Jamie Orr
Molecular/Computational Biologist
Cell and Molecular Sciences
T: 03449285428
Biography
Jamie obtained a BSc in parasitology from the University of Glasgow in 2014 and completed a PhD at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Hertfordshire in 2018.
Research
- Identification of resistance genes for pests of potato
Past research
- Characterisation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase HvST1 in barley meiosis
- Metabarcoding of potato cyst nematode (PCN) populations in Kenya
- Metabarcoding of nematode and Pasteuria spp. populations in Scottish soils
- Genome sequencing of the obligate root knot nematode (RKN) parasite Pasteuria penetrans
