Beth Molloy
PhD student
Research groups: Plant-parasitic interactions
Biography
Many of the most destructive plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) species form intimate biotrophic associations with plant roots by secreting effector proteins into host cells. These effectors manipulate endogenous plant processes in order to modify host immunity and development, leading to the production of a unique organ from which the nematode draws nutrition for the remainder of its life cycle. Given the significant reprogramming of root development by PPN infection, it is likely that many, if not the majority, of secreted effectors function to alter development.
Publications
Publication
The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence
Date: 10 March 2025
Contributors: Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Alexis L. Sperling, Beth Molloy, Dio S. Shin, Jonathan Long, Paul Brett, Tochukwu Chisom Iguh, Olaf P. Kranse, Andrea Díaz-Tendero Bravo, Sarah Jane Lynch, Beatrice Senatori, Paulo Vieira, Joffrey Mejias, Anil Kumar, Rick E. Masonbrink, Tom R. Maier, Thomas J. Baum, and Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Journal: PNAS
Publication
The origin, deployment, and evolution of a plant-parasitic nematode effectorome
Date: 29 July 2024
Contributors: Beth Molloy, Dio S. Shin, Jonathan Long, Clement Pellegrin, Beatrice Senatori, Paulo Vieira, Peter Thorpe, Anika Damm, Mariam Ahmad, Kerry Vermeulen, Lida Derevnina, Siyuan Wei, Alexis Sperling, Estefany Reyes Estévez, Samuel Bruty, Victor Hugo Moura de Souza, Olaf Prosper Kranse, Tom Maier, Thomas Baum, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Journal: Plos Pathogens
Publication
The SUbventral-Gland master Regulator (SUGR) of nematode virulence
Date: 12 February 2024
Contributors: Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Alexis L. Sperling, Beth Molloy, Dio S. Shin, Jonathan Long, Paul Brett, Andrea Díaz-Tendero Bravo, Sarah Jane Lynch, Beatrice Senatori, Paulo Vieira, Joffrey Mejias, Anil Kumar, Rick E. Masonbrink, Tom R. Maier, Thomas J. Baum, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Journal: Biorxiv
Publication
Unlocking the development- and physiology-altering ‘effector toolbox’ of plant-parasitic nematodes
Date: 10 July 2023
Contributors: Beth Molloy, Thomas Baum, Sebastian Eves-van der Akker
Journal: Trends in Parasitology
