Christine Smart

Two main areas of study in the Smart lab include identifying genes in bacterial pathogens that enable movement within a plant, and understanding the population diversity of rapidly reproducing oomycete pathogens. These studies enhance our knowledge of pathogen virulence determinants and further elucidate how plants recognize and respond to pathogens.

Title: Professor

Department: Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology

Roles: Faculty Investigator

Research Areas: Agriculture Research, Bacteria, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Fungi, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection, Microbiota and Microbiomes, Plant Hosts

Lab: https://cals.cornell.edu/christine-durbahn-smart

Email: cds14@cornell.edu