The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
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Science
Dr Hannah Blyth
Molecular Plant Pathologist - Post Doctoral Researcher
Plant Sciences for the Bioeconomy
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hannah.blyth@rothamsted.ac.ukLinkedIn
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Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
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+44 (0) 1582 938 875
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Biography
Hannah is a molecular plant pathology post-doctoral researcher studying the impact of heat and pathogenic stress on wheat, using phenotypic, metabolic, and transcriptomic approaches. She has expertise in genomics, biochemistry, bioinformatics, plant and fungal biology.
During her Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham and Rothamsted Research, Hannah focused on the genetic underpinnings of the virulence of Zymoseptoria tritici, the fungus causing Septoria Tritici Blotch in wheat. Post-Ph.D., she expanded her research scope, contributing to an investigation into iron homeostasis and protein degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana, and examining the effects of various herbicides on lipid and wax biosynthesis in 'Blackgrass' as part of an industry-linked project with Gowan. Hannah also has a keen interest in FAIR and Open Science principles and brings experience in science communication to her work.
Awards
- 2022 — Ph.D. "A mutagenomic dissection of virulence-associated genes in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici", University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences.
- 2017 — MSci (Hons) Biology, University of Nottingham, School of Biology.