Institute Biology Leiden (Sylvius Laboratory)
Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, Netherlands
Assistant Professor
Plant-microbe interactions & systems biology in plant immunity
Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University
Our research encompasses critical areas pertaining to plant diseases and their impact on global agriculture.
Himanshu Chhillar
Ph.D. candidate
B.Sc. in Life Sciences, University of Delhi
M.Sc. in Botany, Jamia Hamdard
Interests: biotic and abiotic stress, molecular plant immunity, gene regulatory networks, phytohormones
Hobbies: travelling, football
Twitter: @HimanshuChhill3
Pei-Min Yeh
Ph.D. candidate (from Sep 2022)
B.Sc. in Plant Pathology, Chung-Hsing University
M.Sc. in Plant Science, Taiwan University
Interests: molecular plant immunity, molecular plant science, plant pathology
Hobbies: listening to music, traveling, gardening, clawing
Twitter: @Peimin_bacon
Hoang Hung Nguyen
Ph.D. candidate (from Jan 2023)
B.Sc. in Biology, Freie University of Berlin
M.Sc. in Biology, Freie University of Berlin
Interests: molecular biology, plant immunity, plant genetics, botany
Hobbies: cooking, programming, swimming
Bob Sebastiaan (he/him)
Ph.D. candidate (from July 2023)
B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Wageningen University
M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Wageningen University
Interests: molecular biology, plant immunity, plant developmental biology, gene regulatory networks
Hobbies: cycling, tennis, gaming, baking, travelling
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Research areas
Defence gene activation for elevated plant disease resistance.
Gene-regulatory networks discoveries in plant innate immunity.
Decoding plant immunity at single-cell and systems biology levels.