THE DING LAB
Plant diseases occur everywhere on our planet. Understanding how disease resistance works is our long-term mission and the key to protecting plant health.
Assistant Professor
Head of plant-microbe interactions and systems biology in plant immunity
Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University
Pingtao’s Bio
PEOPLE
Yuli Ding – Visiting research scientist & lab manager
B.Sc. in Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management, China Agricultural University
Ph.D. in Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre
Interests: molecular plant-microbe Interactions, growth-immunity trade-off, genetics, signal transduction
Hobbies: music, traveling, science communication
Daniël Davidse – Ph.D. candidate
B.Sc. in Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research
M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology, Wageningen University & Research
Interests: molecular biology, genetics, genomics, structural biology
Hobbies: guitar, traveling, martial arts
Mieke van Vlaardingen - Graduate (M.Sc. candidate)
B.Sc. in Biology, Leiden University
Intended M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Leiden University
Interests: molecular biology, environmental sciences, immunology, evolution
Hobbies: swimming, reading
Qiong Fang - Ph.D. Candidate
M.Sc. in Botanical Ecology, Minzu University of China
B.Sc. in Material Chemistry, Beijing Jiaotong University
Interests: moleculr biology, plant taxonomy, evolution, ethnobotany, ecology
Hobbies: badminton, reading, traveling
PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
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