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
- H. J. van Schalkwyk; T. Adams; A. Persoons; W. H. Boshoff; R. Wanyera; M. S. Hovmøller; C. Uauy; L. Boyd; Z. A. Pretorius; R. Prins (2022) Pathogenomic analyses of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici supports a close genetic relationship between South and East Africa, Plant Pathology
- T. M. Adams; T. S. Olsson; R. H. Ramírez-González; R. Bryant; R. Bryson; P. E. Campos; P. Fenwick; D. Feuerhelm; C. Hayes; T. Henriksson (2021) Rust expression browser: an open source database for simultaneous analysis of host and pathogen gene expression profiles with expVIP, BMC Genomics
- 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
- T. M. Adams; R. A. Neher; D. G. Saunders (2020) Tracking wheat yellow rust: near real-time data sharing with Nextstrain (1.0), Zenodo
- T. M. Adams; A. D. Armitage; M. K. Sobczyk; H. J. Bates; J. F. Tabima; B. A. Kronmiller; B. M. Tyler; N. J. Grünwald; J. M. Dunwell; C. F. Nellist (2020) Genomic investigation of the strawberry pathogen Phytophthora fragariae indicates pathogenicity is associated with transcriptional variation in three key races, Frontiers in Microbiology
