Postdoctoral Scientist

Josephine Maidment

Bio

In the 2Blades group, I will be working on a collaborative project to identify new sources of genetic resistance to fungal pathogens. I am interested in molecular plant pathology, and my PhD research focused on protein-protein interactions during rice blast disease.

Job history

2019 -

Laboratory Technician
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
2015 - 2019

PhD Student
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Publications

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- Published: 03.02.21
Authors: Maidment JHR, Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Jantasuriyarat C, Kamoun S, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ (2021)

Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defence
- Published: 16.12.20
Authors: Oikawa K, Fujisaki K, Shimizu M, Takeda T, Saitoh H, Hirabuchi A, Hiraka Y, Białas A, Langner T, Kellner R, Bozkurt TO, Cesari S, Kroj T, Maidment JHR, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S, Terauchi R (2020)

The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity
- Published: 01.12.20
Authors: Maidment JHR, Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Jantasuriyarat C, Kamoun S, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ (2020)

Multiple variants of the blast fungus effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19 with high affinity

Josephine Maidment

Bio

Job history

Laboratory Technician

PhD Student

Publications

Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defence

The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity

Multiple variants of the blast fungus effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19 with high affinity