Thomas Adams
Tom is a Molecular PCN Resistance Researcher working within the CMS department.
Current research interests
- Identification of novel resistances to Potato Cyst Nematodes from Solanum species
- Improving knowledge of known resistance genes against Potato Cyst Nematodes
Past research
- 2022 - Present: Molecular PCN Resistance Researcher, The James Hutton Institute
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2019 - 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Diane Saunders Group (The John Innes Centre, Norwich):
Investigating variation within wheat rusts, especially yellow rust. -
2015 - 2019: PhD at NIAB-EMR and the University of Reading
Thesis title: Pathogenomics of Phytophthora fragariae, the causal agent of strawberry red core disease
Bibliography
- Adams, T.M.; Smith, M.; Wang, Y.; Brown, L.H.; Bayer, M.M.; Hein, I. (2023) HISS: Snakemake-based workflows for performing SMRT-RenSeq assembly, AgRenSeq and dRenSeq for the discovery of novel plant disease resistance genes, BMC Bioinformatics, 24(1), Art. 204
- Adams, T.M.; Smith, M.; Wang, Y.; Brown, L.H.; Bayer, M.M.; Hein, I. (2023) HISS: Snakemake-based workflows for performing SMRT-RenSeq assembly, AgRenSeq and dRenSeq for the discovery of novel plant disease resistance genes, BMC Bioinformatics, 24(1), Art. 204
- van Schalkwyk, H.J.; Adams, T.; Persoons, A.; Boshoff, W.H.; Wanyera, R.; Hovmøller, M.S.; Uauy, C.; Boyd, L.; Pretorius, Z.A.; Prins, R. (2022) Pathogenomic analyses of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici supports a close genetic relationship between South and East Africa, Plant Pathology, 71(2), 279-288
- Adams, T.M.; Olsson, T.S.; Ramírez-González, R.H.; Bryant, R.; Bryson, R.; Campos, P.E.; Fenwick, P.; Feuerhelm, D.; Hayes, C.; Henriksson, T. (2021) Rust expression browser: an open source database for simultaneous analysis of host and pathogen gene expression profiles with expVIP, BMC Genomics, 22(1), Art. 166
- W. Boshoff; B. Visser; C. Lewis; T. Adams; D. Saunders; T. Terefe; T. Soko; N. Chiuraise; Z. Pretorius (2020) First Report of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, Causing Stripe Rust of Wheat, in Zimbabwe, Plant Disease, 104(1), 290
- Adams, T.M.; Neher, R.A.; Saunders, D.G. (2020) Tracking wheat yellow rust: near real-time data sharing with Nextstrain (1.0), Zenodo
- Adams, T.M.; Armitage, A.D.; Sobczyk, M.K.; Bates, H.J.; Tabima, J.F.; Kronmiller, B.A.; Tyler, B.M.; Grünwald, N.J.; Dunwell, J.M.; Nellist, C.F. (2020) Genomic investigation of the strawberry pathogen Phytophthora fragariae indicates pathogenicity is associated with transcriptional variation in three key races, Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Art. 490
