UBC POSTDOC
Dr. Hainan Tian
Dr. Matthias Kretschmer
Title: Research Associate
and Coordinator
Email: kretschm@msl.ubc.ca
adjunct professor
UBC CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sarzana Hossain
Kevin Ao
Project: S1
Title: Investigating the downstream signalling components of immune receptors SNC1 and CHS3
E-Mail: kevin.ao@botany.ubc.ca
Project: M3.3
Title: Identifying novel plant susceptibility and resistance mechanism to toxin-mediated virulence
E-Mail: sarzana.hossain@ubc.ca
Siyu Song
Project: B3.3
Title: Investigate the mechanisms by which plants shape the microbiome
E-Mail: siyusong41@gmail.com
Daniela Yanez
Project: B3.3
Title: Understanding the conserved mechanisms of entomopathogenic Pseudomonas fluorescens for cross-kingdom host colonization
Email: dana_lizbeth@hotmail.com
Jessica Fong
Project: B3.1
Title: A Comparative Analysis of Auxiliary Activity Family 5 Enzymes and their Roles in Fungal Pathogenesis
Email: Jessica.fong@msl.ubc.ca
Xueru Liu
Project: S3.1
Title: Identifying novel components in N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid mediated immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Email: shari@student.ubc.ca
Project: B3
Title: Developing a System to Engineer Arabidopsis thaliana Seed Coat Mucilage Composition as a Means to Understand the Plant Cell Wall
E-Mail: robert.mcgee@botany.ubc.ca
Project: M2
Title: Investigating putative effector proteins and the role of heme in the virulence of Ustilago maydis
Email: djihane.damoo@msl.ubc.ca
Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar
Djihane Damoo
Project: S1
Title: Reverse genetic study of proteins involved in the regulation of immune responses
Email: thulasikaren@yahoo.co.in
Project: M2
Title: FMO1 and SARD4 orthologues in Triticum aestivum and their functional characterization in defense and SAR
Email: sherry.sun@botany.ubc.ca
Sherry Sun
Weijie Huang
Project: S2
Title: Genetic analysis of signaling pathways mediated by receptor like protein SNC2 and transcription factors SARD1/CBP60g in Arabidopsis
E-Mail: weijie.huang@botany.ubc.ca
Lewis Kurschner
Tina Tan
Project: B1
Title: Investigating wax components of early land plant cuticles important for plant defense
E-Mail: lewis.kurschner@hotmail.com
Project: B3.2
Title: Study genetic and molecular mechanisms for sclerotia formation and pathogenicity/virulence of the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum
Email: tantina9862@gmail.com
Lei Tian
Project: M1
Title: How do beneficial microbes suppress plant immunity?
Email: yang.liu@botany.ubc.ca
Project: M2
Title: Functional analysis of soilborne fungal pathogen Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum
Email: lei.tian@msl.ubc.ca
Yang Liu
UBC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Arkar Chatha
Rochelle Guan
Emily Moffat
Sheng Peng
Logan van de Wetering
Fangyin Li
Nicholas Cheung
Katherine Ho
Zhong Xin Chai