McDowell, John M., Cuzick, Alayne, Can, Canan, Beynon, Jim, Dangl, Jeffery L., Holub, E. B., 2000. Downy mildew (Peronospora parasitica) resistance genes in Arabidopsis vary in functional requirements for NDR1, EDS1, NPR1 and salicylic acid accumulation. The Plant Journal, 22 (6), pp. 523-529
- Bittner-Eddy, Peter D., Crute, Ian R., Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, 2000. RPP13 is a simple locus in Arabidopsis thaliana for alleles that specify downy mildew resistance to different avirulence determinants in Peronospora parasitica. The Plant Journal, 21 (2), pp. 177-188
- Bittner-Eddy, Peter, Can, Canan, Gunn, Nick, Pinel, Matthieu, Tör, Mahmut, Crute, Ian, Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, 1999. Genetic and physical mapping of the RPP13 Locus, in Arabidopsis, responsible for specific recognition of several peronospora parasitica (downy mildew) isolates. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 12 (9), pp. 792-802
- Botella, M. A., Parker, Jane E., Frost, L. N., Bittner-Eddy , Peter D., Beynon, Jim, Daniels, M. J., Holub, E. B., Jones, J. G. S., 1998. Three genes of the Arabidopsis RPP1 complex resistance locus recognize distinct Peronospora parasitica avirulence determinants. The Plant Cell, 10 (11), pp. 1847-60
- Speulman, Elly, Bouchez, David, Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, 1998. Disease resistance gene homologs correlate with disease resistance loci of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, 14 (4), pp. 467-474
- Aarts, Mark G. M., Lintel Hekkert, Bas te, Holub, E. B., Beynon, Jim, Stiekema, Willem J., Pereira, Andy, 1998. Identification of R-Gene homologous DNA fragments genetically linked to disease resistance loci in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 11 (4), pp. 251-258
- Tomé, Daniel F. A., Steinbrenner, Jens, Beynon, Jim, 2014. A growth quantification assay for hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis isolates in Arabidopsis thaliana. In Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Humana Press, pp. 145-158
- Steinbrenner, Jens, Eldridge, Matthew, Tomé, Daniel F. A., Beynon, Jim, 2014. A simple and fast protocol for the protein complex immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) of effector : host protein complexes. In Plant-Pathogen Interactions : Methods and Protocols, Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 195-211
- Allen, R., Baxter, Laura, Baumber, R., Bittner-Eddy, P., Coates, M., Fisher, K., Hall, S., Hughes, Linda Karen, Lee, S., Meitz, J., Rehmany, A., Rose, L., Beynon, Jim, 2007. The pathogenicity effectors of Hyaloperonospora parasitica. 2007 APS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 28 - August 1, 2007, Published in Phytopathology, pp. S146-S146
- Coates, Mary E., Beynon, Jim, 2010. Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis as a pathogen model. Annual Review of Phytopathology, Annual Reviews, pp. 329-345
- Bastow, Ruth, Beynon, Jim, Estelle, Mark, Friesner, Joanna, Grotewold, Erich, Lavagi, Irene, Lindsey, Keith, Meyers, Blake, Provart, Nicholas, Benfey, Philip, Birney, Ewan, Braun, Pascal, Brendel, Volker, Buell, Robin, Caccamo, Mario, Carrington, Jim, Cherry, Mike, Ecker, Joseph, Eppig, Janan, Forster, Mark et al (Select to open full list), 2010. An international bioinformatics infrastructure to underpin the Arabidopsis community. Plant Cell, American Society of Plant Biologists, pp. 2530-2536
- Haas, Brian J., Kamoun, Sophien, Zody, Michael C., Jiang, Rays H. Y., Handsaker, Robert E., Cano, Liliana M., Grabherr, Manfred, Kodira, Chinnappa D., Raffaele, Sylvain, Torto-Alalibo, Trudy, Bozkurt, Tolga O., Ah-Fong, Audrey M. V., Alvarado, Lucia, Anderson, Vicky L., Armstrong, Miles R., Avrova, Anna, Baxter, Laura, Beynon, Jim, Boevink, Petra C., Bollmann, Stephanie R. et al (Select to open full list), 2009. Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Nature, Nature Publishing, pp. 393-398
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNet: Genomic Arabidopsis Research Network and MASC | BBSRC | 01 Dec 2009 | 31 Jan 2015 |
| What are the roles of oomycete RxLR effectors in the establishment of plant disease | BBSRC | 01 Apr 2009 | 31 Mar 2014 |
| BSPP summer research student 2013 | British Society for Plant Pathology | 01 Jun 2013 | 30 Sept 2013 |
| Elucidating Signalling Networks in Plant Stress Responses - SABR 1 | BBSRC | 07 Apr 2008 | 06 Apr 2013 |
| BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary for Lorna Cox | British Society for Plant Pathology | 02 Jul 2012 | 02 Sept 2012 |
| Agronomics - Integrated Project | EU | 01 Apr 2007 | 31 Mar 2011 |
| Analysis of the RPP13/ATR13 interaction complex between downy mildew and arabidopsis. | BBSRC | 10 Jul 2007 | 09 Jul 2010 |
| International Scientific Interchange Scheme: Future of Arabidopsis Informatics US Workshop | BBSRC | 09 May 2010 | 13 May 2010 |
| Understanding host plant susceptibility and resistance by indexing and displaying obligate pathogen effectors | BBSRC | 01 Apr 2007 | 31 Mar 2010 |
| Investigating the role of ATR1 in pathogenicity | BBSRC | 01 Apr 2006 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| Sequencing of the Peronospora Parasitica | BBSRC | 01 May 2005 | 30 Apr 2008 |