Professor Barbara Howlett
| Location |
Botany Building 122 Rm 105 |
| Phone | +61 3 8344 5062 |
| Fax | +61 3 9347 5460 |
| bhowlett@unimelb.edu.au | |
| URL | http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/blackleg |
University Research Themes
- Plant cell and molecular biology
- Functional genomics and gene regulation
Research Interests
- fungal diseases of canola
- monitoring virulence of populations of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans
- functional genomics of the blackleg and sclerotinia fungal pathogens of canola
- evolution and regulation of genes involved in biosynthesis of fungal toxins
- conservation genetics and systematics of the ectomycorrhizal fungus, Laccaria
Research Group
Key Publications
Van de Wouw AP, Cozijnsen AJ, Hane JK, Brunner PC, McDonald BA, Oliver RP, Howlett BJ (2010) Evolution of linked avirulence effectors in Leptosphaeria maculans is affected by genomic environment and exposure to resistance genes in host plants. PLoS Pathogens in press
Van de Wouw AP, Pettolino FP, Howlett BJ, Elliott CE (2009) Mutations to LmIFRD affect cell wall integrity, development and pathogenicity of the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 46: 695–706.
Fox EM, Howlett BJ (2008) Secondary metabolism: regulation and role in fungal biology. Current Opinion in Microbiology 11: 481-7
Patron NJ, Waller RF, Cozijnsen AJ, Straney DC, Gardiner DM, Nierman WC, Howlett BJ (2007) Origin and distribution of epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) gene clusters in filamentous ascomycetes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: e174
Idnurm A, Howlett BJ (2002) Isocitrate lyase is essential for pathogenicity of the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans to canola (Brassica napus). Eukaryotic Cell 1: 719-24
(For a full list of recent publications go to http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/blackleg/publications.html)