Kathryn Wright
James Hutton Institute
Errol Road
Dundee
Scotland
DD2 5DA
Biography
Much of Kathryn's work has involved the application of imaging and cell biology techniques to investigate the interactions between pathogens and plants.This includes, investigating the colonisation of young plants marketted as micro-herbs or microgreens, by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai. She has developed methods to study the colonisation of potato roots by Pectobacterium atrosepticum to identify the route of transfer to the developing plant and how this is influenced by free-living nematodes. With colleagues Kathryn has also investigated the localisation of effectors secreted by potato cyst nematodes into their host.