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Alan Raymond Collmer

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • agricultural biotechnology
  • biochemistry
  • bioinformatics
  • biotechnology
  • disease control
  • genomics
  • microbiology
  • molecular biology
  • new life sciences
  • pathogens
  • plant biology
  • plant pathology
  • teacher education

Research Focus

The focus of our research is on the functional genomics of virulence in the plant pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae.

Educational Background

  • Ph. D., Cornell University, 1981
  • B.A., Antioch College, 1973

Research Grants

  • GENE REGULATION IN PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE
  • GEPR: EXPLOITING TOMATO GENOMICS RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE BASAL PLANT DEFENSES AGAINST PATHOGENS
  • ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PROTEINS TARGETED TO THE PLANT APOPLAST BY THE TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM
  • GENE ONTOLOGY TERMS FOR STANDARDIZED ANNOTATION OF PLANT-ASSOCIATED MICROBE GENOMES