Dmitry Lapin

After completing PhD in the group of Guido van den Ackerveken on host susceptibility to downy mildew, in 2013 Dmitry started his research on nuclear activities of the EDS1-family proteins in TNL immunity. In close collaboration with A. Beyer (Cologne), L. Deslandes (Toulouse) and MPIPZ Proteomics (I. Finkemeier, H. Nakagami) groups Dmitry looks at the physical and functional associations between EDS1 and chromatin during Arabidopsis immune responses. This work suggested molecular links between EDS1 and conserved gene expression regulatory complexes. Together with other groups members Dmitry tests physiological relevance of these interactions in TNL immunity.