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Yi Ding conducted PhD research at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany, exploring the molecular mechanisms underpinning broad host compatibility in the fungal endophytic symbiosis model species Arabidopsis and barley. In particular, this research studied the impacts of host nitrogen signaling, cell death, and colonization strategies of alternative lifestyles in fungal endophytes. After receiving his PhD degree, he moved to the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University in Ithaca, USA, where he extended his research on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, focusing on symbiotic phosphate transportation. Yi then joined CSIRO as a postdoctoral fellow, expanding his research on plant-fungal pathogen interactions and exploring nutrient transport, molecular signal perception, and signaling responses. Since joining the University of Sydney in December 2019, he has been working on functional genomics of cereal rust pathogens. Yi has extensive experience in plant-microbe interactions, molecular signaling, and the study of fungal effectors and membrane transporters. His focus is on the interactions between plant hosts and fungal rust pathogens, particularly interested in how rust fungi evolve to gain virulence against host resistance genes.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Working on functional genomics of cereal rust pathogens.
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