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For example, there are many damaging diseases caused by
Phytophthora – a pathogen that caused the Great Irish Famine. One species of it affects potatoes, another affects soybeans, one causes disease in oak and another in Christmas trees. Imagine not being able to enjoy those wonderful trees in our households at this time of year!
It’s so important to understand how pathogens evolve so that we can predict or anticipate changes and generate effective strategies to prevent them.
What made you follow this career path?
I was an undergraduate student at Beijing Normal University training to be a biology teacher when I was offered a research opportunity at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. My supervisor there, Professor Huarong Tan, actually got his PhD from the University of East Anglia (UEA) while doing research at the John Innes Centre!
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