Using yeast, Chlamydomonas, and Arabidopsis to identify genes and pathways that impact trichothecene cytotoxicity. The goal of our current research is to identify plant genes that improve resistance to Fusarium graminearum which causes Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) disease in small grain cereals. Working to characterize plant and fungal exosomes to better understand plant-pathogen interactions.
Program Faculty
- John McLaughlin
- Associate Research Professor
- Department: Department of Plant Biology
- Graduate Program(s): Cell and Developmental Biology
- Major Research Interest(s): Cell stress / Cell death, Drug Discovery, Organelle biology, Pathogenesis
- Research Techniques: Cell Biology, Cell culture, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetics, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): Bacteria, Plants, Yeast
- Phone: 1.8489326274
- Email:
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- Foran Hall, Room 212A
- 59 Dudley Road
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
- Key Words: Yeast, Chlamydomonas, and Arabidopsis genetics, trichothecenes, exosomes, ricin, Shiga toxin, small grain cereals
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