Team members

Ursula Pyzio

Research Technician
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: ursula.pyzio[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Ursula is from Poland and supports the Plant Chemetics lab in Oxford with a broad variety of activities.

Dr. Nattapong Sanguankiattichai (Tee)

Postdoc (BBSRC 'Galactosyrin', joined project with Gail Preston)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: nattapong.sanguankiattichai[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Tee is from Thailand and works on the biosyntesis of small molecule BGAL1 inhibitor 'Galactosyrin' produced by Pseudomonas syringae.

Ms. Konstantina Beritza

D. Phil. student (BBSRC Interdisciplinary DTC)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
konstantina.beritza[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Konstantina is from Larissa, Greece, and studies the proteolytic degradation of antibodies (IgGs) in plants.

Dr. Jie Huang

Postdoc (ERC 'ExtraImmune')
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
jie.huang[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Jie is from Nanjing, China, and studies the dynamics of secreted plant hydrolases during infection using activity-based proteomics.

Dr. Brian Mooney

Postdoc (ERC 'ExtraImmune')
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
brian.mooney[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Brian is from Dublin, Ireland, and investigates the plant-pathogen interface using reactivity-based protein profiling (RBPP).

Dr. Kaijie Zheng

Postdoc (UKRI project 21EBTA 'Celfacto')
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
kaijie.zheng[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Kaijie is from Jilin, China, and studies the processing of the Covid Spike protein in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Ms. Emma Watts

D. Phil. student (BBSRC-iCASE with Leaf Expression Systems)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: emma.watts[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Emma is from Japan/UK and is improving molecular pharming efficiency by controlling immune responses.

Ms. Joy Lyu

D. Phil. student (BBSRC-interdisciplinary DTC)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: chenqu.lyu[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Joy is from Shenzhen, China and is studying protein processing during the hypersensitive cell death response.

Dr. Yuge Li

Visiting Scientist (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: yuge.li[a]biology.ox.ac.uk

Yuge is from the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, China, and studies immune signalling triggered upon extracellular pathogen perception.

Nora Liu

D. Phil. student (iCASE with Kyomei)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
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Nora is from Shanghai, China and investigates the development of alternative protein expression platform through agroinfiltration of other plant species.

Matéo Paul

MSc student
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
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Matéo is from Dijon, France, and works with Kaijie on the development of an ER stress reporter and the use of chaperone co-expression to improve transient expression of proteins by agroinfiltration.

Fletcher Tomkins

Visiting Student (BSPP summerproject)
Tel: +44 1865 275122 (office)
Tel: +44 1865 275811 (lab)
Email: fletcher.tomkins[a]visiting.ox.ac.uk

Fletcher is from York and works with Brian on confirming AI-predicted, hydrolase-manipulating proteins produced by Pseudomonas syringae.

Sarah Rodgers

Floor manager

Caroline O'Brian

Assistant

Patty Bowman

Assistant