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Professor Pieter Van West

Professor Pieter Van West
Professor Pieter Van West
Professor Pieter Van West

MSc (Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1993) PhD (Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2000)

Chair in Mycology

About
Email Address
p.vanwest@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437327
Office Address

Office 2:33, Lab 2:39
Aberdeen Oomycete Laboratory
College of Life Sciences and Medicine
Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter van West is a past Royal Society University Research Fellow. He is Director of the International Centre for Aquaculture Research and Development (ICARD) at the University of Aberdeen, Board member of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and he was President of the British Mycological Society 2017-2018) . 

His current research programme focuses on oomycete biology. Several economically and environmentally important oomycetes, or watermoulds, are studied at most disciplinary levels (taxonomy, ecology, epidemiology, biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology and especially host-microbe interactions). He is particularly interested in developing novel methods to control oomycete pathogens.

The animal pathogenic oomycetes under investigation are Saprolegnia parasitica, Saprolegnia australis, Saprolegnia diclina, Aphanomyces spp. and Halioticida spp.

The plant pathogenic species include mainly Phytophthora infestans and several Pythium spp. and the algal pathogenic species include Eurychasma dicksonii, Olpidiopsis spp., Anisolpidium spp. and Maulinia spp.

 

 



Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director of the International Centre for Aquaculture Research and Development (ICARD)

External Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

Board member of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC)

Past President of the British Mycological Society

Editorial Board member of Fungal Biology

Editorial Board member of Fungal Biology Reviews

 

Research

Research Overview

Fundamental molecular processes in Oomycete pathogens

The group of oomycete pathogens cause destructive diseases of thousands of (commercially important) plant species and fish. These so-called watermoulds have many fungus-like characteristics, but are not true-fungi. In fact, they are closely related to kelp and diatoms.

One particular oomycete, Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of potato late blight, generates global yield losses estimated to exceed over £3 billion annually, making it one of the most important biotic constraints to global food production. It is probably the most destructive plant pathogen in human history, as it caused tremendous human suffering in the mid 1840's due to failed potato crops in Ireland and the UK.

One of the most destructive oomycete pathogens on fish is Saprolegnia parasitica. It is endemic to all fresh water habitats around the world and is partly responsible for the decline of natural populations of salmonids and other fresh water fish. Today, losses in the salmon aquaculture business in Scotland alone are estimated at several millions of pounds annually.

Despite their economic importance, little is known about the molecular mechanisms accounting for the success of Oomycetes as plant or fish pathogens, or the fundamental molecular processes underlying their development. My research program aspires to identify molecular characteristics that are essential for the development and pathogenesis of Phytophthora, Pythium and Saprolegnia species.

Work mainly focuses on the isolation and functional characterisation of genes encoding recognition molecules and stage-specific proteins to enable

  1. understanding and unravelling fundamental molecular processes in Oomycetes
  2. the detection of molecular targets for novel control strategies, possibly directed against a variety of Oomycete pathogens.

Current Research

1 Identification and functional characterisation of zoospore specific proteins from oomycetes via genomic, transcriptomic and proteomics approaches (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Zoospores are released from a sporangium of Saprolegnia parasitica (taken from van West, 2006)

 

2 Identification and functional characterisation of proteins from Saprolegnia parastica, a fish pathogen of salmonids and other fresh water fish (Figure 2), that are essential for development and pathogenicity.

Figure 2. Saprolegnia infection on pre-smolt salmon.

 

3 Investigating the mechanism of Phytophthora and Saprolegnia protein translocation into the host cells (Figure 3).

 

 

Figure 3 Oomycete effector translocation (Image taken from Wawra et al., 2012 Current Opinion in Microbiology doi:10.1016/j.mib.2012.10.008).

 

 4 Research into oomycete-insect interactions

 

Figure 4 Saprolegnia infections of waterborne insects (Image taken from Sarowar et al. 2013 Fungal Biology 117: 752-763).

 

5 Research into oomycete-algae interactions. 

Figure 5 Eurychasma infections in Ectocarpus (Image taken from Strittmatter et al., 2015, Plant Cell & Environment doi: 10.1111/pce.12533).

 

6 Discovering and describing novel oomycete species 

Figure 6 Oospores of Pythium polare, a pathogen of moss from the arctic and antarctic regions (Image taken from Tojo et al. 2012, Fungal Biology doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2012.04.005).

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Eukaryotic Microbiology lectures in course BI25M5 (Microbes, Infection & Immunity)

Molecular Plant Pathology lectures in course AG3816 (Biology and Ecology of Plant Disease)

Publications

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  • Specific Phylotypes of Saprolegnia parasitica Associated with Atlantic Salmon Freshwater Aquaculture

    Shreves, K., Saraiva, M., Ruba, T., Miller, C., Scott, M., McLaggan, D., van West, P.
    Journal of Fungi, vol. 10, no. 1, 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Advancements, deficiencies, and future necessities of studying Saprolegniales: A semi-quantitative review of 1073 published papers

    Masigol, H., van West, P., Taheri, S. R., Fregeneda-Grandes, J. M., Pârvulescu, L., McLaggan, D., Bliss, T. T., Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, R., Pourmoghaddam, M. J., Grossart, H. P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 46, 100319
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Evidence of a Natural Hybrid Oomycete Isolated from Ornamental Nursery Stock

    Benavent Celma, C., McLaggan, D., van West, P., Woodward, S.
    Journal of Fungi, vol. 9, no. 6, 627
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diseases and disorders in fish due to harmful algal blooms

    Shahmohamadloo, R. S., Frenken, T., Rudman, S. M., van West, P., Ibelings, B. W., Trainer, V. L.
    Climate Change on Diseases and Disorders of Finfish in Cage Culture. Woo, P. T. K., Subasinghe, R. P. (eds.). 3 edition. CABI International, pp. 387-429, 43 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The molecular dialog between oomycete effectors and their plant and animal hosts

    Saraiva, M., Ściślak, M. E., Ascurra, Y. T., Ferrando, T. M., Zic, N., Henard, C., van West, P., Trusch, F., Vleeshouwers, V. G.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 43, 100289
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Survival of Phytophthora cryptogea and Phytophthora cactorum in Commercial Potting Substrates for Eucalyptus globulus Plants

    Benavent-Celma, C., McLaggan, D., van West, P., Woodward, S.
    Agriculture (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 3, 581
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of abiotic factors and husbandry on saprolegniosis in salmonid farms

    Tedesco, P., Saraiva, M., Sandoval-Sierra, J. V., Alves, M. T., Galuppi, R., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., van West, P., Cook, A., Posen, P., Oidtmann, B., Fioravanti, M.
    Aquaculture, vol. 561, 738679
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union

    Benavent-Celma, C., López-García, N., Ruba, T., Ściślak, M. E., Street-Jones, D., van West, P., Woodward, S., Witzell, J.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 40, pp. 19-36
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Can Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis (UDN) in Atlantic salmon be attributed to ultraviolet radiation and secondary Saprolegnia parasitica infections?

    Henard, C., Saraiva, M. R., Ściślak, M. E., Ruba, T., McLaggan, D., Noguera, P., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 40, pp. 70-75
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Transformation systems, gene silencing and gene editing technologies in oomycetes

    Ghimire, B., Saraiva, M., Andersen, C. B., Gogoi, A., Saleh, M., Zic, N., van West, P., Brurberg, M. B.
    Fungal Biology Reviews
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Saprolegniales and Fungi Isolated from Temperate Lakes in Northeast Germany

    Masigol, H., Woodhouse, J. N., van West, P., Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, R., Rojas-Jimenez, K., Goldhammer, T., Khodaparast, S. A., Grossart, H.
    Journal of Fungi, vol. 7, no. 11, 968
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evaluation of potential transfer of the pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica between farmed salmonids and wild fish

    Tedesco, P., Saraiva, M., Sandoval-Sierra, J. V., Fioravanti, M. L., Morandi, B., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., Van West, P., Galuppi, R.
    Pathogens, vol. 10, no. 8, 926
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Pathogenicity and Host Range of Pythium kashmirense: a soil-borne oomycete recently discovered in the UK

    Benavent Celma, C., Puertolas, A., McLaggan, D., van West, P., Woodward, S.
    Journal of Fungi, vol. 7, no. 6, 479
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Development of a 3D spheroid cell culture system from fish cell lines for in vitro infection studies: Evaluation with Saprolegnia parasitica

    Faber, M. N., Sojan, J. M., Saraiva, M., van West, P., Secombes, C. J.
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 701-710
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Transcriptome analysis reveals immune pathways underlying resistance in the common carp Cyprinus carpio against the oomycete Aphanomyces invadans

    Verma, D. K., Peruzza, L., Trusch, F., Yadav, M. K., Ravindra, , Shubin, S. V., Morgan, K. L., Mohindra, V., Hauton, C., van West, P., Pradhan, P. K., Sood, N.
    Genomics, vol. 113, no. 1P2, pp. 944-956
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The chaperone Lhs1 contributes to the virulence of the fish-pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans

    Iberahim, N. A., Sood, N., Pradhan, P. K., van den Boom, J., van West, P., Trusch, F.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 124, no. 12, pp. 1024-1031
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular insights into the mechanisms of susceptibility of Labeo rohita against oomycete Aphanomyces invadans

    Pradhan, P. K., Verma, D. K., Peruzza, L., Gupta, S., Haq, S. A., Shubin, S. V., Morgan, K. L., Trusch, F., Mohindra, V., Hauton, C., van West, P., Sood, N.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 19531
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Saprolegnia infection after vaccination in Atlantic salmon is associated with differential expression of stress and immune genes in the host

    Beckmann, M. J., Saraiva, M., McLaggan, D., Pottinger, T. G., van West, P.
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 106, pp. 1095-1105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii

    Murua, P., Müller, D. G., Etemadi, M., van West, P., Gachon, C. M. M.
    New Phytologist, vol. 226, no. 5, pp. 1445-1460
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae)

    Murúa, P., Edrada-Ebel, R., Munoz, L., Soldatou, S., Legrave, N., Müller, D. G., Patino, D., van West, P., Kuepper, F., Westermeier, R., Ebel, R., Peters, A. F.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 8279
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The influence of depth and season on the benthic communities of a Macrocystis pyrifera forest in the Falkland Islands

    Beaton, E. C., Küpper, F. C., van West, P., Brewin, P. E., Brickle, P.
    Polar Biology, vol. 43, pp. 573-586
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Biological Concepts for the Control of Aquatic Zoosporic Diseases

    Frenken, T., Agha, R., Schmeller, D. S., van West, P., Wolinska, J.
    Trends in Parasitology, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 571-582
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Exophiala angulospora infection in hatchery reared lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) broodstock

    Saraiva, M., Beckmann, M. J., Pflaum, S., Pearson, M., Carcajona, D., Treasurer, J. W., Van West, P.
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 335-343
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The fungal ecology of seabird nesting sites in the Falkland Islands indicates a niche for mycoparasites

    Hargreaves, J., Brickle, P., Van West, P.
    Fungal Ecology, vol. 36, pp. 99-108
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cell entry of a host targeting protein of oomycetes requires gp96

    Trusch, F., Loebach, L., Wawra, S., Durward, E., Wuensch, A., Iberahim, N. A., De Bruijn, I., MacKenzie, K. S., Willems, A., Toloczko-Grabarek, A., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., Rasmussen, T., Schrader, T., Bayer, P., Secombes, C. J., Van West, P.
    Nature Communications, vol. 9, pp. 1-12
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Aphanomyces invadans, the causal agent of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome, is a global threat to wild and farmed fish

    Iberahim, N. A., Trusch, F., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 118-130
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Galleria melonella as an experimental in vivo host model for the fish-pathogenic oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica

    Wuensch, A., Trusch, F., Iberahim, N. A., Van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 122, no. 2-3, pp. 182-189
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Specialized attachment structure of the fish pathogenic oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica

    Rezinciuc, S., Sandoval-Sierra, J. V., Ruiz-León, Y., Van West, P., Diéguez-Uribeondo, J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 13, no. 1, e0190361
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maullinia braseltonii sp. nov. (Rhizaria, Phytomyxea, Phagomyxida): A Cyst-forming Parasite of the Bull Kelp Durvillaea spp. (Stramenopila, Phaeophyceae, Fucales)

    Murua, P., Goecke, F., Westermeier, R., Van West, P., Kuepper, F. C., Neuhauser, S.
    Protist, vol. 168, no. 4, pp. 468-480
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hook, Line and Infection: A Guide to Culturing Parasites, Establishing Infections and Assessing Immune Responses in the Three-Spined Stickleback

    Stewart, A., Jackson, J., Barber, I., Eizaguirre, C., Paterson, R., van West, P., Williams, C., Cable, J.
    Advances in Parasitology, vol. 98, pp. 39-109
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The RxLR Motif of the Host Targeting Effector AVR3a of Phytophthora infestans Is Cleaved Before Secretion

    Wawra, S., Trusch, F., Matena, A., Apostolakis, K., Linne, U., Zhukov, I., Stanek, J., Koźmiński, W., Davidson, I., Secombes, C. J., Bayer, P., Van West, P.
    The Plant Cell, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1184-1195
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation of fungal pathogens from eggs of the endangered sea turtle species Chelonia mydas in Ascension Island

    Sarmiento-Ramirez, J. M., Sim, J., Van West, P., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 661-667
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Marine benthic algal flora of Ascension Island, South Atlantic

    Tsiamis, K., Peters, A. F., Shewring, D. M., Asensi, A. O., Van West, P., Küpper, F. C.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 681-688
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Novel lineage of a green alga and Acremonium stroudii (Ascomycota) sp. nov. reported from Ascension Island

    Fletcher, K. I. G., Sim, J., Williams, N., Weber, N., Kuepper, F. C., Van West, P.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 669-679
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Emerging oomycete threats to plants and animals

    Derevnina, L., Petre, B., Kellner, R., Dagdas, Y. F., Sarowar, M. N., Giannakopoulou, A., De la Concepcion, J. C., Chaparro-Garcia, A., Pennington, H. G., Van West, P., Kamoun, S.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 371, no. 1709, 20150459
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nonagonal cadherins: A new protein family found within the Stramenopiles

    Fletcher, K. I. G., van West, P., Gachon, C. M. M.
    Gene, vol. 593, no. 1, pp. 64-75
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arctic marine phytobenthos of northern Baffin Island

    Küpper, F. C., Peters, A. F., Shewring, D. M., Sayer, M. D. J., Mystikou, A., Brown, H., Azzopardi, E., Dargent, O., Strittmatter, M., Brennan, D., Asensi, A. O., Van West, P., Wilce, R. T.
    Journal of Phycology, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 532-549
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mobilization of Pollutant-Degrading Bacteria by Eukaryotic Zoospores

    Sungthong, R., Van West, P., Heyman, F., Funck Jensen, D., Ortega-Calvo, J. J.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 7633-7640
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A thicker chorion gives ova of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) the upper hand against Saprolegnia infections

    Songe, M., Willems, A., Sarowar, M. N., Rajan, K., Evensen, O., Drynan, K., Skaar, I., Van West, P.
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 879-888
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • NmPin from the marine thaumarchaeote Nitrosopumilus maritimus is an active membrane associated prolyl isomerase.

    Hoppstock, L., Trusch, F., Lederer, C., Van West, P., Koenneke, M., Bayer, P.
    BMC Biology, vol. 14, pp. 1-15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New records and reassessment of macroalgae and associated pathogens from the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

    Mystikou, A., Asensi, A. O., Müller, D. G., Peters, A. F., Tsiamis, K., Shewring, D. M., Fletcher, K. I., Westermeier, R., Brickle, P., Van West, P., Kuepper, F. C.
    Botanica Marina, vol. 59, no. 2-3, pp. 105-121
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Saprolegnia diclina IIIA and S. parasitica employ different infection strategies when colonizing eggs of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

    Songe, M. M., Willems, A., Wiik-Nielsen, J., Thoen, E., Evensen, O., van West, P., Skaar, I.
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 343-352
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Export of malaria proteins requires co-translational processing of the PEXEL motif independent of phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding

    Boddey, J. A., O'Neill, M. T., Lopaticki, S., Carvalho, T. G., Hodder, A. N., Nebl, T., Wawra, S., Van West, P., Ebrahimzadeh, Z., Richard, D., Flemming, S., Spielmann, T., Pryzborski, J., Babon, J. J., Cowman, A. F.
    Nature Communications, vol. 7, pp. 1-14
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Infection of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus by the oomycete Eurychasma dicksonii induces oxidative stress and halogen metabolism

    Strittmatter, M., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Breithut, L., Van West, P., Gachon, C. M. M., Kuepper, F. C.
    Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 259-271
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Chaxapeptin, a Lasso Peptide from Extremotolerant Streptomyces leeuwenhoekii Strain C58 from the Hyperarid Atacama Desert

    Elsayed, S. S., Trusch, F., Deng, H., Raab, A., Prokes, I., Busarakam, K., Asenjo, J. A., Andrews, B. A., van West, P., Bull, A. T., Goodfellow, M., Yi, Y., Ebel, R., Jaspars, M., Rateb, M. E.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 80, no. 20, pp. 10252-10260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Development of eukaryotic zoospores within polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-polluted environments: A set of behaviors that are relevant for bioremediation

    Sungthong, R., Van West, P., Cantos, M., Ortega-Calvo, J. J.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 511, pp. 767-776
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Erratum to Role of pathogen-derived cell wall carbohydrates and prostaglandin E2 in immune response and suppression of fish immunity by the oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica

    Belmonte, R., Wang, T., Duncan, G. J., Skaar, I., Mélida, H., Bulone, V., van West, P., Secombes, C. J., Appleton, J. (ed.)
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 454
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Disease Resistance In Brown Algae: Mechanisms and Heritability

    Strittmatter, M., Gachon, C. M. M., Mueller, D. G., Tsirigoti, A., Wawra, S., Beckmann, M., Katsaros, C., van West, P., Kuepper, F. C.
    European journal of phycology, vol. 50, no. Supp 1, pp. 48-49
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • New record and phylogenetic affinities of the oomycete Olpidiopsis feldmanni infecting Asparagopsis sp. (Rhodophyta)

    Fletcher, K., Zuljevic, A., Tsirigoti, A., Antolic, B., Katsaros, C. I., Nikolic, V., Van West, P., Kuepper, F. C.
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 45-57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The pathogens of brown algae Anisolpidium ectocarpii and Anisolpidium rosenvingei define a new class of marine anteriorly uniciliate oomycetes

    Gachon, C. M. M., Fletcher, K. I., Badis, Y., van West, P., Mueller, D. G.
    European journal of phycology, vol. 50, no. sup 1, pp. 25-26
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Fish Vaccine

    Wawra, S., Van West, P., Secombes, C. J.
    Patents: Patents

  • Role of Pathogen-Derived Cell Wall Carbohydrates and Prostaglandin E2 in Immune Response and Suppression of Fish Immunity by the Oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica

    Belmonte, R., Wang, T., Duncan, G. J., Skaar, I., Mélida, H., Bulone, V., van West, P., Secombes, C. J.
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 82, no. 11, pp. 4518-4529
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seaweed biodiversity in the south-western Antarctic Peninsula: surveying macroalgal community composition in the Adelaide Island/Marguerite Bay region over a 35-year time span

    Mystikou, A., Peters, A. F., Asensi, A. O., Fletcher, K. I., Brickle, P., van West, P., Convey, P., Kuepper, F. C.
    Polar Biology, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1607-1619
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Deciphering microbial landscapes of fish eggs to mitigate emerging diseases

    Liu, Y., de Bruijn, I., Jack, A. L., Drynan, K., van den Berg, A. H., Thoen, E., Sandoval-Sierra, V., Skaar, I., van West, P., Diéguez-Uribeondo, J., van der Voort, M., Mendes, R., Mazzola, M., Raaijmakers, J. M.
    The ISME Journal, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 2002-2014
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Infection strategies of pathogenic oomycetes in fish

    Sarowar, M. N., Saraiva, M., Jessop, C. N., Lilje, O., Gleason, F. H., West, P. v.
    Freshwater Fungi: and Fungal-like Organisms. Jones, E. B. G., Hyde, K. D., Pang, K. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter, pp. 217-244, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • A putative serine protease, SpSsp1, from Saprolegnia parasitica is recognised by sera of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Minor, K. L., Anderson, V. L., Davis, K. S., Van Den Berg, A. H., Christie, J. S., Loebach, L., Faruk, A. R., Wawra, S., Secombes, C. J., Van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 118, no. 7, pp. 630-639
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Animal pathogenic Oomycetes

    van West, P., Beakes, G. W.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 118, no. 7, pp. 525-526
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reprint of: Saprolegnia strains isolated from river insects and amphipods are broad spectrum pathogens

    Sarowar, M. N., van den Berg, A. H., McLaggan, D., Young, M. R., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 118, no. 7, pp. 579-590
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Auto-aggregation in zoospores of Phytophthora infestans: the cooperative roles of bioconvection and chemotaxis

    Savory, A. I. M., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Wawra, S., van West, P., Davidson, F. A.
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 11, no. 94, 20140017
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Global distribution of two fungal pathogens threatening endangered sea turtles

    Sarmiento-Ramirez, J. M., Abella-Perez, E., Phillott, A. D., Sim, J., van West, P., Martin, M. P., Marco, A., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 1, e85853
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Parental transfer of the antimicrobial protein LBP/BPI protects Biomphalaria glabrata eggs against oomycete infections

    Baron, O. L., van West, P., Industri, B., Ponchet, M., Dubreuil, G., Gourbal, B., Reichhart, J., Coustau, C.
    PLoS Pathogens, vol. 9, no. 12, e1003792
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Managing scientific diving operations in a remote location: the Canadian high Arctic

    Sayer, M. D. J., Kuepper, F. C., van West, P., Wilson, C. M., Brown, H., Azzopardi, E.
    Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 239-243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Saprolegnia strains isolated from river insects and amphipods are broad spectrum pathogens

    Sarowar, M. N., van den Berg, A. H., McLaggan, D., Young, M. R., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 117, no. 11-12, pp. 752-763
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of the water moulds Saprolegnia diclina and Saprolegnia parasitica on natural ecosystems and the aquaculture industry

    Van Den Berg, A. H., McLaggan, D., Dieguez-Uribeond, J., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 33-42
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Distinctive expansion of potential virulence genes in the genome of the oomycete fish pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica

    Jiang, R. H. Y., de Bruijn, I., Haas, B. J., Belmonte, R., Löbach, L., Christie, J., van den Ackerveken, G., Bottin, A., Bulone, V., Díaz-Moreno, S. M., Dumas, B., Fan, L., Gaulin, E., Govers, F., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Horner, N. R., Levin, J. Z., Mammella, M., Meijer, H. J. G., Morris, P., Nusbaum, C., Oome, S., Phillips, A. J., van Rooyen, D., Rzeszutek, E., Saraiva, M., Secombes, C. J., Seidl, M. F., Snel, B., Stassen, J. H. M., Sykes, S., Tripathy, S., van den Berg, H., Vega-Arreguin, J. C., Wawra, S., Young, S. K., Zeng, Q., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., Russ, C., Tyler, B. M., van West, P.
    PLoS Genetics, vol. 9, no. 6, e1003272
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • In Vitro Trans location Experiments with RxLR-Reporter Fusion Proteins of Avr1b from Phytophthora sojae and AVR3a from Phytophthora infestans Fail to Demonstrate Specific Autonomous Uptake in Plant and Animal Cells

    Wawra, S., Djamei, A., Albert, I., Nuernberger, T., Kahmann, R., van West, P.
    Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 528-536
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A family of small tyrosine rich proteins is essential for oogonial and oospore cell wall development of the mycoparasitic oomycete Pythium oligandrum

    Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Horner, N. R., Phillips, A. J., Beakes, G. W., Van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 163-172
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Secretion, delivery and function of oomycete effector proteins

    Wawra, S., Belmonte, R., Löbach, L., Saraiva, M., Willems, A., van West, P.
    Current Opinion in Microbiology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 685-691
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Avirulence protein 3a (AVR3a) from the potato pathogen Phytophthora infestans forms homodimers through its predicted translocation region and does not specifically bind phospholipids

    Wawra, S., Agacan, M., Boddey, J. A., Davidson, I., Gachon, C. M. M., Zanda, M., Grouffaud, S., Whisson, S. C., Birch, P. R. J., Porter, A. J., van West, P.
    The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 287, no. 45, pp. 38101-38109
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Immune Gene Expression in Trout Cell Lines Infected with the Fish Pathogenic Oomycete Saprolegnia Parasitica

    Bruijn, I. d., Belmonte, R., Anderson, V. L., Saraiva, M., Wang, T., West, P. v., Secombes, C. J.
    Developmental and Comparative Immunology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 44-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Pythium polare, a new heterothallic oomycete causing brown discolouration of Sanionia uncinata in the Arctic and Antarctic

    Tojo, M., Van West, P., Hoshino, T., Kida, K., Fujii, H., Hakoda, A., Kawaguchi, Y., Mühlhauser, H. A., Van Den Berg, A. H., Küpper, F. C., Herrero, M. L., Klemsdal, S. S., Tronsmo, A. M., Kanda, H.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 116, no. 7, pp. 756-768
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Host-targeting protein 1 (SpHtp1) from the oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica translocates specifically into fish cells in a tyrosine-O-sulphate-dependent manner

    Wawra, S. W., Bain, J. M., Durward, E., de Bruijn, I., Minor, K., Matena, A., Lobach, L., Whisson, S., Bayer, P., Porter, A. J. R., Birch, P., Secombes, C. J., Van West, P.
    PNAS, vol. 109, no. 6, pp. 2096-2101
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evidence for involvement of Dicer-like, Argonaute and histone deacetylase proteins in gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans

    Vetukuri, R. R., Avrova, A. O., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., van West, P., Soderbom, F., Savenkov, E. I., Whisson, S. C., Dixelius, C.
    Molecular Plant Pathology, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 772-785
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A molecular insight into algal-oomycete warfare: cDNA analysis of Ectocarpus siliculosus infected with the basal oomycete Eurychasma dicksonii

    Grenville-Briggs, L., Gachon, C. M. M., Strittmatter, M., Sterck, L., Kuepper, F. C., van West, P.
    PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 9, e24500
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Presence/absence, differential expression and sequence polymorphisms between PiAVR2 and PiAVR2-like in Phytophthora infestans determine virulence on R2 plants

    Gilroy, E. M., Breen, S., Whisson, S. C., Squires, J., Hein, I., Kaczmarek, M., Turnbull, D., Boevink, P. C., Lokossou, A., Cano, L. M., Morales, J., Avrova, A. O., Pritchard, L., Randall, E., Lees, A., Govers, F., van West, P., Kamoun, S., Vleeshouwers, V. G. A. A., Cooke, D. E. L., Birch, P. R. J.
    New Phytologist, vol. 191, no. 3, pp. 736-776
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The putative RxLR effector protein SpHtp1 from the fish pathogenic oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica is translocated into fish cells

    van West, P., de Bruijn, I., Minor, K. L., Phillips, A. J., Robertson, E. J., Wawra, S., Bain, J., Anderson, V. L., Secombes, C. J.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 310, no. 2, pp. 127-137
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • YbdG in Escherichia coli is a threshold-setting mechanosensitive channel with MscM activity

    Schumann, U., Edwards, M. D., Rasmussen, T., Bartlett, W., van West, P., Booth, I. R.
    PNAS, vol. 107, no. 28, pp. 12664-12669
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Towards an understanding on how RxLR-effector proteins are translocated from oomycetes into host cells

    Grouffaud, S., Whisson, S., Birch, P., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 24, no. 1-2, pp. 27-36
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Saprolegnia and other Oomycetes

    Bruno, D., van West, P., Beakes, G.
    Fish Diseases and Disorders: Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Infections. Bruno, D. W., Woo, P. T. K. (eds.). 2nd edition. CABI International, pp. 669-720
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire

    Lévesque, C. A., Brouwer, H., Cano, L., Hamilton, J. P., Holt, C., Huitema, E., Raffaele, S., Robideau, G. P., Thines, M., Win, J., Zerillo, M. M., Beakes, G. W., Boore, J. L., Busam, D., Dumas, B., Ferriera, S., Fuerstenberg, S. I., Gachon, C. M. M., Gaulin, E., Govers, F., Grenville-Briggs, L., Horner, N., Hostetler, J., Jiang, R. H. Y., Johnson, J., Krajaejun, T., Lin, H., Meijer, H. J. G., Moore, B., Morris, P., Phuntmart, V., Puiu, D., Shetty, J., Stajich, J. E., Tripathy, S., Wawra, S., van West, P., Whitty, B. R., Coutinho, P. M., Henrissat, B., Martin, F., Thomas, P. D., Tyler, B. M., De Vries, R. P., Kamoun, S., Yandell, M., Tisserat, N., Buell, C. R.
    Genome Biology, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. R73
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identification of appressorial and mycelial cell wall proteins and a survey of the membrane proteome of Phytophthora infestans

    Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Avrova, A., Hay, R., Bruce, C., Whisson, S., Van West, P.
    Fungal Biology, vol. 114, pp. 702-723
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seaweed and oomycete benthic diversity in the Canadian Marine Arctic: managing scientific diving operations in a remote location

    Sayer, M., Küpper, F., van West, P., Wilson, C., Brown, H., Azzopardi, E.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Seaweed and oomycete diversity in the Canadian Marine Arctic

    Küpper, F. C., van West, P., Sayer, M. D. J., Kawai, H., Brown, H., Azzopardi, E., Dargent, O., Strittmatter, M., Wilce, R. T.
    Ocean Explorer, vol. 35, no. Summer, pp. 12-13
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans

    Haas, B. J., Kamoun, S., Zody, M. C., Jiang, R. H. Y., Handsaker, R. E., Cano, L. M., Grabherr, M., Kodira, C. D., Raffaele, S., Torto-Alalibo, T., Bozkurt, T. O., Ah-Fong, A. M. V., Alvarado, L., Anderson, V., Armstrong, M. R., Avrova, A., Baxter, L., Beynon, J., Boevink, P. C., Bollmann, S. R., Bos, J. I. B., Bulone, V., Cai, G., Cakir, C., Carrington, J. C., Chawner, M., Conti, L., Costanzo, S., Ewan, R., Fahlgren, N., Fischbach, M. A., Fugelstad, J., Gilroy, E. M., Gnerre, S., Green, P. J., Grenville-Briggs, L., Griffith, J., Grünwald, N. J., Horn, K., Horner, N. R., Hu, C., Huitema, E., Jeong, D., Jones, A. M. E., Jones, J. D. G., Jones, R. W., Karlsson, E. K., Kunjeti, S. G., Lamour, K., Liu, Z., Ma, L., Maclean, D., Chibucos, M. C., McDonald, H., McWalters, J., Meijer, H. J. G., Morgan, W., Morris, P. F., Munro, C. A., O'Neill, K., Ospina-Giraldo, M., Pinzón, A., Pritchard, L., Ramsahoye, B., Ren, Q., Restrepo, S., Roy, S., Sadanandom, A., Savidor, A., Schornack, S., Schwartz, D. C., Schumann, U., Schwessinger, B., Seyer, L., Sharpe, T., Silvar, C., Song, J., Studholme, D. J., Sykes, S., Thines, M., van de Vondervoort, P. J. I., Phuntumart, V., Wawra, S. W., Weide, R., Win, J., Young, C., Zhou, S., Fry, W., Meyers, B. C., Van West, P., Ristaino, J., Govers, F., Birch, P. R. J., Whisson, S. C., Judelson, H. S., Nusbaum, C.
    Nature, vol. 461, no. 7262, pp. 393-398
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mechanisms and Application of Gene Silencing in Oomycetes

    Whisson, S. C., Avrova, A. O., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., van West, P.
    Oomycete Genetics and Genomics: Diversity, Interactions and Research Tools. Lamour, K., Kamoun, S. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 493-516, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Saprolegnia: Fish Interactions

    Robertson, E. J., Anderson, V. L., Secombes, C. J., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., van West, P.
    Oomycete Genetics and Genomics: Diversity, Interactions and Research Tools. Lamour, K., Kamoun, S. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 407-424, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Paenibacillus polymyxa antagonizes oomycete plant pathogens Phytophthora palmivora and Pythium aphanidermatum

    Timmusk, S., Van West, P., Gow, N. A. R., Huffstutler, R. P.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 106, no. 5, pp. 1473-1481
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Towards understanding the virulence functions of RXLR effectors of the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans

    Birch, P. R. J., Armstrong, M., Bos, J., Boevink, P., Gilroy, E. M., Taylor, R. M., Wawra, S., Pritchard, L., Conti, L., Ewan, R., Whisson, S. C., van West, P., Sadanandom, A., Kamoun, S.
    Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1133-1140
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Plasmodium falciparum and Hyaloperonospora parasitica effector translocation motifs are functional in Phytophthora infestans

    Grouffaud, S., van West, P., Avrova, A. O., Birch, P. R. J., Whisson, S. C.
    Microbiology , vol. 154, no. 12, pp. 3743-3751
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A novel Phytophthora infestans haustorium-specific membrane protein is required for infection of potato

    Avrova, A. O., Boevink, P. C., Young, V., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., van West, P., Birch, P. R. J., Whisson, S. C.
    Cellular Microbiology, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2271-2284
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A putative DEAD-box RNA-helicase is required for normal zoospore development in the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans

    Walker, C. A., Koppe, M., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Avrova, A. O., Horner, N. R., McKinnon, A. D., Whisson, S. C., Birch, P. R. J., van West, P.
    Fungal Genetics and Biology, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 954-962
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Internuclear gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans is established through chromatin remodelling

    van West, P., Shepherd, S. J., Walker, C. A., Li, S., Appiah, A. A., Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Govers, F., Gow, N. A. R.
    Microbiology , vol. 154, no. 5, pp. 1482-1490
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gene expression profiling during asexual development of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans reveals a highly dynamic transcriptome

    Judelson, H. S., Ah-Fong, A. M. V., Aux, G., Avrova, A. O., Bruce, C., Calkir, C., da Cunha, L., Grenville-Briggs, L., Latijnhouwers, M., Ligterink, W., Meijer, H. J. G., Roberts, S., Thurber, C. S., Whisson, S. C., Birch, P. R. J., Govers, F., Kamoun, S., van West, P., Windass, J.
    Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 433-447
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cellulose synthesis in Phytophthora infestans is required for normal appressorium formation and successful infection of potato

    Grenville-Briggs, L. J., Anderson, V. L., Fugelstad, J., Avrova, A. O., Bouzenzana, J., Williams, A., Wawra, S., Whisson, S. C., Birch, P. R. J., Bulone, V., van West, P.
    The Plant Cell, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 720-738
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Exploitation of fungi: Symposium of the British mycological society held at the University of Manchester September 2005

    Robson, G. D. (ed.), van West, P. (ed.), Gadd, G. M. (ed.)
    Cambridge University Press. 345 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Preface: Exploitation of Fungi

    Robson, G. D., van West, P., Gadd, G. M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts

  • New insights into animal pathogenic oomycetes

    Phillips, A. J., Anderson, V. L., Robertson, E. J., Secombes, C. J., Van West, P.
    Trends in Microbiology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 13-19
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells

    Whisson, S. C., Boevink, P. C., Moleleki, L., Avrova, A. O., Morales, J. G., Gilroy, E. M., Armstrong, M. R., Grouffaud, S., van West, P., Chapman, S., Hein, I., Toth, I. K., Pritchard, L., Birch, P. R. J.
    Nature, vol. 450, no. 7166, pp. 115-118
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Zoospore development in the oomycetes

    Walker, C., van West, P.
    Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 10-18
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Proteomics of plant interacting oomycetes and fungi

    Bruce, C. R., Van West, P., Grenville-Briggs, L. J.
    Microbial Proteomics: Functional biology of whole organisms. Humphery-Smith, I., Hecker, M. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 271-283, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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