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​   Gitta Coaker, Professor
   Department of Plant Pathology
   576 Hutchison Hall
   University of California, Davis
   e-mail: glcoaker@ucdavis.edu
   phone: 530-752-6541

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Tanya Chilcote, Lab Manager

I am responsible for general lab management and organization.

email: tchilcote@ucdavis.edu

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Paola Reyes Caldas, Graduate Student

I am investigating the activity and tomato targets of Liberibacter solanacearum effectors.

​email: paoreyes@ucdavis.edu

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Bardo Castro, Graduate Student

I am investigating the interplay between ubiquitination and phosphorylation in tomato.

email: ​barcastro@ucdavis.edu

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Danielle Stevens, Graduate Student

I am investigating the tomato targets of secreted Clavibacter effectors and the importance of plant innate immunity in suppressing Gram-positive pathogen growth.

email: dmstev@ucdavis.edu

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Tianrun "Jerry" Li, Graduate Student

I am investigating citrus flagellin sensing receptors and novel PRRs.

email: jexli@ucdavis.edu

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  Jessica Trinh, Graduate Student

  I am investigating novel microbe-associated molecular patterns       in Liberibacter species.

  email: jetrinh@ucdavis.edu 

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Jie Zhu, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am investigating heterogeneity of plant immune responses.

email: jiezhu@ucdavis.edu

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Yi-Chang Sung, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am investigating the function and mechanism of wheat tandem kinase 1(WTK1) that confers resistance to wheat strip rust disease.

email: ychsung@ucdavis.edu​

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Charis Ramsing, Graduate Student

I compare growth, genomics, and host range between pathogenic and endophytic Clavibacter isolates to elucidate gram-positive virulence mechanisms and pathogen biology.

email: ckramsing@ucdavis.edu
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Alba Moreno Perez, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am investigating the mechanisms that regulate the intensity of innate immune responses in plants.

email: amorenop@ucdavis.edu

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Mishi Vachev, Graduate Student (Co-Mentored by Dr. Steve Knapp)

I am identifying genes in strawberry that are responsible for resistance to a fungal pathogen.

email: mvvachev@ucdavis.edu


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Marta Bjornson, Project Scientist (Co-Mentored by Dr. Steve Knapp)

I am investigating genome editing for disease resistance in strawberry.

email: mlbjornson@ucdavis.edu
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Bella Guel, Undergraduate student

​I am investigating how to utilize plant PRR to confer resistance against bacterial pathogens.

email: bmguel@ucdavis.edu


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Esteban Jarquin Bolanos

I am investigating how PTI is involved in defense against Liberibacter.

email: ejarquinbolanos@ucdavis.edu




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Yinghui Li, Visiting Scholar

I am investigating the function and mechanism of wheat tandem kinase 1(WTK1) that confers resistance to wheat strip rust disease.

email: yhyli@ucdavis.edu
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