Research Fellow
Andy Foster
Bio
In 1996 I started my PhD in the group of Prof. Talbot working on the role of trehalose metabolism in the pathogenic lifestyle of the rice blast fungus. I was awarded my PhD in 2000 and following almost two years as a senior postdoctoral fellow at TSL, in 2002 I moved to the Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research in Kaiserslautern Germany where I led a group of researchers investigating the genetic basis of the pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae and Zymoseptoria tritici. In 2015 I returned to Exeter to take on the role of managing a large research laboratory. In 2016 I took on the position of post-doctoral researcher within the group of Prof. Talbot investigating the role of septins in the M. oryzae infection process. I recently developed a Crispr-based gene editing procedure for M. oryzae. I am a regular reviewer for several key journals in my field.
Job history
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2018 -
Research Fellow
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK -
2016 - 2018
Research Fellow
University of Exeter -
2014 - 2016
Lab Manager
University of Exeter, UK -
2012 - 2013
Teacher
Bilbao -
2002 - 2012
Research Fellow then Group Leader
IBWF, Kaiserslautern -
2001 - 2002
Research Fellow
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK -
1995 - 2000
PhD student/Postdoc
University of Exeter, UK