Dr Laurence Bindschedler

Molecular plant pathology

• Investigating the role of effector proteins from the obligate fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis, the causal agent of barley powdery mildew.
• Establishing improved methods for In planta silencing of fungal effector proteins during infection.
• Developing tools for the study of the strawberry powdery mildew plant pathogen interaction.
• Biotic and abiotic stress in plants, in general, with focus on reactive oxygen species.

Quantitative plant (crop) proteomics

• Adapting quantitative plant proteomics based mass spectromery to crops, focusing on aspects of abiotic and biotic stresses in Brassicas. Stable Isotope labeling with N15 using hydroponics.