Megan McDonald
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About
I am interested in the evolution of host/pathogen interactions within the agroecosystem. My research deals mainly with plant pathogenic fungi. Currently we are using comparative genomic and proteomic tools to elucidate proteins responsible for host specificiy and virulence.
Awards
- The Thinkable Academy - Peer Prize for Women in Science, 2017
- Poster prize, 2016
- Best Plant Science talk, 2016
- Travel Grant, 2013
- SNF Young Researchers Fellowship, 2012
Affiliations
Division
- Division of Plant Sciences, Member
Groups
- Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity, Divisional Visitor
Research interests
- Evolutionary Biology
- Phylogeny And Comparative Analysis
- Host Parasite Interactions
- Genomics
- Mycology
Projects
Teaching information
Always interested in motivated PhB or Honours Students, please contact me or Peter Solomon for available projects.
Location
off campus
Publications
- McDonald, M C, R P Oliver, T L Friesen, Patrick C Brunner, and Bruce A McDonald. 2013. Global Diversity and Distribution of Three Necrotrophic Effectors in Phaeosphaeria Nodorum And Related Species. New Phytologist. doi:10.1111/nph.12257.
- McDonald, Megan C, Mohammad Razavi, Timothy L Friesen, Patrick C Brunner, and Bruce A McDonald. 2012. Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Analyses of Phaeosphaeria Nodorum and Its Close Relatives Indicate Cryptic Species and an Origin in the Fertile Crescent. Fungal Genetics and Biology :doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2012.08.001.
- Gardiner, Donald M, Megan C McDonald, Lorenzo Covarelli, Peter S Solomon, Anca G Rusu, Mhairi Marshall, Kemal Kazan, Sukumar Chakraborty, Bruce A McDonald, and John M Manners. 2012. Comparative Pathogenomics Reveals Horizontally Acquired Novel Virulence Genes in Fungi Infecting Cereal Hosts. PLoS Pathogens 8 (9) e1002952. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002952.
- Liu, Zhaohui, Zengcui Zhang, Justin D Faris, Richard P Oliver, Robert Syme, Megan C McDonald, Bruce A McDonald, et al. 2012. The Cysteine Rich Necrotrophic Effector SnTox1 Produced by Stagonospora Nodorum Triggers Susceptibility of Wheat Lines Harboring Snn1. PLoS Pathogens 8 (1): e1002467. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002467.
- Liu, Zhaohui, Justin D Faris, Richard P Oliver, Kar-Chun Tan, Peter S Solomon, Megan C McDonald, Bruce A McDonald, et al. 2009. SnTox3 Acts in Effector Triggered Susceptibility to Induce Disease on Wheat Carrying the Snn3 Gene. PLoS Pathogens 5 (9): e1000581. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000581.