Dr Camila Zanella

Dr Camila Zanella is a senior post-doctoral researcher in the Plant Pathology team at Niab. Her research focuses on the application of classical genetics studies, plant molecular genetics and genomics to investigate the genetic control of disease resistance and yield components in wheat.

Research projects

Title: The Wheat Alliance - International Collaboration Framework
Duration: 2024-2028
Partners: Aarhus University (lead), University of Copenhagen, University of Utrecht, North Carolina State University, Niab, Crop Science Centre (CSC)
Funder: Novo Nordisk Foundation

Title: Investigating new ways to make spring wheat resistant to multiple diseases
Duration: 2024-2026
Partners: Niab, Cerom (lead), SeCan, OR Genetica, AAFC
Funders: GenomeQuebec

Title: Yellowhammer: A multi-locus strategy for durable yellow rust resistance in wheat, in the face of a rapidly changing pathogen landscape
Duration: October 2018-September 2022
Partners: Niab (lead), UK wheat breeders
Funder: BBSRC LINK (BB/R019231/1)

Title: ToropiAPR: Uncovering the genetic and functional basis of the unique leaf rust resistance in the Brazilian wheat variety Toropi
Duration: August 2013 – December 2019
Partners: Niab (lead), AAFC, Morden, Canada, Embrapa, Brazil, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Funder: Bilateral BBSRC-Embrapa (BB/N01622X/1); BBSRC-pump-priming award (BB/N004477/1); BBSRC International Partnering Award (BB/K021435/1)

Full publication list on ResearchGate and ORCID