RESEARCH PROFILE

Joana G. Vicente graduated in Agronomy from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal in 1995. Before graduation, she worked on microspore culture of Brassica oleracea. She was awarded a PhD by the Technical University of Lisbon in March 2001, after undertaking research on black rot of crucifers (caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris) at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia and at HRI Wellesbourne. This also involved the study of disease resistance gene-like sequences in Brassica oleracea. Joana continued at HRI/WHRI where she had a post-doctoral position in Steve Roberts's group studying bacterial canker of cherry trees. From 2004 to 2009, Joana was part of Eric Holub's group working in collaboration with David Pink's team on breeding for resistance to plant bacterial and fungal diseases.

Joana is currently a co-investigator in a project on breeding for black-rot resistant brassicas for the benefit of East African smallholders.

Joana is also supervising Vania Horta de Passo, a PhD student working on interactions between Arabidopsis and Xanthomonas campestris.

Joana has joined Ken Manning and Andrew Thompson's group in November 2009 and is now studying the role of short RNAs in the development of tomato fruits.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Accelerated Breeding of Black Rot Resistant Brassicas for the Benefit of East African Smallholders, with Dr Paul Hand, Warwick HRI, Prof Eric B Holub - Warwick HRI, Funded by: BBSRC, Project Start Date: 31/12/2008 Project End Date: 30/12/2012
• Characterisation of tomato short RNAs involved in fruit development, with Mr Kenneth Manning, Warwick HRI, Funded by: BBSRC, Project Start Date: 01/01/2009 Project End Date: 12/07/2012
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Vicente J.G.,Gunn N.D., Bailey L., Pink D.A.C., and Holub E.B., (2012) 'Genetics of resistance to downy mildew in Brassica oleracea and breeding towards durable disease control for UK vegetable production' Plant Pathology 61 (3), 600 - 609 (0032-0862)
• Baltrus, D.A.,Nishimura, M.T. Dougherty, K.M. Biswas, S. Muhktar, S. Vicente, J.G. Holub E.B. Dangl, J., (2012) 'The molecular basis of host specialization in bean pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae' Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (accepted) (0894-0282)
• Mulema J.M.K.,Vicente J.G., Pink D.A.C., Jackson A., Chacha D.O., Wasilwa L., Kinyua Z., Karanja D.K., Holub E.B., Hand P., (2012) 'Characterization of isolates that cause black rot of crucifers in East Africa' European Journal Of Plant Pathology 133 (2), 427 - 438 (0929-1873)
• Jensen, B. D., Vicente, J. G., Manandhar, H. K. and Roberts, S. J.(2010) 'Occurrence and diversity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in vegetable brassica fields in Nepal' Plant Disease 94 (3), 298 - 305 (0191-2917) [article]
• SOENGAS, P., HAND, P., VICENTE, J. G., POLE, J. M. & PINK, D. A. C., , (2007) 'Identification of quantitative trait loci for resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in Brassica rapa.' Theoretical And Applied Genetics 114 637 - 645 (0040-5752)

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RESEARCH DEGREES SUPERVISED

• Interactions between Xanthomonas campestris and Arabidopsis thaliana, Date of Completion: 2014