Barbara Howlett

Barbara Howlett is an Australian fungal plant pathologist.

Biography

Howlett received her Bsc with honors from the University of Melbourne in 1970, her MSc from the Australian National University in 1973, and her PhD from the University of Melbourne 1981.[1] She is currently a professor at the University of Melbourne.[2][3]

In 2011 Howlett led an Australian team of researchers who, along with scientists from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, sequenced the genome of the blackleg fungus, which attacks canola crops and, in 2003, caused 90% yield losses in parts of Australia.[4][5] The research saved Australian farms an estimated $18 million in 2012.[6]

She was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology as a fellow in 2012, and the Australian Academy of Science in 2014, which described her as a "leading international fungal plant pathologist".[2][7]

Publications

Howlett has published numerous scholarly works and edited two books:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Howlett, Barbara (2013). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Australian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Professor Barbara Jane Howlett". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "PROF Barbara HOWLETT - The University of Melbourne". www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Uncovering the genome secrets of the Blackleg fungus". The Melbourne Newsroom. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2016. Professor Barbara Howlett from the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne, who led the Australian research team, said the discovery was a significant step towards controlling the rampant Blackleg disease. “The 12,500 genes that constitute the genetic blue print for the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans have been identified and now can be mined to discover how this fungus causes the deadly disease,”
  5. ↑ Gary, Stuart (21 February 2011). "Canola fungus genome unravelled". ABC Local. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Scientific research leads to disease predication - A boon for Australian canola growers". Royal Society of Victoria. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fellows elected in 2012". American Academy of Microbiology. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Sibley, L. David; Howlett, Barbara; Heitman, Joseph (7 June 2012). Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes. John Wiley & Sons.
  9. ↑ Fitt, B.D.L.; Evans, N.; Howlett, B.J.; Cooke, B.M. (10 June 2006). Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker). Springer Science & Business Media.
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