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Jean-Baptiste Lopez: Understanding emerging plant disease: the role of effectors in the Ramularia collo-cygni barley interaction

PhD defence, Monday 12 March 2018, Jean-Baptiste Lopez

Jean-Baptiste Lopez
Rcc inoculation of a barley leaf. A) 12dpi symptoms of the RLS

During his PhD studies, Jean-Baptiste Lopez researched the role of effector proteins in the interaction between barley and the fungus Ramularia collo-cygni. Ramularia collo-cygni is the agent of an emerging barley disease: the RLS (Ramularia leaf spot disease). Effector proteins are important tools secreted by microorganisms in order to fight the host immune defenses. During his PhD studies, Jean-Baptiste Lopez screened for new effectors used by Ramularia in order to infect barley, and studied more specifically the role of chitin binding effectors in this interaction.

The new research findings contribute to the understanding of how the RLS develop on barley at the molecular level and hence contribute to the understanding of how RLS control and prevention could be achieved.

The PhD degree was completed at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University.

This résumé was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Monday, 12 March 2018 at 13.00
Place: Building 1421, Richard Mortensen room, Fredrik Nielsens Vej 4, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C.
Title of dissertation: Ramularia collo-cygni effectors and their role in planta  

Contact information: Jean-Baptiste Lopez, e-mail: Jean.baptistelopez@mbg.au.dk, tel.: +45 2257 5326
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Eva Stukenbrock, Environmental Genomics, Botanical Institute, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

Associate Professor Teis Søndergaard, The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Section of Biotechnology, Aalborg University

Associate professor Rune Hartmann (chair), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Simona Radutoiu, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Co-supervisor:
Professor Jens Stougaard, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Language: The PhD thesis will be defended in English


The defence is public.
The dissertation is available for reading at the Graduate School of Science and Technology/GSST, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1520, rooms 128-134, 8000 Aarhus C.