The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
They may be beautiful, but these strips prove pretty deadly for every farmer's mortal enemy: aphids
Science
Dr Erika Kroll
WHEAT PATHOGENOMICS
Protecting Crops and the Environment
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Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
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Biography
Dr Erika Kroll is a Bioinformatics Scientist working as part of the BBSRC funded Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) cross-institutional strategic programme where she contributes to a wide range of bioinformatics research relating to wheat and wheat pathogen omics. She completed her PhD at Rothamsted Research in partnership with the University of Bath in 2024. The project investigated the genetic interactions between Fusarium graminearum and wheat through a combination of transcriptomics, computational biology, and molecular genetics.
Awards
- Biological Sciences (Plant Science) Bsc Hons. - First Class - University of Edinburgh 2020
- Lang Scholarship Prize for the Plant Science Top Project - 2020
- Anderson Henry Prize for Top Student in Plant Science - 2020
- Angela Karp award for most innovative PhD, Rothamsted Research, UK, 2024
- GSA Best Graduate Student Poster Award on Plant-Fungal Interactions, 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA, USA, 2024
- Rothamsted Research Student Symposium Presentation Award, UK, 2022-2024