ProfessorTolga Bozkurt
Professor in Host-Pathogen Interactions
Department of Life Sciences - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-1282-9030 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor in Host-Pathogen InteractionsDepartment of Life Sciences - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- 020 7594 5381 (Work)
- 6167, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Primary Research Interests:
Plant immune pathways at the host–pathogen interface, with a focus on those targeted by pathogen effectors:
1. Defense-Related Autophagy:
Investigating how selective autophagy contributes to plant immunity and how pathogens hijack these pathways to promote infection.
2. Immune Receptor Trafficking and Signaling:
Studying the intracellular dynamics and activation of NLR immune receptors during pathogen attack and their role in triggering immune responses.
3. Vesicle and Organelle Trafficking:
Exploring the targeted recruitment of defense components and chloroplasts to infection sites, and how pathogens subvert these processes through effector protein delivery.
4. Bioengineering Plant Immune Receptors:
Developing synthetic immune receptors to enhance disease resistance against diverse plant pathogens and pests.
Plant immune pathways at the host–pathogen interface, with a focus on those targeted by pathogen effectors:
1. Defense-Related Autophagy:
Investigating how selective autophagy contributes to plant immunity and how pathogens hijack these pathways to promote infection.
2. Immune Receptor Trafficking and Signaling:
Studying the intracellular dynamics and activation of NLR immune receptors during pathogen attack and their role in triggering immune responses.
3. Vesicle and Organelle Trafficking:
Exploring the targeted recruitment of defense components and chloroplasts to infection sites, and how pathogens subvert these processes through effector protein delivery.
4. Bioengineering Plant Immune Receptors:
Developing synthetic immune receptors to enhance disease resistance against diverse plant pathogens and pests.
GRANTS
- STANDARD - CALLEngineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogens¿Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc1 Mar 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
- INTERNAL SCHEMEBBSRC UKRI IAA 22-25Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou
- STUDENTSHIPEngineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogensPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
- STUDENTSHIPGeneration and Identification of Synthetic Resistance Genes for Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) ResistancePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc