Introduction
Overall Lab objectives
The Huitema lab aims to understand the mechanisms by which Phytophthora spp. achieve virulence and ravage crops. Our research is guided by the observation that secreted molecules (effectors) from Phytophthora, play pivotal roles in disease establishment and epidemics. With this new understanding about the role of effector proteins during disease, we aim to study and perturb the pathways that control effector delivery and their activity with the overall goal to disable pathogenesis and control disease.