Elizabeth K. Brauer

Research Scientist

Cereal Phenomics

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Ottawa, Ontario

Current research and/or projects

Molecular Plant Pathology
Cereal Defense Response and Genetic Improvement
Pre-harvest Sprouting Resistance
Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping

Education and awards

Ph.D., Cornell University, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology

M.Sc., University of Guelph, Plant Agriculture

B.Sc., University of Guelph, Plant Biotechnology

International experience and/or work

Research Assistant at the International Potato Center (Peru)

Additional links

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Research Gate

Key publications

This work describes efforts to identify genes involved in germination and dormancy in barley as a way to help address preharvest sprouting in agriculture.
2022 - View publication details
In this work we characterize a mycotoxin virulence factor from the economically important cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum. The gramillin mycotoxin promotes pathogen growth in barley and maize though one variety of barley shows genetic resistance to gramillin. The relationship between gramillin resistance and Fusarium head blight resistance is discussed along with potential mechanisms for gramillin resistance.
2022 - View publication details
Bahadoor, A., Brauer, E.K., Bosnich, W., Schneiderman, D., Johnston, A., Aubin, Y., Blackwell, B., Melanson, J.E., Harris, L.J. (2018). Gramillin A and B: Cyclic Lipopeptides Identified as the Nonribosomal Biosynthetic Products of Fusarium graminearum. Journal of the American Chemical Society, [online] 140(48), 16783-16791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b10017
2018 - View publication details
Plant Biology 2019 Abstract Book.
2018 - View publication details
Proceedings of the 14th European Fusarium Seminar, Tulln, Austria, Apr 8-11, 2018, P. 27, Invited talk. https://www.efs14.at/program.php
2018 - View publication details
Harris, L.J., Bahadoor, A., Brauer, E., Bosnich, W., Schneiderman, D., Aubin, Y., Melanson, J., Khan, I., Gleddie, S., Blackwell, B. Novel Fusarium graminearum cyclic peptides possess phytotoxic activity. 29th Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, Mar 14-19, 2017. Poster presentation.
2017 - View publication details