Barbara Baker
BarbaraBaker,professorofUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andalsotheleaderoftheBakerLab.HerLabseeksunderstandingofthemolecular,geneticandbiochemicalbasesofhost-microbeinteractions,andinvestigatesmechanismsofpathogen-inducedhostdiseaseanddiseaseresistance.Herlab'sgoalistounderstandthebiochemicalandmolecularbasesofplantresistancetopathogendiseases.Sheespeciallyinterestedinunderstandingthemechanismofplant-pathogenrecognitionandsignaltransductionleadingtotheinductionofdiseaseresistanceresponses.Hercurrentprojects:InteractionsbetweenTMVandthetobaccoNgene;TheMAPKPathwayinTobaccoDefenseSignaling;StudyoftheEnhancedDiseaseSusceptibilityGeneinTomato;StructuralAnalysisofResistanceGeneClustersinPotato;GeneExpressionProfilingofTomatoResponsestoTMVInfection;GeneExpressionProfilingofSgt1-silencedN-transgenicNicotianaBenthamiana;Virus-InducedGeneSilencinginSolanumSpecies.