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Dr Maxim Prokchorchik
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Dr Maxim Prokchorchik currently holds the position of Charles Gilbert Heydon Research Fellow in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. His main interest is the plant-pathogen interactions of under-investigated microbes and economically important Brassica crops, including canola. He is also interested in genomics, pathogen virulence and plant resistance evolution.
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Maxim is interested in all aspects of plant-pathogen interactions, including the virulence mechanisms on the pathogen side and resistance mechanisms on the side of the host plant. During his research career, Maxim worked with a wide range of pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and protists. He has a keen interest in genomics and utilising cutting-edge computational methodologies to understand the virulence mechanisms and tweak the innate plant immunity system to cope with economically important plant diseases.
Plant biology and production, Genetics and genomics, Molecular biology and biotechnology
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Journals
- Ahn, Y., Kim, H., Choi, S., Mazo-Molina, C., Prokchorchik, M., Zhang, N., Kim, B., Mang, H., Koehler, N., Kim, J., et al (2023). Ptr1 and ZAR1 immune receptors confer overlapping and distinct bacterial pathogen effector specificities. New Phytologist, 239(5), 1935-1953. [More Information]
- Lin, X., Jia, Y., Heal, R., Prokchorchik, M., Sindalovskaya, M., Olave-Achury, A., Makechemu, M., Fairhead, S., Noureen, A., Heo, J., et al (2023). Solanum americanum genome-assisted discovery of immune receptors that detect potato late blight pathogen effectors. Nature Genetics, 55(9), 1579-1588. [More Information]
- Kim, H., Prokchorchik, M., Sohn, K. (2022). Investigation of natural RIN4 variants reveals a motif crucial for function and provides an opportunity to broaden NLR regulation specificity. Plant Journal, 110(1), 58-70. [More Information]
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2023
- Ahn, Y., Kim, H., Choi, S., Mazo-Molina, C., Prokchorchik, M., Zhang, N., Kim, B., Mang, H., Koehler, N., Kim, J., et al (2023). Ptr1 and ZAR1 immune receptors confer overlapping and distinct bacterial pathogen effector specificities. New Phytologist, 239(5), 1935-1953. [More Information]
- Lin, X., Jia, Y., Heal, R., Prokchorchik, M., Sindalovskaya, M., Olave-Achury, A., Makechemu, M., Fairhead, S., Noureen, A., Heo, J., et al (2023). Solanum americanum genome-assisted discovery of immune receptors that detect potato late blight pathogen effectors. Nature Genetics, 55(9), 1579-1588. [More Information]
2022
- Kim, H., Prokchorchik, M., Sohn, K. (2022). Investigation of natural RIN4 variants reveals a motif crucial for function and provides an opportunity to broaden NLR regulation specificity. Plant Journal, 110(1), 58-70. [More Information]
2021
- Choi, S., Prokchorchik, M., Lee, H., Gupta, R., Lee, Y., Chung, E., Cho, B., Kim, M., Kim, S., Sohn, K. (2021). Direct acetylation of a conserved threonine of RIN4 by the bacterial effector HopZ5 or AvrBsT activates RPM1-dependent immunity in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 14(11), 1951-1960. [More Information]
- Moon, H., Pandey, A., Yoon, H., Choi, S., Jeon, H., Prokchorchik, M., Jung, G., Witek, K., Valls, M., McCann, H., et al (2021). Identification of RipAZ1 as an avirulence determinant of Ralstonia solanacearum in Solanum americanum. Molecular Plant Pathology, 22(3), 317-333. [More Information]
- Pandey, A., Moon, H., Choi, S., Yoon, H., Prokchorchik, M., Jayaraman, J., Sujeevan, R., Kang, Y., McCann, H., Segonzac, C., et al (2021). Ralstonia solanacearum type III effector RipJ triggers bacterial wilt resistance in Solanum pimpinellifolium. Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 34(8). [More Information]
2020
- Prokchorchik, M., Choi, S., Chung, E., Won, K., Dangl, J., Sohn, K. (2020). A host target of a bacterial cysteine protease virulence effector plays a key role in convergent evolution of plant innate immune system receptors. New Phytologist, 225(3), 1327-1342. [More Information]
- Prokchorchik, M., Pandey, A., Moon, H., Kim, W., Jeon, H., Jung, G., Jayaraman, J., Poole, S., Segonzac, C., Sohn, K., et al (2020). Host adaptation and microbial competition drive ralstonia solanacearum phylotype i evolution in the republic of Korea. Microbial Genomics, 6(11), 1-12. [More Information]
- Lee, Y., Cho, K., Seo, J., Sohn, K., Prokchorchik, M. (2020). Improved genome sequence and gene annotation resource for the potato late blight pathogen phytophthora infestans. Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 33(8), 1025-1028. [More Information]
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2019
- Prokchorchik, M., Won, K., Lee, Y., Choi, E., Segonzac, C., Sohn, K. (2019). High contiguity whole genome sequence and gene annotation resource for two venturia nashicola isolates. Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 32(9), 1091-1094. [More Information]
2018
- Gorshkov, V., Gubaev, R., Petrova, O., Daminova, A., Gogoleva, N., Ageeva, M., Parfirova, O., Prokchorchik, M., Nikolaichik, Y., Gogolev, Y. (2018). Transcriptome profiling helps to identify potential and true molecular switches of stealth to brute force behavior in Pectobacterium atrosepticum during systemic colonization of tobacco plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 152(4), 957-976. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2024
- Investigating infection stages of clubroot in developing Arabidopsis roots, Prokchorchik M, Heisler M, School of Life and Environmental Sciences (SOLES)/Strategic Partnership Seeding Grant