Adam Mott
Assistant Professor
Campus
UTSC
CSB Appointment
Full
Research Areas
Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology
Education
Ph.D. Harvard University, 2008
B.Sc. University of British Columbia, 2001
Primary Undergraduate Department
Biological Sciences, UTSC
Graduate Programs
Cell & Systems Biology
Research Description
We combine wet lab and computational approaches to study how plants use cell surface receptors to sense their environment, integrate this information, and regulate growth and immunity.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 416-287-7427
Office: SY264
Lab: SY270 Lab 1
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
Canada
Recent News
Publications
2019
Map of physical interactions between extracellular domains of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases
Mott GA, Smakowska-Luzan E, Pasha A, Parys K, Howton TC, Neuhold J, Lehner A, Grünwald K, Stolt-Bergner P, Provart NJ, Mukhtar MS, Desveaux D, Guttman DS, Belkhadir Y
2019, Scientific Data, 10.1038/sdata.2019.25
2018
A High-Sensitivity, Microtiter-Based Plate Assay for Plant Pattern-Triggered Immunity.
Mott GA, Desveaux D, Guttman DS
2018, Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI, 31, 499-504, 29199888
An extracellular network of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases.
Smakowska-Luzan E, Mott GA, Parys K, Stegmann M, Howton TC, Layeghifard M, Neuhold J, Lehner A, Kong J, Grünwald K, Weinberger N, Satbhai SB, Mayer D, Busch W, Madalinski M, Stolt-Bergner P, Provart NJ, Mukhtar MS, Zipfel C, Desveaux D, Guttman DS, Belkhadir Y
2018, Nature, 553, 342-346, 29320478
2017
An Alternative Strategy for Trypanosome Survival in the Mammalian Bloodstream Revealed through Genome and Transcriptome Analysis of the Ubiquitous Bovine Parasite Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri.
Kelly S, Ivens A, Mott GA, O\'Neill E, Emms D, Macleod O, Voorheis P, Tyler K, Clark M, Matthews J, Matthews K, Carrington M
2017, Genome biology and evolution, 9, 2093-2109, 28903536
The study of pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis
Mott GA, Guttman DS, Desveaux D
2017, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 10.1080/07060661.2017.1355850
2016
Genomic screens identify a new phytobacterial microbe-associated molecular pattern and the cognate Arabidopsis receptor-like kinase that mediates its immune elicitation.
Mott GA, Thakur S, Smakowska E, Wang PW, Belkhadir Y, Desveaux D, Guttman DS
2016, Genome biology, 17, 98, 27160854
2014
Immunomodulation by the Pseudomonas syringae HopZ type III effector family in Arabidopsis.
Lewis JD, Wilton M, Mott GA, Lu W, Hassan JA, Guttman DS, Desveaux D
2014, PloS one, 9, e116152, 25546415
The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopF2 suppresses Arabidopsis stomatal immunity.
Hurley B, Lee D, Mott A, Wilton M, Liu J, Liu YC, Angers S, Coaker G, Guttman DS, Desveaux D
2014, PloS one, 9, e114921, 25503437
Peptides and small molecules of the plant-pathogen apoplastic arena.
Mott GA, Middleton MA, Desveaux D, Guttman DS
2014, Frontiers in plant science, 5, 677, 25506352
2011
Targeting cattle-borne zoonoses and cattle pathogens using a novel trypanosomatid-based delivery system.
Mott GA, Wilson R, Fernando A, Robinson A, MacGregor P, Kennedy D, Schaap D, Matthews JB, Matthews KR
2011, PLoS pathogens, 7, e1002340, 22046137
A soluble factor from Trypanosoma cruzi inhibits transforming growth factor-ß-induced MAP kinase activation and gene expression in dermal fibroblasts.
Mott GA, Costales JA, Burleigh BA
2011, PloS one, 6, e23482, 21931601
2009
Modulation of host cell mechanics by Trypanosoma cruzi.
Mott A, Lenormand G, Costales J, Fredberg JJ, Burleigh BA
2009, Journal of cellular physiology, 218, 315-22, 18853412