Kyriakos Varypatakis, Phd Email & Phone Number

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

My main tasks include:•Phenotyping for tolerance to different abiotic (e.g. flood) and biotic (e.g. potato cyst nematodes) stresses in potato.•Gene editing in potato and establishment of workflow for bioinformatics analysis.•Genomic data analyses (e.g. RNA-seq) and support.

St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

I was involved in developing assays, library preparation for next-generation sequencing and genotyping.

Dundee

I focused on the application of genomic tools to identify avirulence (avr) genes in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. I used targetted sequencing to capture effector-encoding genomic regions on host-adapted populations, as well as whole-genome re-sequencing using Illumina technologies. Analyses of the next-generation sequencing data and the study of allele frequencies provided a number of candidate avr genes and important information on selection evolution and adaptation of G. pallida populations.

Dundee, United Kingdom

Barcoding of potato cyst nematode samples from East Africa for next-generation sequencing.

Wageningen, The Netherlands

I worked in the group of Dr. Martin de Vos, on identifying resistances on various vegetables to the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

Wageningen, The Netherlands

I joined the group of the Assist. Prof. Geert Smant and Dr. Jose Lozano, where I studied the role of the protease Rcr3-regulated genes in JA- or EGF-dependent signalling pathway activated upon the infection of Arabidopsis plants by the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii.

Athens, Greece

I examined the effect of the use of olive mill wastes and rhizosphaeric microorganisms (isolated from the specific organic compost) as a biological control application. The project was supervised by Prof. Epaminondas Paplomatas and Dr. Sotirios Tjamos.

Athens, Greece

My main task was to assist in plant diseases diagnosis.

Athens, Greece

I worked in the Laboratory of Mycology (Department of Plant Pathology), studying the effects of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum on onion crops, and other plant diseases caused by a range of fungi species.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, School Of Biology

Master Of Science (Msc), Plant Sciences

Specialized in plant pathology & entomology and a minor specialization in greenhouse horticulture

Bachelor And Master Of Science (Bsc And Msc), Agricultural Engineering - Plant Sciences

Integrated 5-year degree in Agricultural Engineering (B.Sc. level) from the faculty of Plant Sciences (specialized in Plant Protection.