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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.

email: tchilcote@ucdavis.edu


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Tania Toruno, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am investigating Arabidopsis  and citrus immune signaling using biochemical and microscopy based approaches.

email: ttoruno@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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Lei Lei,  Postdoctoral Scholar

I am investigating kinase-mediated effector phosphorylation.

email: ​ablei@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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Shree Thapa, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am involved in sequencing and characterizing strains of the bacterial pathogens Clavibacter michiganensis and Liberibacter asiaticus.

email: spthapa@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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Domonique Lewis, Graduate Student
I am jointly mentored by Richard Bostock and Gitta Coaker.  I am working on the function of a conserved oomycete MAMP.

email: dcalewis@ucdavis.edu

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Andrea Tang, Undergraduate Student

I am investigating citrus innate immune responses.

​email: aktang@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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Shirin Seifbarghi, Postdoctoral Scholar

I am working on PAMP receptors transformation into the citrus and potato plants to boost their immunity against HLB disease.
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email: sseifbarghi@ucdaivs.edu

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Todd "TC" Sturtevant, Undergraduate Student

I am investigating the interaction between Liberibacter solancearum and it's tomato and psyllid hosts.

​email: tcsturtevant@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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