Kilaru S, Schuster M, Ma W, Steinberg G (2017)
Fluorescent markers of various organelles in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol. 2017 Aug;105:16-27. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.05.001.
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Weibin Ma
After receiving my Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Protection, I chose to continue studying biological science as a master student, working on the functional analysis of pathogenicity-related genes of rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Since 2013, I have worked in Professor Gero Steinberg’s group at the University of Exeter as a research technician, focused on molecular and cell biology research of wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici and corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis. I joined Professor Nick Talbot’s research group in 2018 as a research technician to provide a wide range of research activities, including the cultivation and manipulation of filamentous fungal pathogens, molecular cloning and gene identification and characterisation.
Publications
Ma W, Kilaru S, Collins C, Courbot M, Steinberg G (2015)
Libraries for two-hybrid screening of yeast and hyphal growth forms in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol. 2015 Jun;79:94-101. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.03.023.
Kilaru S, Ma W, Schuster M, Courbot M, Steinberg G (2015)
Conditional promoters for analysis of essential genes in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol 2015, 79:166-173.
Yan X, Ma WB, Li Y, Wang H, Que YW, Ma ZH, Talbot NJ, Wang ZY (2011)
A sterol 14α-demethylase is required for conidiation, virulence and for mediating sensitivity to sterol demethylation inhibitors by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Fungal Genet Biol. 2011 Feb;48(2):144-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.09.005.
Li Y, Yan X, Wang H, Liang S, Ma WB, Fang MY, Talbot NJ, Wang ZY (2010)
MoRic8 Is a novel component of G-protein signaling during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2010 Mar;23(3):317-31. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-23-3-0317.
Job History
2018 – present Research Technician, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
2013 – 2018 Research Technician, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
2011 – 2012 High School Teacher, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
2008 – 2011 MSc Plant Pathology, Zhejiang University, China