Hannah McMillan
Cornell University · Plant Pathology
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Climate models predict global temperature increases of 1-5°C over the next 60 years, which will have detrimental effects on crop performance and will lead to changes in microbial community composition, function, and host interactions. To feed a growing global population, innovative new agricultural methods must be developed to improve plant stress tolerance and crop yield. In my future lab, I hope to leverage my previous experience ranging broadly from biochemistry and molecular biology to genomics and bioinformatics to address some of today’s most pressing questions, including: What makes some microbes pathogenic and others beneficial? What role do microbiota play in preventing plant disease outbreaks or, alternatively, serving as a reservoir for emerging pathogens? How do “plant-microbiome-environment” triangular interactions change under environmental conditions associated with a warming climate?
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