Plant-pathogen interactions

Lead by Prof Erkki Truve      erkki.truvettu.ee        CV

Vice-Rector for Research, Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology

Phone: +372 6202005/ Mobile: +372 5133520   Fax: +372 6202004

Address: Ehitajate tee 5, 12618 Tallinn, ESTONIA

Photo: (a), (b) - wheat leaves infected with powdery mildew, (c) anther of Arabidopsis, (d) powdery mildew hyphae, (e) confocal microscope with 2 scanners, (f) TIRF/VAEM microscope with climate chamber.

Kadri Järve	senior researcher, PhD (Moscow State Univ.)
Heiti Paves	senior researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tartu)
Hilma Peuša	senior researcher, PhD (St. Petersburg State Univ.)
Cecilia Sarmiento	senior researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology)
Merike Sõmera	researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology)
Ljudmilla Timofejeva	senior researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tartu)
Marina Toompuu	senior researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tampere)
Karin Valmsen	senior researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology)
Jelena Tsõmbalova	researcher, MSc (Estonian Univ. of Life Sci.)
Tamara Enno	senior researcher, DSc ((Inst. of Plant Physiol. and Genetics, Kiev, Ukraine)
Eve-Ly Ojangu	researcher, MSc (Tallinn Univ. od Technology)
Allan Olspert	researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology)
Signe Nõu	engineer
Galina Sokolova	engineer
Kairi Kärblane	engineer
Lenne Nigul	assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PhD students and their research topics

Birger Ilau	Viruses in myosin knockout plants
Irena Jakobson	Powdery mildew resistance in introgressive wheat line
Kristjan Kamsol	Movement of cocksfoot mottle virus
Diana Posti	Fine mapping of powdery mildew resistance gene in wheat
Kristiina Talts	Arabidopsis myosin VIIIB
Gabriela Uffert	Polyprotein of cocksfoot mottle virus
Bulat Islamov	Mechanisms of quantitative resistance in wheat
Karmen Tõnismann	Qualitative and quantitative resistance against Phytophthora in Estonian potato cultivars

 

MSc students

Krista Tanner

Grete Nummert

Jelena Gerassimenko