Director, Plant Protection

PhD in Plant-Pathogen Interactions from the University of East Anglia, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom (UK)

Areas of expertise:

Biopesticides; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Plant-Pathogen Molecular Interactions

Previous positions:

Researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB), University College London (UCL), UK

Post-Doc Scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Center, Norwich Research Park, UK (2004-2005)

31 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 20

Two relevant publications:

Azevedo, C., Livermore, T. and Saiardi, A. (2015). Protein polyphosphorylation of lysine residues by inorganic polyphosphate. Molecular Cell, 58 (1), 71-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.010

Azevedo, C., Sadanandom, A., Kitagawa, K., Freialdenhoven, A., Shirasu, K. and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2002). The RAR1 interactor SGT1, an essential component of R gene-triggered disease resistance. Science, 295 (5562), 2073-2076. DOI: 10.1126/science.1067554

Responsible for transforming the British LMCB, University College London, into a sustainable center