Nicholas Talbot - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• BSc (Hons) Microbiology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK (1983-86)
  
• PhD Molecular Genetics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (1986-90)
  

Career

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (1990-93)
  
• Lecturer (1993-98), Reader (1998-9), Professor of Molecular Genetics (1999-), School of Biosciences, University of Exeter
  
• Head of School, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK (2005-2010)
  
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer, University of Exeter (2010 – 2018)
• Executive Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory (2018 - present)

Current Research Group

Seven postdoctoral research fellows, six PhD students, and two technicians funded by BBSRC, The Halpin Trust, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Syngenta, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the ERC. Successfully supervised 29 PhD students, 23 postdoctoral fellows, 9 international sabbatical visitors and 12 visiting scientists.

Current Research Grants:

• European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award (2012-17) GENBLAST Functional Genomics of Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae – €2,498,733
  
• BBSRC/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/DFID: Sustainable Crop Protection for International Development. Durable Rice Blast Resistance
  
• The Halpin Trust (2008-2012) Halpin Studentship Programme in Rice Blast Research
  
  • £2, 048,969
    
  • £1,930, 312
    
  • £941,148
    
• BBSRC (2009-13) Investigating the molecular genetics of appressorium function by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae £675, 474
  
• Gatsby Charitable foundation Sainsbury Studentship (2008-11) £86, 934
  
• BBSRC (2010-13) Investigating Gene Function in the Rice Blast Fungus by Next Generation DNA Sequencing (IPA with Syngenta) £427,335
  
• EU Marie Curie Training Grant (2010-2013) ARIADNE :MAP kinase signalling in pathogenic fungi £185, 059
  
• BBSRC (2011-14) A functional genomics toolkit for the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. £1,083,864

Editorial Boards

• Current Opinion in Microbiology (Guest Editor, Dec. 2012)
  
• The Plant Cell, Co-Editor (2004-2010),
  
• Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA (2008) Guest Editor
  
• The New Phytologist, Editor (1998-2009)
  
• Molecular Microbiology, Editorial Advisory Board (2003-10),
  

Recent Research Grant Committees

• BBSRC Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (2008-2013)
  
• ERA-NET Plant Genomics (ERA-PG), European Commission (2008)
  
• BBSRC Plant and Microbial Sciences Committee (2003-2008), Vice-Chair (2005-08)
  

Recent Selected External Activities

• Chair of the Board of Directors, Rothamsted Research (2009 - present)
  
• Governing Council, The Sainsbury Laboratory (2007 – present), elected Chair (2013)
  
• Chair, Quinquennial Review of Microbial Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee (2012)
  
• Distinguished International Reviewer, Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence Evaluation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain (2012)