Project title: “Molecular characterisation of harmful diatom and dinoflagellate-pathogen interactions.”

 

Advisors: Pieter van West, Jason Holland, Harald Rotsch

Home institution: University of Aberdeen

Summary: My project aims to identify marine host-pathogen model system using oomycetes/chytrids as pathogens and diatoms/dinoflagellates that form harmful algal blooms (HABs) as hosts. Sequence their genome and identify key pathogenicity factors, as well as identify effector proteins released by them during infection.
 
More details and contact: d.pinto.24@abdn.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0003-3706-4633

Planned secondment(s): 
At BioPol with Bettina Scholz to learn isolation, culturing and maintenance of diatom and dinoflagellate-pathogen interactions, 
At UIBK with Sigrid Neuhauser to analyse dinoflagellate and diatom-pathogen interactions with advanced electron and confocal microscopy techniques.

Publié le : 20/01/2024 19:30 - Mis à jour le : 24/04/2025 10:40