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CURRICULUM VITAE

FRANCINE GOVERS Personal details date and place of birth 19 April 1955, Reek, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands sex and civil status female, married, no children Address Laboratory of Phytopathology private Wageningen University Droevendaalsesteeg 1 Bennekomseweg 148 6708 PB Wageningen 6704 AK Wageningen The Netherlands The Netherlands Phone +31 317 483 138 +31 317 416 553 Mobile +31 6 13 98 06 06 E-mail [email protected] Education High School HBS-B, Titus Brandsma Lyceum, Oss, 1967-1972. Training for X-ray technician, Academic Hospital St. Radboud, Nijmegen, 1972-1975. Phytopathology, Agricultural University Wageningen, 1976-1982. BSc (kandidaatsdiploma) 1980; MSc (ingenieursdiploma) (cum laude), 1982. PhD Plant Molecular Biology, Agricultural University Wageningen, 1982-1986. Title PhD thesis: Expression of nodulin genes in the developing pea root nodule. Graduation date: 16 January 1987. PhD supervisors: Dr. Ton Bisseling and Prof.dr. Ab van Kammen.


Employment record since MSc graduation in 1982 1982: Junior Scientist, Department of Molecular Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The

Netherlands. 1987: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Biology, Wageningen Agricultural

University, The Netherlands. 1990: Staff Member Molecular Phytopathology, DLO Institute for Plant Protection, Wageningen,

The Netherlands. 1990: Assistant Professor, Molecular Phytopathology, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen

University, The Netherlands. Since 1992 Staff Member Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences. Since 2000 Associate Professor, Molecular Phytopathology, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen

University, The Netherlands. Since 2008 Professor ad hominum (personal chair) associated with the Laboratory of Phytopathology,

Wageningen University, The Netherlands. 2009 - 2013 Director of the Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG), a Centre of Excellence under the

auspices of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative. Awards 2012 Elected as member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen. 2011 Award (1,25 m€) from the ‘Food for Thought for Food’ Campaign of the Wageningen University

Fund. 2008 Guest Professorship at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. 2008 Visiting Professorship 2008-2013, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan

Province, China. 2008 Personal Professorship Wageningen University. 2007 CBSG Award 2006 from the Centre for BioSystems Genomics for the most significant contribution

to the Resistance Programme. 2000 ASPASIA laureate; five year grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

(NWO). Title: Research investments in Phytophthora infestans: how to get to know the pathogen? Post-academic training and sabbatical leave 1987 EMBO course ‘Plant Molecular Biology’, 3 weeks, University Ghent, Belgium. 1990 Vrouwen en Management, 2 days Quintrix Communicatie en Advies. 1990 Loopbaantraining, 2 days Organisatie en Adviesbureau Brouwer. 1993 Praktisch Leidinggeven, 3 days Quintrix Communicatie en Advies. 1995 Communicatievaardigheden I, 3 days Agrarische Onderwijskunde LUW. 1996 Schriftelijke Studiemateriaal, 3 days Agrarische Onderwijskunde LUW. 1996 Mondeling Presenteren, 2 days Agrarische Onderwijskunde LUW. 1998 Persoonlijke Effectiviteit, 6 days Bureau Wil Kamminga. December 1996 - April 1997 Sabbatical leave at the Plant Cell Biology Department, Research School of

Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.


Teaching activities co-ordination and lecturer, or contribution as lecturer 1991-2000 Several practicals and lecture courses in ‘Introductory, Advanced and Molecular

Phytopathology’ for undergraduates. contribution as lecturer and tutor since 2000 Advanced Phytopathology (G200-215) and Plant Microbe Interactions (PHP-30304)

for BSc and MSc students. 2000-2005 Introduction Plant (and Crop) Sciences (YLS-11804 and YLS-13306) to BSc

students. 2001-2006 Cell Biology (CBI-10306) for BSc students. 2001-2004 Plant Biotechnology (PBR-20304) for BSc students. 2001-2005 Introduction Biology (YLS-10304) for BSc students. 2002-2014 Genomics (ABG-30306) for MSc students. 2004 & 2005 Evolutionary Phytopathology: from Champaign to Champignon (PHP-90303) for BSc

students. Since 2013 Integrated Pest Management (ENT-20806) for BSc students. 2014-2016 Ecological Aspects of Bio-interactions (ENT-30306) for MSc students. Since 2014 Plant Biotechnology (GEN-20806) for BSc and MSc students. Since 2014 Frontiers in Biology (YBI-37806) for MSc students. Since 2014 Dilemma’s in Food Security and Food Safety (NEM-32806) for MSc students. Since 2018 Genomics (ABG-30306) for MSc students. Since 2019 Invertebrates, Algae and Fungi (EZO-20306) for BSc students. co-ordination and lecturer 2007-2016 The Magic of Mushroom and Mould Biology (PHP-50306) for BSc and MSc students.

(until 2013 this was the course Magical Mushrooms, Slayers and Sex; How Moulds Mould Society).

Since 2018 Fundamentals in Plant Pathology and Entomology (PHP-21303) for BSc and MSc students.

research training since 1984 research training MSc students. since 1990 daily supervisor, co-promoter and external supervisor of PhD students. since 1993 guidance of post-doc’s.


Research activities topics - Phytophthora-host interactions. - Phytophthora effectors and avirulence factors. - Virulence targets in potato and Arabidopsis. - Signal transduction in Phytophthora. - Phytophthora cytoskeleton. - Oomycete biology, comparative genomics and pathogenomics. summary of scientific output - ≈145 scientific publications in refereed journals - 5 refereed chapters in books - 19 contributions to proceedings. - 6 editorships of books and special issues of journals. - 79 oral presentations, 29 of which as invited speaker or keynote speaker (2001-2018). - Web of Science h-index 46; sum of times cited 7544 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-5616-2009 - Google Scholar h-index 55; citations 11986 http://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=J8ijeZUAAAAJ&hl=en principal investigator of Phytophthora research group since 1990 size of the group varies from 5 to 10 (1-2 post-doc’s, 2-5 PhD students, 1-2 technicians and 1-3 MSc

students). Status January 2018: 1 post-doc, 6 PhD students and 4 MSc students. PhD thesis supervisor and co-promotor of: 1. Pieterse, C.M.J. Differential gene expression in Phytophthora infestans during pathogenesis on

potato. PhD-thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 151 pp. October 27, 1993 2. Drenth, A. Molecular genetic evidence for a new sexually reproducing population of Phytophthora

infestans in Europe. PhD-thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 150 pp. April 15, 1994 3. Zwankhuizen, M.J. Potato late blight epidemics and population structure of Phytophthora infestans. PhD-

thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 147 pp. December 8, 1998 4. Van West, P. Molecular tools to unravel the role of genes from Phytophthora infestans. PhD-thesis WU

Wageningen, The Netherlands. 150 pp. January 14, 2000 5. Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. Molecular and cellular biology of resistance to Phytophthora infestans in

Solanum species. PhD-thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 136 pp. January 5, 2001 6. Latijnhouwers, M.J.M. The role of heterotrimeric G-proteins in development and virulence of

Phytophthora infestans. PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 157 pp. April 29, 2003 7. van der Lee, T. Genetic analysis of Phytophthora infestans. PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The

Netherlands. 112 pp. October 3, 2003 8. Jiang, R.H.Y. Footprints of evolution: the dynamics of effector genes in the Phytophthora genome.

PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 231 pp. March 29, 2006. PhD thesis supervisor and promotor of: 1. Guo, J. Phytophthora infestans avirulence genes: mapping, cloning and diversity in field isolates. PhD

thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 138 pp. October 20, 2008. ISBN 978-90-8504-984-5. 2. van Poppel, P.M.J.A. The Phytophthora infestans avirulence gene PiAvr4 and its potato counterpart

R4. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 170 pp. February 4, 2009. ISBN 978-90-85858-306-0.


3. Bouwmeester, K. The interplay between a Phytophthora effector and an Arabidopsis lectin receptor kinase. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 224 pp. May 31, 2010. ISBN 978-90-8585-647-4.

4. Seidl, M. Exploring evolution and biology of oomycetes; integrative and comparative genomics. PhD thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 174 pp, May 6, 2013. ISBN 978-90-393-6929-6.

5. Du, Y. (Yu). Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 and its host target Sec5. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 24 November 2014. 188 pp, ISBN 978-94-6257-131-0.

6. Wang, Y. (Yan). Understanding the role of L-type lectin receptor kinases in Phytophthora resistance. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 24 November 2014. 214 pp, ISBN 978-94-6257-132-7.

7. Schoina, C. (Charikleia). Phytophthora infestans enzymes and their role in the interaction with its hosts. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 200 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-287-0 ; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/449017 ; June 1, 2018.

8. Van den Hoogen, J. (Johan). Dissecting cellular signalling in Phytophthora. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 144 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-866-7 ; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/447045 ; June 8, 2018.

9. Overdijk, E. (Elysa). Topic: The plant exocyst as an expeller of pathogens. Defense planned in 2019. 10. Rodenburg, S. (Sander). Topic: Systems analyses of the Phytophthora-host interactions. Defense

planned in 2019. 11. Kots, K. (Kiki). Topic: The actin and tubulin cytoskeleton of Phytophthora. Defense planned in 2019. 12. Kasteel, M. (Michiel). Topic: An innovative microscopic assay for unravelling and quantifying the

Phytophthora infestans infection process. Defense planned in 2023. 13. Bronkhorst, J. (Jochem). Physical Chemistry. Defense planned in 2021. promotor of: 1. Kroon, L. The genus Phytophthora; phylogeny, speciation and host specificity. PhD thesis. WU

Wageningen, The Netherlands. 184 pp. June 16, 2010. ISBN 978-90-8585-668-9. 2. Le, Cuong N. Diversity and biological control of Sclerotium rolfsii, causal agent of stem and pod rot of

groundnut in Vietnam. PhD thesis. WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 152 pp. December 16, 2011. ISBN 978-94-6173-107-4.

3. Song, C. (Chunxu). Regulation and natural functions of lipopeptide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 173 pp. ISBN 9789462572690. April 24, 2015.

4. Liu, Y. (Yiying). The fish egg microbiome: diversity and activity against the oomycete pathogen Saprolegnia. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 169 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-767-1; http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/377064. June 13, 2016.

5. Cheng, X (Xu). Plant growth promotion by Pseudomonas fluorescens: mechanisms, genes and regulation. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 192 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-875-3; DOI 10.18174/387191. September 19, 2016.

6. Cordovez Da Cunha, V. (Viviane). Volatile-mediated interactions in the rhizosphere. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 219 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-901-9; DOI 10.18174/388360. November 4, 2016.

7. Gómez Expósito, R. (Ruth). Microbiome dynamics of disease suppressive soils. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 267 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-177-4; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/412539. June 15, 2017.

advisor of guest PhD students

- 2016-2018 Yang, S. (Shuqing), Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, Inner-Mongolia, China. - 2012 Oluwaseun Kolawole, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. - 2010-2012 Han Miao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. - 2006-2007 Zhijian Zhao, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China. - 1998-1999 Antonino Testa, University of Naples, Italy.


advisor and supervisor of post-doc’s - 2010-2018 Klaas Bouwmeester - 2009-2013 Chenlei Hua - 2004-2014 Harold Meijer - 2008-2009 Shutong Wang - 2007 Theerapong Krajaejun, - 2006-2007 Rays H.Y. Jiang - 2002 Wubei Dong - 2001-2004 André van ‘t Slot - 1999-2004 Wilco Ligterink - 1999-2002 Irma Vijn - 1999-2001 Vivianne Vleeshouwers - 1997 Ana Laxalt - 1994-1998 Sophien Kamoun - 1994-1996 Anke de Jong - 1993-1995 Carlos Alfonso

grants - ongoing research projects - 2019-2023 ‘Blight in the spotlight: an innovative microscopic assay for unravelling and quantifying the

Phytophthora infestans infection process’. ENW Program Graduate School Groen Topsectoren. 1.0 fte (PhD student). Granted by NWO to Michiel Kasteel.

- 2016-2018 ‘Functional analyses of lectin receptor kinases in Solanaceous plants’. Fellowship granted by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), China, to Shuqing Yang for 24 months.

- 2014-2019 ‘The plant exocyst as an expeller of pathogens’. ALW Program Graduate School uitgangsmaterialen. 1.0 fte (PhD student). Granted by NWO to Elysa Overdijk.

- 2013-2017 ‘Sustainable crop protection: towards novel targets for controlling Phytophthora diseases in potato and soybean’. NWO-ALW - China–Netherlands Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme. 1 fte (PhD student).

- 2012-2017 ‘Towards innovative strategies for controlling late blight in potato’. Research award (1,25 m€) from the ‘Food for Thought for Food’ Campaign of the Wageningen University Fund. 4 fte (post-doc; PhD students; technician).

grants – previous projects - 2016 ‘Resequencing of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans; from a fragmented

genome to a complete genome assembly’. Enabling Technologies Hotels programme - Genomics. Financed by ZonMw. € 29.954.

- 2013-2016 ‘Lectin receptor kinases; novel leads for resistance in crop plants’. VENI-STW project granted to K. Bouwmeester. 1.0 fte (post-doc).

- 2010-2014 ‘The role of lectin receptor kinases in disease resistance to Phytophthora pathogens’. . Wageningen University Sandwich PhD program. (1 sandwich PhD student).

- 2009 – 2014 ‘New approaches to disease control; a rational strategy for target discovery in oomycete pathogens’. VIDI-STW project granted to H. Meijer. 1,5 fte (post-doc; PhD student).

- 2008 - 2014 ‘Exploring and exploiting microbial diversity in cocoa ecosystems in Ghana to control black pod disease caused by Phytophthora’. Wageningen University Sandwich PhD program. (1 sandwich PhD student).

- 2012 ‘Phenotypic Characterization of Arabidopsis Lectin Receptor Kinases (LecRK) T-DNA Insertion Mutants’ EMBO short term fellowship to Oluwaseun Kolawole. € 7.942.

- 2012 ‘Insight in the active genome of Phytophthora infestans by using digital gene expression profiling’.


Co-applicant. Main applicant Berend Snel. Bioinformatics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 15.650.

- 2012 ‘Identification of effector-induced transcriptome changes in Arabidopsis’. Bioinformatics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 17.100.

- 2012 ‘Lectin receptor kinases as novel resistance components to control Phytophthora diseases in Solanaceous plants’. Innovation grant financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 49.910.

- 2012 ‘Metabolomics of tomato interacting with foliar pathogens that have different lifestyles’. Co-applicant. Main applicant Matthieu Joosten. Metabolomics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 19.500.

- 2012 ‘Unraveling the metabolic network induced in Arabidopsis by beneficial rhizobacteria.’ Co-applicant together with Jos Raaijmakers. Metabolomics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 18.300.

- 2011 ‘Proteome analyses of effector-host target complexes; towards identification of novel host targets of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors’ Proteomics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 19.860.

- 2011-2012 ‘The role of Lectin Receptor Kinases in disease resistance to Phytophthora pathogens’ Fellowship from the Nuffic Huygens Scholarship Programme to Yan Wang. € 57.558.

- 2011 ‘Microbial diversity in cocoa ecosystems in Ghana to control black pod disease caused by Phytophthora’. Fellowship from the Nuffic Netherlands Fellowship Programme to Andrews Akrofi. € 25.000.

- 2010-2012 ‘The functional analysis of the Phytophthora infestans effector Avr1 and its virulence targets in potato.’ Fellowship granted by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), China, to Yu Du for 24 months.

- 2010-2012 ‘Distribution of avirulence genes and the variation of PiAvr3a,PiAvr4 and PiAvrblb1 in Phytophthora infestans population from China’ Fellowship granted by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), China, to Miao Han for 18 months.

- 2010-2012 ‘The functional analysis of the Phytophthora infestans effector Avr1 and its virulence targets in potato.’ Fellowship granted by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), China, to Yu Du for 24 months.

- 2010 ‘Identification of effector-induced changes in glycoproteins and membrane proteins of Arabidopsis’ Co-applicant together with Twan America and Sander van der Krol. Proteomics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 16.000.

- 2008 - 2012 ‘Identification of host targets of Phytophthora RxLR effectors’. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). 1 fte (post-doc).

- 2008 - 2012 ‘Lineage-specific gene expansion and evolution of virulence in plant pathogen genomes’. In collaboration with B. Snel and G. van den Ackerveken, University of Utrecht. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 2008 - 2011 ‘RXLR effectors in Phytophthora infestans; variation, function and host targets. Financed by the EU in the framework of the integrated project BioExploit. 1 fte (postdoc, technician).

- 2010 ‘Identification of effector-induced changes in glycoproteins and membrane proteins of Arabidopsis’ Proteomics Hotel. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). € 16.000.

- 2010 ‘Effector biology and SNARE proteins in Phytophthora’. Fellowship granted by the Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen, to Yuanchao Wang for 3 months.

- 2007-2010 ‘Effector variation in the Dutch Phytophthora infestans population’. Financed by Parapluplan Phytophthora (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality). 0.5 fte (technician).

- 2005-2010 Effectors and virulence targers in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction. Financed by EU collaborative research project BioExpoit. 1 fte (0.5 post-doc, 0.5 technician).

- 2004 – 2009 ‘New targets for control of Phytophthora infestans’ financed by Parapluplan Phytophthora (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality). 0.5 fte (PhD Student).

- 2007 ‘RxLR-dEER mining in Phytophthora infestans. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems


Genomics (CBSG). 0,5 fte (post-doc). - 2008 – 2009 ‘Phytophthora secreted phospholipase D and its role in host-pathogen interaction’.

Fellowship granted by the Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen, to Shutong Wang for 6 months.

- 2007 – 2008 ‘Responses of P. infestans to cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) produced by Pseudomonas bacteria.’ Fellowship granted by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), China, to Shutong Wang for 6 months.

- 2007 ‘Comparative analyses of the efficacy of mandipropamid, cymoxanil and benthiovalicarb on Phytophthora infestans’. Financed by Syngenta. € 25.000.

- 2006 – 2007 ‘Phytophthora infestans; its effectors and Á1 mating type hormone’. Fellowship granted by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), China, to Zhijian Zhao for 12 months.

- 2003 - 2007 ‘Identification of virulence targets in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction’. Financed by Parapluplan Phytophthora (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 2003 - 2007 ‘Elicitor-receptor research towards identifying Phytophthora infestans elicitors and novel R-genes in Solanum germplasm’. Financed by The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 2002 – 2006 ‘Identification of race-specific avirulence genes in Phytophthora infestans’. Financed by INREF program (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Wageningen University). 1 fte (sandwich PhD student).

- 2001 – 2005 ‘Toward an integrated AFLP/BAC/EST/expression profile map of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans’. Financed by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 1 fte (PhD student).

- 2001 – 2005 ‘Identification of Solanum genotypes sensitive to elicitins and non-elicitin elicitors from Phytophthora infestans: toward durable late blight resistance sources’. Financed by Technology Foundation STW. 2 fte (post-doc and technician).

- 1999 - 2003 ‘Characterization of G-protein coupled receptors in Phytophthora infestans.’ Financed by Syngenta. 1 fte (postdoc).

- 1999 – 2002 ‘Development of tools for DNA transformation and gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans.’ Financed by Syngenta 1 fte (postdoc).

- 1998-2002 ‘Characterization of Ga-proteins and cAMP dependent kinases in Phytophthora infestans and their role in pathogenesis’. Financed by ALW-NWO. 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1997 – 1998 ‘AFLP mapping of Phytophthora infestans’. Training fellowship University of Naples. 1 fte (1 PhD student).

- 1997 ‘Isolation of Ga-protein genes from Phytophthora infestans’. EPS research fellowship. 0.5 fte (post-doc).

- 1996 - 2000 ‘Functional analysis and molecular characterization of a Phytophthora infestans protein elicitor of defense response in potato’. Financed by Technology Foundation STW. 1 fte (post-doc).

- 1995 - 2000 ‘AFLP mapping of the Phytophthora infestans genome and positional cloning of the avr1 gene’. Financed by Association Biotechnological Graduate School Netherlands (ABON). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1994 - 1998 ‘Histology and cytology of resistance responses to Phytophthora infestans in potato (Solanum tuberosum) and wild Solanum species’. Shared project with CPRO-DLO, Wageningen NL. Financed by Stichting Stimulering Aardappelonderzoek. 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1994 - 1997 ‘Development of tools for quantifying late blight resistance’. Financed by EU, cost-shared project. 1 fte (post-doc).

- 1994 - 1996 ‘Integrin-mediated adhesion processes in plant cells and in plant pathogenic fungi’. Shared project with Laboratory of Plant Cell Biology, WU. Financed by Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences. 1 fte (post-doc).


- 1993 - 1995 ‘Identification of polymorphic DNA markers linked to avirulence genes in Phytophthora infestans.’ Financed by EU training fellowship. 1 fte (post-doc).

- 1993 - 1998 ‘Further analysis of the function and regulation of the in planta induced pathogenicity gene ipiO2 of Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of potato late blight’. Financed by ALW-NWO. 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1993 - 1998 ‘Epidemiological investigation into the overwintering and dispersal of Phytophthora infestans in South Flevoland using molecular markers’. Financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fishery (LNV). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1990 - 1993 ‘The oospore of Phytophthora infestans as inoculum source and carrier of genetic variation in the epidemiology of potato late blight’. Shared project with IPO-DLO. Financed by the Netherlands Potato Association (NAA). 1 fte (PhD student).

- 1990 - 1993 ‘Gene expression in Phytophthora infestans during pathogenesis on potato’ and tomato. Financed by Wageningen Agricultural University. 1 fte (PhD student).

ongoing collaborations - Tijs Ketelaar (Laboratory of Plant Cell Biology, Wageningen University). Actin cytoskeleton in

Phytophthora. The role of the exocyst in plant defense and the cytoskeleton of Phytophthora. - Dick de Ridder (Bioinformatics group, Wageningen University). Systems biology of the Phytophthora

infestans-host interaction. - Yuanchao Wang (Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R. China). G-protein and phospholipid signaling in

Phytophthora.


Professional activities editor scientific journals 2010-present Associate Editor ‘Frontiers in Plant-Microbe Interactions’. 2000-2006 Senior Editor ‘Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions’. 1999-2000 Associate Editor ‘Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions’. 1995-2006 Editor ‘European Journal of Plant Pathology’. ad hoc reviewer for international scientific journals Annals in Botany, Annals of Applied Biology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology, Australasian Plant Pathology, BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Current Genetics, EMBO Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Eukaryotic Cell, European Journal of Plant Pathology, FEBS Letters, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Fungal Biology, Fungal Genetics and Biology, Gene, Genetics, Genome, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Journal of Phytopathology, Journal of Plant Interactions, Microbiology UK, Molecular Breeding, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Membrane Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, Molecular Plant, Molecular Plant Pathology, Mycological Research, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, New Phytologist, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, Phytopathology, Plant Biology, Plant Cell, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Plant Systematics and Evolution, PLOS Genetics, PLOS ONE, PLOS Pathogens, Potato Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Science, The Journal of Microbiology, The Plant Journal, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Trends in Genetics, Trends in Microbiology, Trends in Plant Science. For my review records since 2016 see https://publons.com/author/1217858/francine-govers#profile ad hoc reviewer for funding agencies l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), ALW-NWO, Agriculture- and Agrifood Canada, Australian Research Council, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council UK, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Estonian Science Foundation, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, International Foundation for Science Sweden, IMPRS Germany, IWT Belgium, MAES proposal from the Maryland Agricultural Experimental Station, National Science Foundation USA - Integrative Plant Biology, National Science Foundation USA - Microbial Genetics, National Science Foundation USA - Plant Genome Research, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Swiss National Science Foundation, MSCA program Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority Teagasc, United States Department of Agriculture. membership review panels and evaluation committee’s for research programmes and institutes 2017 NWO-ALW Open Programme 2017. 2014 International evaluation committee of the Fungal Biodiversity Centre of the Royal Netherlands

Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2013 International evaluation committee ‘Discipline Evaluation’ and ‘Discipline Construction and

Development Plan 2013-2020’ of the College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

2011-2013 VENI committee NWO - Earth and Life Sciences (ALW). 2011 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; priority programme SPP1212: ‘Microbial Reprogramming

of plant cell development’. 2010 VICI committee NWO -Technology Foundation. 2007 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; priority programme SPP1212: ‘Microbial Reprogramming

of plant cell development’. 2005 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; research unit 660: ‘Mechanisms of compatibility:


Reprogramming of plant metabolism by fungal effector molecules’. 2004 Evaluation committee From Molecule to Organism ALW-NWO (BOC; commission 2, round 3). 2002 CNRS Comité d’evaluation scientifiques du laboratoire UMR 1931 ‘Oligosaccharides, defense

et développement chez les végétaux’. CNRS-GOEMAR, Roscoff, France. 2002 Evaluation commitee-5 Microbiology ALW-NWO. 2002 IWT Belgium Evaluatiecollege 09 Microbiologie-Plantkunde. 2001 Evaluation committee-5 Microbiology ALW-NWO. 2000 IWT Belgium Evaluatiecollege 29. Plantenteelt. 2000 National Science Foundation USA Plant Genome Research. membership of scientific advisory boards, international steering committee’s and research initiatives

2018-2021 Scientific Committee of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute of the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

2017-2022 Foreign expert in the 111 project ’Crop breeding for disease resistance and genetic improvement’ at the Northwest A&F University in Yangling, Shaanxi, China.

2016-2022 Scientific Council of the Phytophthora Research Centre of the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic.

2016-2022 Co-chair of the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Policy Committee. 2011-2016 External Scientific Advisory Board of the USDA NIFA Coordinated Agricultural Project

“Integrated management of oomycete diseases of soybean and other crop plants”. 2009-2015 Fungal Genetics Policy Committee, Advisory Program Committee for the Asilomar Fungal

Genetics Conference. 2005-2010 Work Package leader (WP1.1) of BioExploit project coordinated by the Laboratory of

Nematology, Wageningen University, and funded by EU. 2003-2011 International collaborator in the Phytophthora infestans genome sequencing project

coordinated by the Broad Institute, Cambridge MA, USA and funded by NSF. 2002-2008 International steering committee NSF Research Collaboration Network Phytophthora

Molecular Genetics. 2001-2004 International steering committee Global Initiative on Late Blight (GILB). 1988-2011 International steering committee Phytophthora Genome Initiative (PGI).

membership of local and national steering committee’s, boards and research initiatives

2015 Supervisory Committee COGEM project ‘Screening of the COGEM lists of non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi for postharvest diseases and plant pathogens (CGM 2015-06)’

2013-20.. member and chair (since 2019) L. Bos fund Board of Trustees (curatorium) of the Endowed Chair Ecological Plant Virology (Prof. dr R. van der Vlugt) at Wageningen University.

2013-2021 Board of the Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij (www.biomaatschappij.nl). 2012 Supervisory Committee COGEM project ‘Mycotoxins’ (2012). 2011 Supervisory Committee (chair) COGEM project ‘Ínventarisatie veredelingspraktijk aardappel’. 2010 Task Force to advise the Steering Committee of the Centre for BioSystems Genomics on the

future of plant genomics research in the Netherlands 2009-2018 Netherlands Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM), subcommittee Agriculture.

COGEM is an advisory committee for the government. 2009-2015 Board Foundation Catherine van Tussenbroek Foundation (www.cvtfonds.nl/). 2008-2014 Steering committee of the working party Green Biotechnology of the Dutch Biotechnology

Society (NBV). 2007-2008 Cash audit committee of the Royal Netherlands Plant Pathology Society, KNPV. 2003-2013 Project leader Centre for BioSystems Genomics, a Centre of Excellence of the Netherlands

Genome Initiative. 2003-2010 Management team ‘Parapluplan Phytophthora’ under the auspices of the Netherlands Ministry of


Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. 1998-2006 Member (1998-2001) and chair (2001-2006) of the ‘Willie Commelin Scholten dag’ committee of

the Royal Dutch Botanical Society (Koninklijke Nederlandse Botanische Vereniging). 1997-now Member (1997-2006) and chair (since 2007) of the library committee ‘Crop Protection Centre’,

Wageningen University. 1997-2009 Acting secretary (1997-1999) and chair (1999-2009) of the working party Phytophthora infestans

of the Royal Netherlands Plant Pathology Society (Koninklijke Nederlandse Plantenziektekundige Vereniging).

1995-2001 Project leader PPS-MIBITON containment greenhouses Wageningen University (1995-2001). membership of a jury for awarding

2018 the grant from the Pieter Langerhuizen Lambertuszoon Fonds 2018 for the discipline Botany (including Phytopathology and Agricultural Sciences).

2016 the East-West Seed Prize for the best MSc thesis in Plant Sciences, 2016. 2015 -20.. the annual Hugo de Vries Prize for the best PhD thesis in Plant Sciences in the Netherlands. 2015 the PhD publication award of the graduate school Production Ecology and Resource

Conservation. membership of committees for appointing professors at WU or other Dutch universities

2018 Full Professor Plant Physiology, IWWR, Radboud University, Nijmegen. 2018 Structure committee and evaluation nominee special chair Fungal Cell Biology, Department of

Biology, Utrecht University. 2018 Structure committee and evaluation nominee Special Fungal Plant Pathogenicity, Department of

Biology, Utrecht University. 2017 Evaluation of a nominee as Chair Phytopathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences,

University of Amsterdam. 2015 Evaluation of a nominee as Chair Applied Plant & Microbial Biology, Department of Biology,

Utrecht University. 2015 Evaluation of a nominee for a new chair in Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life

Sciences, University of Amsterdam. 2015 Full Professor in Plant Science, IWWR, Radboud University, Nijmegen 2014 – 2016 Endowed Chair Turfgrass Ecology, Wageningen University. 2013 Chair in Bioinformatics, Wageningen University 2013 Endowed Chair in Ecological Plant Virology, Wageningen University (chair of the committee). 2011 Endowed Chair in Bulb Physiology, Wageningen University. 2011 Chair in Virology, Wageningen University. 1992 Full professor in Entomology, Wageningen University (acting secretary).

membership of evaluation or recruitment committees at Wageningen University - evaluation or recruitment for tenure track positions at the level of assistant professor (2x2011; 2013; 2014;

2x2015; 4x2016; 1x2018), associate professor (2x2009; 2010; 2011; 2013; 2x2015; 2x2016; 2x2017; 5x2018) and personal professor (2016; 2017).

- evaluation for continuation special professorships (2016; 2x2017). invited referee for appointments or career promotions at universities abroad

2019 NN promotion to Personal Chair, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, Scotland UK. 2017 NN promotion to Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. 2016 Member Advisory Committee for an Academic Staff Member (ZAP) ‘Plant Heath and Plant

Protection’ in the Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems of KU Leuven, Faculty of


Bioscience Engineering. Belgium. 2015 NN for promotion to full professor at the University of California Riverside, Riverside CA, USA. 2014 NN for promotion to Professor VI, University of California Riverside, Riverside CA, USA. 2013 NN for promotion to Professor Level E2 at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 2011 NN for William Neal Reynolds (WNR) Distinguished Professor within the College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, USA. 2011 NN for the position of a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany. 2009 NN for conferring the title of reader, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. 2008 NN for Alumni Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VI USA. 1999 NN for tenure and promotion to associate professor at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.

co-organizer of scientific meetings, symposia, workshops and PhD courses

2018 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the 2018 Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting. Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU), Tai'an City, Shandong Province, China. 8-12 April 2018.

2017 Member of the organizing committee of the Westerdijk symposium ‘Leading Women in Fungal Biology’. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 30 & 31 August 2017.

2017 Co-chair concurrent session ‘Cytoskeleton and Septa’, 29th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar CA, USA, March 14-19, 2017.

2012 Member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Annual Meeting. May 25-28, 2012, Nanjing, China.

2011 Member of the organizing committee and chair of the Phytopathology session of the Network Meeting Technological Top Institute Green Genetics (TTI-GG). Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, September 21, 2011.

2010 Member of the organizing committee and chair of the Phytopathology session of the Network Meeting Technological Top Institute Green Genetics (TTI-GG). Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, September 22, 2010.

2010 Member scientific theme committee Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control” of the 9th International Mycology Congress (IMC9) Edinburgh: August 1-6, 2010.

2009 Scientific chair (together with Jay Dunlap) of the 25th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar CA, USA, March 17-22, 2009.

2008 Member scientific committee 3rd International Conference on Late Blight, Beijing, China, April 3-6, 2008.

2007 Convenor concurrent session ‘Plant-Oomycete interactions’, XIII international congress on Plant-Microbe Interactions. Sorrento, Italy, July 21-27, 2007.

2007 Convenor workshop ‘Advances in Oomycete research’, 24th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar CA, USA, March 20-25, 2007.

2006 Chair organizing committee Annual Meeting of the NSF Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 4-7, 2006.

2005 Organizer of ‘GILB mini-symposium on late blight’, Potato 2005 conference, Emmeloord, The Netherlands, September 5-7, 2005.

2004 Member organizing committee Annual Meeting of the NSF Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network, New Orleans LA, USA, May 21-23, 2004.

2002 Member organizing committee 2nd International Conference Global Initiative on Late Blight (GILB), Hamburg Germany, 11-13 July 2002.

2000 Member organizing committee international symposium ‘Durable resistance; key to sustainable agriculture’ Ede, the Netherlands, November 28 – December 1, 2000.

1998 Member organizing committee PhD Summer School ‘Disease Resistance in Plants; Theory and Application’. August 24-26, 1998. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

1995 Member organizing committee PhD Summer School ‘Signal Transduction in Induction of Plant Defences’. August 28-30, 1995. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

1995 Convenor workshop ‘Genetics and molecular biology of Oomycetes’, 18th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar CA, USA, March 21-26, 1995.


1993 Member organizing committee PhD Summer School ‘Molecular diversity in pest and disease organisms: impact on ecology and agriculture’. September 6-8, 1993. Wageningen, the Netherlands.

membership professional organizations - American Phytopathological Society (APS). - International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI). - American Society of Microbiology (ASM) - Koninklijke Landbouwkundige Vereniging (KLV). - Koninklijke Nederlandse Botanische Vereniging (KNBV). - Koninklijke Nederlandse Plantenziektekundige Vereniging (KNPV). - Nederlandse Mycologische Vereniging (NMV) - Nederlandse Vereniging van Biochemie en Moleculaire Biologie (NVBMB). - Nederlandse Biotechnologische Vereniging (NBV).

membership of PhD thesis committee’s (2000 - 2018: 49) - 2018 Mas Muniroh Mohd Nadzir - Different approaches of cambating bacterial canker in tomato: in

pursuit of resistance. Wageningen University, 14 December 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Visser, van Heusden & van der Wolf.

- 2018 Paola Gaiero Guadagna – Exploring the use of wild relatives in potato breeding through integrated cytogenetic and genomic approaches. Wageningen University, 11 December 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors de Jong, Schranz & Speranza.

- 2018 Xiao Lin – Apoplastic effectors, MAMPs and surface immune receptors; the battlefront of the Phytophthora infestans–potato interaction. Wageningen University, 31 October 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Visser & Vleeshouwers.

- 2018 Francine Pacilly – Socio-ecological modelling of potato late blight; mananging crop resistance in disease control. Wageningen University, 4 September 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Lammerts van Bueren, Hofstede & Groot.

- 2018 Cynara Romero – Inheritance of nonhost resistance of barley to the powdery mildew fungi of cereals and grasses. Wageningen University, 4 July 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Visser & Niks.

- 2018 Alexandra Pelgrom – Downy mildew effector recognition and host protein interaction in lettuce. Utrecht University 2 July 2018. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor van den Ackerveken.

- 2017 Huchen Li – Functional analyses of plant-specific histone deacetylases; their role in root development, stress responses and symbiotic interactions. Wageningen University, 16 October 2017. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Bisseling & Kulikova.

- 2016 Pingping Huang – Exploring the genetics underlying the responses to consecutive combinations of biotic stresses and drought in Arabidopsis thaliana. Wageningen University, 7 October 2016. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Koornneef & Aarts.

- 2016 Nora Ludwig – Molecular analysis of Arabidopsis susceptibility to oomycete pathogens. Utrecht University 25 May 2016. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Pieterse & van den Ackerveken.

- 2016 Jun He – Regulation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) induced defence against the two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). Wageningen University, 8 April 2016. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Bouwmeesters & Dicke.

- 2015 Aleksandr Gavrin – Intracellular accommodation of Rhizobia in legume host cell: the fine-tuning of the endomembrane system. Wageningen University, 2 September 2015. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bisseling

- 2015 Maaike van Agtmaal - Suppression of soil-borne plant pathogens. Wageningen University, 15 June 2015. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotoren: de Boer and van Veen.

- 2015 Ruud Heshof - Lipoxygenase; a game changing enzyme. Wageningen University, 1 June 2015.


Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotoren: de Vos and Martins dos Santos. - 2014 José Luis Lozano Torres –Venom allergen-like proteins in secretions of plant parasitic nematodes

activate and suppress extracellular plant immune receptors. Wageningen University, 28 May 2014. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bakker.

- 2014 Suxian Zhu – R gene stacking by trans- and cisgenesis to achieve durable late blight resistance in potato. Wageningen University, 6 January 2014. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotoren Jacobsen and Visser.

- 2013 Dimitry Lapin - Molecular aspects of plant disease susceptibility: Arabidopsis genes affecting downy mildew infection. Utrecht University, 2 December 2013. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor: Pieterse.

- 2013 Stan Oome – Comparative and functional analysis of secreted proteins of the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. Utrecht University, 2 December 2013. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promoter: Pieterse.

- 2013 Juan Manuel Herrero Medrano. Conservation genetics of local and wild pig populations: insight in genetic diversity and demographic history. Wageningen University, 4 November 2013. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Groenen.

- 2013 Chiel Pel – Evasion and suppression of plant immunity. Utrecht University. Manuscript committee and opponent. Utrecht University, 19 June 2013. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor: Pieterse.

- 2012 Ying Zhang – Exocytosis and polarity in plant cells; insights by studying cellulose synthase complexes and the exocyst. Wageningen University, November 14, 2012. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Emons.

- 2012 Joost Stassen – Identification and functional analysis of downy mildew effectors in lettuce and Arabidopsis. Utrecht University, October 24, 3012. Promoter: Pieterse.

- 2012 Lisong Ma – The role of Fusarium oxysporum effector Avr in resistance and pathogenicity. University of Amsterdam, October 23, 2012. Opponent. Promotor: Cornelissen.

- 2012 Sergey Ivanov – The formation of endosymbiotic membrane compartments: membrane identity markers and the regulation of vesicle trafficking. Wageningen University, September 6, 2012. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bisseling.

- 2012 Dean I. Phillips –Phytophthora’s missing link: an alternative phospholipase C with antibiotic potential. Deakin University, Geelong Australia, June 2012. Examinor.

- 2011 Tullu Bukhari - Targeting the breeding sites of malaria mosquitoes: biological and physical control of malaria mosquito larvae. Wageningen University, June 29, 2011. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Takken.

- 2011 Martin Elferink –. Genetic variation in the chicken genome: insights in selection. Wageningen University, June 20, 2011. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Groenen.

- 2010 Marit Farenhorst – Integrating fungal entomopathogens in malaria vector control. Wageningen University, December 13, 2010. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Vet.

- 2010 Estelle C. Verzaux – Resistance and susceptibility to late blight in Solanum: gene mapping, cloning and stacking. Wageningen University, June 17, 2010. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Visser.

- 2010 Andreia J. Amaral – Nucleotide variation and footprints of selection in the porcine and chicken genome. Wageningen University, May 28, 2010. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Groenen.

- 2010 Kamila B. Koropacka – Molecular contest between potato and the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida: modulation of Gpa2-mediated resistance. Wageningen University, February 5, 2010. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bakker.

- 2010 Tomasz Michel Golas – European Solanum dulcamara L. and its interaction with Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary. Radboud University, January 28, 2010. Opponent. Promotor Mariani.

- 2009 Erik Slootweg – Structure, function and subcellular localization of the potato resistance protein Rx.


Wageningen University, October 23, 2009. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bakker. - 2009 Douwe van der Veen - Transcriptional profiling of Aspergillus niger. Wageningen University, June

17, 2009. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor van Oost. - 2009 Reza Aghnoum - Basal resistance of barley to adapted and non-adapted forms of Blumeria

graminis. Wageningen University, June 16, 2009. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Visser.

- 2009 Marieke van Hulten – Priming Arabidopsis for defense; molecular and ecological aspects. Utrecht University, April 8, 2009. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Pieterse.

- 2009 Stefan Bosmans - On the evolution of pesticide resistance in Phytophthora infestans. Wageningen University, January 23, 2009. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Hoekstra.

- 2008 Khaoula Belhaj - Characterization of the small-chloroplast membrane RPH1 protein that is crucial for immunity towards the important pathogen, Phytophthora. University of Fribourg, Switserland. November 3, 2008. Manuscript committee and examiner. Promotor Felix Mauch.

- 2008 Robin Huibers – Genetic analysis of susceptibility of Arabidopsis to downy mildew infection. Utrecht University. September 8, 2008. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Weisbeek.

- 2008 M.Y. Adillah Tan - Genetic mapping and pyramiding of resistance genes in potato. Wageningen University. September 3, 2008. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Visser.

- 2008 Erwin H.A. Roze - Mining the secretome of root-knot nematodes for cell wall modifying proteins. Wageningen University. 15-02-2008. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Bakker.

- 2008 Sjoerd van der Ent – Transcriptional regulators of rhizobacteria-induced systemic resistance. Utrecht University 04-02-2008. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Pieterse and van Loon.

- 2006 Roselinde Duyvesteijn – Pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici. Isolation and characterization of genes involved in the infection process. University of Amsterdam 12-01-2006. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotor Cornelissen.

- 2005 Tae-Ho Park - Identification, characterization and high-resolution mapping of resistance genes to Phytophthora infestans in potato. Wageningen University 11-05-2005. Opponent. Promotor Visser and Jacobsen.

- 2005 Sanwen Huang - Discovery and characterization of the major late blight resistance complex in potato. Wageningen University 31-01-2005. Manuscript committee and opponent. Promotors Jacobsen and Visser.

- 2004 Carolien Machielse - Exploring Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for genetic modification of filamentous fungi. Leiden University 11-11-2004. Referee, manuscript committee and opponent.

- 2002 Virginie Senchou - Contacts paroi-plasmalemma chez Arabidopsis thaliana : identification de récepteurs de la sequence RGD et d’un ligand sécrété par Phytophthora infestans. L’Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III) Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS-UPS 5546, France 6-5-2002. Opponent.

- 2002 André (K.A.E.) van ’t Slot – Structure and function of the (a)virulence protein NIP1 of Rhynchosporium secalis. Wageningen University 15-4-2002. Opponent.

- 2002 Marieke J.W. Jeuken – The genetics of non-host resistance to the lettuce pathogen Bremia lactucae in Lactuca saligna. Wageningen University 22-5-2002. Manuscript committee and opponent.

- 2001 C.C. Huang – How do plant species defend themselves against Oidium lycopersici? Wageningen University 25-4-2001. Opponent.

- 2001 Ling Qin – Molecular genetic analysis of the pathogenicity of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis - Wageningen University 5-10-2001. Opponent.

- 2000 Ellen van Enckevort – Identification of potato genes involved in Phytophthora infestans resistance by transposon mutagenesis. Wageningen University 4-12-2000. Manuscript committee and opponent.

Mentorship


- Since 2003 external supervisor of 15 PhD students, 12 of which have graduated. Of these 15, 14 are PhD students in the graduate school Experimental Plant Sciences and 1 is from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

- 2013-2016: Mentor in CEPLAS Centre of Excellence on Plant Sciences. Mentée: Dr. Wilma van Esse, Max Planck institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany. Project: Genetic and molecular control of tiller development in barley.

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PUBLICATIONS FRANCINE GOVERS

contents • SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS in refereed journals 2 • SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS preprint severs 11 • SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS in proceedings*, and refereed chapters in books** 11 • PATENT 13 • EDITOR of books and special issues of journals 13 • GENERAL PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS 13 • THESES PhD students CO-PROMOTOR 14 • THESES PhD students PROMOTOR 15 • PRESENTATIONS including *INVITED LECTURES and *KEYNOTES since 2001 16

Summary February 2019

- 145 scientific publications in refereed journals - 5 refereed chapters in books - 19 contributions to proceedings. - 6 editorships of books and special issues of journals. - 79 oral presentations, 29 of which as invited speaker or keynote speaker (2001-2018). - Web of Science h-index 46; sum of times cited 7544 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-5616-2009 - Google Scholar h-index 55; citations 11986 http://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=J8ijeZUAAAAJ&hl=en

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS in refereed journals 1. Hagemeijer, A., Smit, E.M.E., Govers, F. and De Both, N.J. (1982). Trisomy 15 and other

nonrandom chromosome changes in Rauscher Murine Leukemia virus-induced leukemia cell lines. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 69, 945-951.

2. Bisseling, T., Govers, F. and Stiekema, W. (1984). The identification of proteins and their mRNAs involved in the establishment of an effective symbiosis. Plant Molec. Cell Biology 1, 53-83.

3. Govers, F., Gloudemans, T., Moerman, M., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1985). Expression of plant genes during the development of pea root nodules. EMBO J. 4, 861-867.

4. Hrabak, E.M., Truchet, G.L., Dazzo, F.B. and Govers, F. (1985). Characterization of the anomalous infection and nodulation of subterranean clover roots by Rhizobium leguminosarum 1020. J. Gen. Microbiol. 131, 3287-3302.

5. Govers, F., Moerman, M., Downie, J.A., Hooykaas, P., Franssen, H.J., Louwerse, J., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1986). Rhizobium nod genes are involved in inducing an early nodulin gene. Nature 323, 564-566.

6. Govers, F., Moerman, M., Hooymans, J., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1986). Microaerobiosis is not involved in the induction of pea nodulin gene expression. Planta 169, 513-517.

7. Franssen, H., Nap, J.P., Gloudemans, T., Stiekema, W., Van Dam, H., Govers, F., Louwerse, J., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1987). Characterization of cDNA for nodulin-75: a gene product involved in early stages of root nodule development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 4495-4499.

8. Govers, F. (1987). Nodulin gene expression in the developing pea root nodule. Thesis, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, pp. 126.

9. Govers, F., Nap, J.P., Moerman, M., Franssen, H.J., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1987). cDNA cloning and developmental expression of pea nodulin genes. Plant Molec. Biol. 8, 425-435.

10. Govers, F., Nap, J.P., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1987). Nodulins in the developing root nodule. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 25, 309-322.

11. Moerman, M., Nap, J.-P., Govers, F., Schilperoort, R., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1987). Rhizobium nod genes are involved in the induction of two early nodulin genes in Vicia sativa root nodules. Plant Molec. Biol. 9, 171-179.

12. Govers, F., Harmsen, H., Heidstra, R., Michielsen, P., Prins, M., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1991). Characterization of the pea ENOD12B gene and expression analyses of the two ENOD12 genes in nodule stem and flower tissue. Molec. Gen. Genet. 228, 160-166.

13. Kardailiskii, I.V., Govers, F., Bisseling, T., Tikhonovich, I.A. and Zalenskii, A.O. (1991). Green pea (Pisum sativum) genes coding for the symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria II. Nucleotide sequence of cDNA and of a portion of the late nodulin gene (PsNod6). Molecular Biology 25, 1325-1328.

14. Pieterse, C.M.J., De Wit, P.J.G.M. and Govers, F.P.M. (1992). Molecular aspects of the potato-Phytophthora infestans interaction. Neth. Journal of Plant Pathol. 98 supplement 2, 85-92.

15. Pieterse, C.J.M., Verbakel, H.M., Hoek Spaans, J., Davidse, L.C. and Govers, F. (1993). Increased expression of the calmodulin gene of the late blight fungus Phytophthora infestans during pathogenesis on potato. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interactions 6, 164-172.

16. Pieterse, C.M.J., Riach, M., Bleker, T., Van den Berg-Velthuis, G.C.M. and Govers, F. (1993). Isolation of putative pathogenicity genes of the potato late blight fungus Phytophthora infestans by differential hybridization of a genomic library. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 43, 69-79.

17. Drenth, A., Turkensteen, L.J. and Govers, F. (1993). The occurrance of the A2 mating type of Phytophthora infestans in The Netherlands; significance and consequences. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 99 supplement 3, 57-67.

18. Pieterse, C.M.J., Van West, P., Verbakel, H.M., Brassé, P.W.H.M., Van den Berg-Velthuis, G.C.M. and Govers, F. (1994). Structure and genomic organization of the ipiB and ipiO gene clusters of Phytophthora infestans. Gene 138, 67-77.

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19. Pieterse, C.M.J., Derksen, A.-M.C.E., Folders, J. and Govers, F. (1994). Expression of the Phytophthora infestans ipiB and ipiO genes in planta and in vitro. Molecular General Genetics 244, 269-277.

20. Drenth, A., Tas, I.C.Q. and Govers, F. (1994). DNA fingerprinting uncovers a new sexually reproducing population of Phytophthora infestans in the Netherlands. European Journal of Plant Pathology 100, 97-107.

21. Drenth, A., Janssen E.M. and Govers, F. (1995). Formation and survival of oospores of Phytophthora infestans. Plant Pathology 44, 86-94.

22. Pieterse, C.M.J., van 't Klooster, J., van den Berg-Velthuis, G.C.M. and Govers, F. (1995). NiaA, the structural nitrate reductase gene of Phytophthora infestans: isolation, characterization and expression analysis in Aspergillus nidulans. Current Genetics 27, 359-366.

23. Kamoun, S., van West, P., de Jong, A.J., de Groot, K.E., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. and Govers, F. (1997). A gene encoding a protein elicitor of Phytophthora infestans is down-regulated during infection of potato. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 10, 13-20.

24. Kamoun, S., Lindqvist, H. and Govers, F. (1997). A novel class of elicitin-like genes from Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 10, 1028-1030.

25. Van der Lee, T., De Witte, I., Drenth, A., Alfonso, C. and Govers, F. (1997). AFLP linkage map of the oomycete Phytophthora infestans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 21, 278-291.

26. Van West, P., de Jong, A.J., Emons, A-M., Judelson, H.S. and Govers, F. (1998). The ipiO gene of Phytophthora infestans is highly expressed in invading hyphae. Fungal Genetics and Biology 23, 126-138.

27. Zwankhuizen, M.J., Govers, F. and Zadoks, J.C. (1998). Development of potato late blight epidemics: disease foci, disease gradients, and infection sources. Phytopathology 88, 754-763.

28. Kamoun, S., van West, P., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A., de Groot, K.E. and Govers, F. (1998). Resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to Phytophthora infestans is mediated by the recognition of elicitor protein INF1. The Plant Cell, 10, 1413-1426.

29. Kamoun, S., van West, P. and Govers, F. (1998). Quantification of late blight resistance of potato using transgenic Phytophthora infestans expressing ß-glucuronidase. European Journal of Plant Pathology 104, 521-525.

30. Kamoun, S., van der Lee, T., van den Berg-Velthuis, G., de Groot, K.E. and Govers, F. (1998). Loss of production of the elicitor protein INF1 in the clonal lineage US-1 of Phytophthora infestans. Phytopathology 88, 1315-1323.

31. Van West, P., Kamoun, S., Van 't Klooster, J.W. and Govers, F. (1999). Internuclear gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Cell 3, 339-348.

32. Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A., van Dooijeweert, W., Keizer, P.L.C., Sijpkes, L., Govers, F. and Colon, L.T. (1999). A laboratory assay for Phytophthora infestans resistance in various Solanum species reflects the field situation. European Journal of Plant Pathology 105, 241-250.

33. Kamoun, S., Honée, G., Weide, R., Laugé, R., Kooman-Gersmann M., de Groot, K.E., Govers, F. and de Wit, P.J.G.M. (1999). The fungal genes Avr9 and inf1 confer avirulence to potato virus X on tobacco. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 12, 459-462.

34. Van West, P., Kamoun, S., Van 't Klooster, J.W. and Govers, F. (1999). Ric1, a Phytophthora infestans gene with homology to stress-induced genes. Current Genetics 36, 310-315.

35. Kamoun, S., Hraber, P., Sobral, B., Nuss, D.L. and Govers, F. (1999). Initial assessment of gene diversity for the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans based on expressed sequences. Fungal Genetics and Biology 28, 94-106.

36. Van ’t Klooster, J.W., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A., Kamoun, S. and Govers, F. (1999). Characterization of a cDNA Encoding a Pathogenesis-Related Protein PR-1 from Potato (Solanum tuberosum) (Accession No. AJ250136) (PGR99-182). Plant Physiology 121, 1384.

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78. Hua, C., Wang, Y., Zheng, X., Dou, D., Zhang, Z., Govers, F. and Wang, Y. (2008) A Phytophthora sojae G protein α subunit is involved in chemotaxis to soybean isoflavones. Eukaryotic Cell, 7 (12), 2133-2140.

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87. van Poppel, P.M.J.A., Jiang, R.H.Y., Śliwka, J. and Govers, F. (2009) Recognition of Phytophthora infestans Avr4 by potato R4 is triggered by C-terminal domains comprising W motifs. Molecular Plant Pathology 10 (5), 611-620.

88. van de Mortel, J.E., Tran, H., Govers, F. and Raaijmakers, J.M. (2009) Cellular responses of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans to cyclic lipopeptide surfactants and the role of G-proteins. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (15), 4950-4957.

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reveal a role for camalexin, indole-glucosinolate and salicylic acid in defense. Plant, Cell & Environment, 36, 1192–1203.

113. Wang, Y., Bouwmeester, K., Van de Mortel, J.E., Shan, W.X., Govers, F. (2013). Induced expression of defense-related genes in Arabidopsis upon infection with Phytophthora capsici. Plant Signaling & Behavior 8 (7), e24618.

114. Yang, X., Zhao, W., Hua, C., Zheng, X., Jing, M., Li, D., Govers, F., Meijer H.J.G., Wang, Y. (2013) Chemotaxis and oospore formation in Phytophthora sojae are controlled by G-protein-coupled receptors with a phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase domain. Molecular Microbiology, 88 (2), 382–394.

115. Meijer, H.J.G., Hua, C. Kots, K. Ketelaar, T., Govers, F. (2014) Actin dynamics in Phytophthora infestans; rapidly reorganizing cables and immobile, long-lived plaques. Cellular Microbiology 16, 948-961.

116. Bouwmeester, K., Han, M., Blanco-Portales, R., Song, W., Weide, R., Guo, L.Y., van der Vossen, E.A.G., Govers, F., (2014) The Arabidopsis lectin receptor kinase LecRK-I.9 enhances resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Solanaceous plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 12, 10-16. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12111.

117. Meijer, H.J.G., Mancuso, F.M., Espadas, G., Seidl, M.F., Chiva, C., Govers, F. and Sabidó, E (2014) Profiling the secretome and extracellular proteome of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Mol Cell Proteomics 13: 2101-2113. doi:10.1074/mcp.M113.035873.

118. Resjö, S., Ali, A., Meijer, H.J.G., Seidl, M.F., Snel, B., Sandin, M., Levander, F., Govers, F., Andreasson, E. (2014) Quantitative label-free phosphoproteomics of six different life stages of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans reveals abundant phosphorylation of members of the CRN effector family. Journal of Proteome Research. 13, 1848-1859.

119. Wang, Y., Bouwmeester, K., Beseh, P., Shan, W. & Govers, F. (2014) Phenotypic analyses of Arabidopsis T-DNA insertion lines and expression profiling reveal that multiple L-type lectin receptor kinases are involved in plant immunity. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 27, 1390-1402.

120. Hua, C., Kots, K., Ketelaar, T., Govers, F. & Meijer, H.J.G. (2015) Effect of flumorph on F-actin dynamics in the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Phytopathology 105, 419-423.

121. Kamoun, S., Furzer, O., Jones, J.D.G., Judelson, H.S., Ali, G.S., Dalio, R.J.D., Roy, S.G., Schena, L., Zambounis, A., Panabières, F., Cahill, D., Ruocco, M., Figueiredo, A., Chen, X.R., Hulvey, J., Stam, R., Lamour, K., Gijzen, M., Tyler, B.M., Grünwald, N.J., Mukhtar, M.S., Tomé, D.F.A., Tör, M., Ackerveken, G. van den, McDowell, J., Daayf, F., Fry, W.E., Lindqvist-Kreuze, H., Meijer, H.J.G., Petre, B., Ristaino, J., Yoshida, K., Birch, P.R.J., Govers, F. (2015) The top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology 16, 413-434.

122. Du, J., Verzaux, E., Chaparro-Garcia, A., Bijsterbosch, G., Keizer, L.C.P., Zhou, J., Liebrand, T.W.H., Xie, C.H., Govers, F., Robatzek, S., van der Vossen, E.A.G., Jacobsen, E., Visser, R.G.F., Kamoun, S., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. (2015) Elicitin recognition confers enhanced resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato. Nature Plants 1, 15034.

123. Du, Y., Berg, J., Govers, F.*, Bouwmeester, K.* (2015) Immune activation mediated by the late blight resistance protein R1 requires nuclear localization of R1 and the effector AVR1. New Phytologist 207, 735-747. *shared last authors

124. Du, Y., Mpina, M.H., Birch, P.R.J., Bouwmeester, K.*, Govers, F.* (2015) Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 interacts with exocyst component Sec5 to manipulate plant immunity. Plant Physiology 169, 1975-1990. *shared last authors

125. Huisman, R., Bouwmeester, K., Brattinga, M., Govers, F., Bisseling, T., Limpens, E. (2015) Haustorium formation in Medicago truncatula roots infected by Phytophthora palmivora does not involve the common endosymbiotic program shared by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 28, 1271-1280.

126. Hofberger, J.A., Nsibo, D.L., Govers, F., Bouwmeester, K., Schranz, M.E. (2015). A complex interplay of tandem- and whole-genome duplication drives expansion of the L-type lectin receptor kinase gene family in the Brassicaceae. Genome Biology and Evolution 7, 720-734.

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127. Sharma, R., Xia, X.J., Cano, L.M., Evangelisti, E., Kemen, E., Judelson, H., Oome, S., Sambles, C., van den Hoogen, D.J., Kitner, M., Klein, J., Meijer, H.J.G., Spring, O., Win, J., Zipper, R., Bode, H.B., Govers, F., Kamoun, S., Schornack, S., Studholme, D.J., Van den Ackerveken, G., Thines, M. (2015) Genome analyses of the sunflower pathogen Plasmopara halstedii provide insights into effector evolution in downy mildews and Phytophthora. BMC Genomics 16, 741.

128. Sheng, Y.T., Wang, Y.L., Meijer, H.J.G., Yang, X.Y., Hua, C.L., Ye, W.W., Tao, K., Liu, X.Y., Govers, F., Wang, Y.C. (2015) The heat shock transcription factor PsHSF1 of Phytophthora sojae is required for oxidative stress tolerance and detoxifying the plant oxidative burst. Environmental Microbiology 17, 1351-1364.

129. Wang, Y., Cordewener, J.H.G., America, A.H.P., Shan, W.X., Bouwmeester, K.*, Govers, F.* (2015) Arabidopsis lectin receptor kinases LecRK-IX.1 and LecRK-IX.2 are functional analogs in regulating Phytophthora resistance and plant cell death. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 28, 1032-1048. *shared last authors

130. Wang, Y., Weide, R., Govers, F.*, Bouwmeester, K.* (2015). L-type lectin receptor kinases in Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato and their role in Phytophthora resistance. Journal of Experimental Botany 66, 6731-6743. *shared last authors

131. Wang, Y., Nsibo, D.L., Juhar, H.M., Govers, F.*, Bouwmeester, K.* (2016). Ectopic expression of Arabidopsis L-type lectin receptor kinase genes LecRK-I.9 and LecRK-IX.1 in Nicotiana benthamiana confers Phytophthora resistance. Plant Cell Reports 35, 845-855. *shared last authors

132. Overdijk, E.J.R., De Keijzer, J., De Groot, D., Schoina, C., Bouwmeester, K., Ketelaar, T., Govers, F. (2016). Interaction between the moss Physcomitrella patens and Phytophthora: a novel pathosystem for live-cell imaging of subcellular defence. Journal of Microscopy 263, 171-180.

133. Kots, K.,# Meijer, H.J.G.#, Bouwmeester, K., Govers, F., Ketelaar, T. (2017) Accumulation of filamentous actin in Phytophthora infestans during cell wall plug formation and plant cell penetration. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 74, 909-920. DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2383-y. #shared first authors.

134. Balagué, C., Gouget, A., Bouchez, O., Souriac, C., Haget, N., Boutet-Mercey, S., Govers, F., Roby, D., Canut, C. (2017) The Arabidopsis thaliana lectin receptor kinase LecRK-I.9 is required for full resistance to Pseudomonas syringae and affects jasmonate signalling. Molecular Plant Pathology 18(7), 937–948. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12457

135. Resjö, S., Brus, M., Ali, A., Meijer, H.J.G., Sandin, M., Govers, F., Levander, F., Grenville-Briggs, L., Andreasson, E. (2017) Proteomic analysis of Phytophthora infestans reveals the importance of cell wall proteins in pathogenicity. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 16: 1958-1971. DOI: 10.1074/mcp.M116.065656.

136. Schoina, C. #, Bouwmeester, K.# and Govers, F. (2017) Infection of a tomato cell culture by Phytophthora infestans; a versatile tool to study Phytophthora-host interactions. BMC Plant Methods 13: 88. DOI 10.1186/s13007-017-0240-0. #shared first authors http://rdcu.be/xGjp

137. Du, Y.#, Overdijk, E.J.R.#, Berg, J.A., Govers, F.* and Bouwmeester, K.* (2018) Solanaceous exocyst subunits are involved in immunity to diverse plant pathogens. Journal of Exp. Botany, 69, 655–666. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx442. #shared first and *shared last authors

138. van den Hoogen, D.J., Meijer, H.J.G, Seidl, M.F., Govers, F. (2018) The ancient link between G-protein coupled receptors and C-terminal phospholipid kinase domains. mBio 9 (1): e02119-17. DOI:10.1128/mBio.02119-17.

139. Du, Y., Weide, R., Zhao, Z., Msimuko, P., Govers, F.*, and Bouwmeester, K.*. (2018) RXLR effector diversity in Phytophthora infestans isolates determines recognition by potato resistance proteins; the case study AVR1 and R1. Studies in Mycology 89, 85-93. *shared last authors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2018.01.003

140. van den Hoogen, Govers, F. (2018) GPCR-bigrams: enigmatic signaling components in oomycetes. Plos Pathogens, Plos Pathogens 14(7): e1007064. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007064

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141. Rodenburg, S.Y.A., Seidl, F.M., de Ridder, D.*, Govers, F.* (2017) Genome-wide characterization of Phytophthora infestans metabolism: a systems biology approach. Molecular Plant Pathology 19(6), 1403–1413. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12623 *shared last authors

142. van den Hoogen, J., Verbeek-de Kruif, N., Govers, F. (2018). The G-protein γ subunit of Phytophthora infestans is involved in sporangial development. Fungal Genetics and Biology 116, 73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2018.04.012

143. Meijer, H.J.G.#, Schoina, C.#, Wang, S., Bouwmeester, K., Hua, C., Govers, F. (2019) Phytophthora infestans small phospholipase D-like proteins elicit plant cell death and promote virulence. Molecular Plant Pathology 20(2), 180–193. #shared first authors. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12746

144. Boonekamp, P.M. Pieterse, C.M.J., Govers, F., Cornelissen, B.J.C..(2019) Johanna Westerdijk (1881 – 1961) – The impact of the Grand Lady of Phytopathology in the Netherlands from 1917 – 2017. European Journal of Plant Pathology, accepted.

145. Schoina, C., Rodenburg, S.Y.A., Meijer, H.J.G, Seidl, M.F., Bouwmeester, K.* and Govers, F.* (2018) Phytophthora infestans metalloproteases: an inventory of protein modifying enzymes. Submitted to BMC Genomics. *shared last authors

146. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS preprint servers 1. van den Hoogen, J., Govers, F. (2018). Attempts to implement CRISPR/Cas9 for genome

editing in the oomycete Phytophthora infestans. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/274829 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS in proceedings*, and refereed chapters in books** 1. * Bisseling, T., Govers, F., Wyndaele, R., Nap, J.P., Taanman, J.W. and Van Kammen, A.

(1984). Expression of nodulin genes during nodule development from effective and ineffective root nodules. In: Advances in Nitrogen Fixation Research (eds. Veeger C. and Newton W.E.) Nijhoff-Junk, The Hague, pp. 579-586.

2. * Govers, F., Nap, J.P., Bisseling, T., Wyndaele, R. and Van Kammen, A. (1984). Expression of host specific sequences during development of root nodules in pea. In: Advances in Nitrogen Fixation Research (eds. Veeger C. and Newton W.E.) Nijhoff-Junk, The Hague, pp. 594.

3. * Bisseling, T., Franssen, H., Govers, F., Gloudemans, T., Louwerse, J., Moerman, M., Nap, J.P. and Van Kammen, A. (1985). Nodulin gene expression in Pisum sativum. In: Nitrogen Fixation Research Progress (eds. Evans H.J., Bottomley P.J. and Newton W.E.) Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 53-59.

4. * Bisseling, T., Govers, F., Gloudemans, T., Moerman, M., Ten Velde, I. and Van Kammen, A. (1985). Identification of pea genes involved in the establishment of an effective symbiosis. In: Advances in Molecular Genetics of Bacteria-Plant Interaction (eds. Szalay A.A. and Legocki R.P.) Cornell University Publishers, Ithaca, New York, pp. 74-76.

5. * Bisseling, T., Govers, F., Gloudemans, T., Moerman, M. and Van Kammen, A. (1985). Expression of pea nodulin genes in effective and ineffective nodules. In: Analysis of Plant Genes involved in the Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, pp. 105-111.

6. * Govers, F., Moerman, M., Nap, J.P., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1985). Expression of nodule specific sequences during pea root nodule development. In: Nitrogen Fixation Research Progress (eds. Evans H.J., Bottomley P.J. and Newton W.E.) Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, p. 62.

7. * Moerman, M., Govers, F., Van Kammen, A. and Bisseling, T. (1985). Are sym-plasmid genes involved in the induction of nodulin gene expression? In: Nitrogen Fixation Research Progress (eds. Evans H.J., Bottomley P.J. and Newton W.E.) Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, p. 64.

8. * Bisseling, T., Franssen, H., Gloudemans, T., Govers, F., Moerman, M., Nap, J.P. and Van

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Kammen, A. (1986). Nodulins involved in early stages of pea root nodule development. In: Recognition in Microbe Plant Symbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions (ed. Lugtenberg B.) Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 163-169.

9. * Nap, J.P., Moerman, M., Van Kammen, A., Govers, F., Gloudemans, T., Franssen, H. and Bisseling, T. (1986). Early nodulins in root nodule development. In: Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions (eds. Verma D.P.S. and Brisson N.) Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 96-101. * Govers, F. and Bisseling, T. (1988). The role of nodulins in root nodule development. In: Physiological Limitations and the Genetic Improvement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation (eds. O'Gara F., Manian S. and Drevon J.J.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 193-206.

10. * Govers, F., Franssen, H.J., Pieterse, C., Wilmer, J. and Bisseling, T. (1990). Function and regulation of the early nodulin gene ENOD2. In: Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants (eds. Lycett G.W. and Grierson D.). Butterworths London, pp. 259-269.

11. * Bisseling, T., Franssen, H.J., Govers, F., Horvath, B., Moerman, M., Scheres, B., van de Wiel, C. and Yang, W.-C. (1991). Early nodulins in pea and soybean nodule development. In: Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions (eds. Hennecke H. and Verma D.P.S.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 300-303.

12. * Govers, F. and Bisseling, T. (1991). Nodulins in root nodule development: function and gene regulation. In: Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe. Nitrogen Metabolism of Plants (eds. Mengel, K. and Pilbeam, D.J.). Clarendon Press Oxford, pp. 31-37.

13. ** Drenth, A. and Govers, F. (1993). DNA fingerprinting of the potato late blight fungus Phytophthora infestans. In: Modern detections assays for plant pathogenic fungi: identification, detection and quantification (eds. Schots, A., Dewey, F.M. and Oliver, R.). CAB International, pp. 223-230.

14. * Alfonso, C. and Govers, F. (1995). A search for determinants of race-specificity in the Phytophthora infestans-potato pathosystem. In: Phytophthora infestans 150 (eds. Dowley, L.J., Bannon. E., Cooke, L.R., Keane, T., and O'Sullivan, E.) Boole Press Ltd., Dublin 1995 pp. 107-115.

15. ** Govers, F., Drenth, A. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (1997). The potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans and other plant pathogenic oomycota. In: The Mycota Volume V part B: Plant Relationships (eds. Carroll, G.C. and Tudzynski, P.) Springer-Verlag Berlin, 17-36.

16. * Govers, F. (1999). Research investments in Phytophthora infestans: how to get to know the pathogen? In: Late blight: a threat to global food security, Volume 1, Proceedings of the Global Initiative on Late Blight Conference, Quito, Ecuador (eds. Crissman, L and Lizarraga, C.) CIP Lima Peru, 69-72.

17. * Kamoun, S., Dong, S., Huitema, E., Torto, G.A., van West, P., Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. and Govers, F. (2000). Dissection of nonhost resistance of Nicotiana to Phytophthora infestans. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, volume 2 (eds. P.J.G.M. de Wit, T. Bisseling, W.J. Stiekema). St. Paul, Minnesota, USA : International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2000. pp. 180 – 185.

18. * Govers, F., Jiang, R.H.Y., Latijnhouwers, M., Ligterink, W., Vijn, I. and Weide, R. (2001) Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Med. Fac. Landbouww. Univ. Gent 66/2a, 3-6.

19. ** Govers, F. and Latijnhouwers, M. 2004. Late blight. Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science (ed. R.M. Goodman) Marcel Dekker Inc. New York. DOI: 10.1081/E-EPCS-120019918. Page 1-5.

20. ** Govers, F. (2005) Late blight: the perspective from the pathogen. In: Potato in progress: science meets practice (Eds. A.J. Haverkort and P.C. Struik.) Wageningen Academic Publishers pp. 245-254.

21. * Bouwmeester, K., Klamer, S., Gouget, A., Haget, N., Canut, H., Govers, F. (2008) Lectin receptor kinase 79, a putative target of the Phytophthora infestans effector IPI-O In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions volume 6 (eds. Lorito, M., Woo, S.L., Scala, F.). St. Paul, MN, USA : International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

22. ** Bouwmeester, K., van Poppel, P.M.J.A. and Govers, F. (2009) Genome biology cracks enigmas of oomycete plant pathogens. In: Annual Plant Reviews – Molecular Aspects of

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Plant Disease Resistance. (J.E. Parker, ed), Wiley-Blackwell. Volume 34, 102-133. 23. * Govers, F., Meijer, H.J.G., Tran, H., Wagemakers, L., and Raaijmakers J.M. (2009)

Unraveling the senses of Phytophthora; leads to novel control strategies? ISHS Acta Horticulturae 834, 41-50.

24. ** Schoina, C. & Govers, F. (2015) The oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish potato famine pathogen. In: ‘Principles of plant-microbe interactions; roles of microbes in sustainable agriculture’. Ed. Lugtenberg, B., Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 - ISBN 9783319085753 - p. 371 - 378.

PATENT 1. Bouwmeester, K. and Govers, F. (2014) A new method to provide resistance to bacterial soft

rot in plants. International patent number WO2014/112875. EDITOR of books and special issues of journals 1. Govers, F.; Niks, R.E.; Beek, H. van der (editors) 2002. Durable resistance. Proceedings of an

International Congress. Euphytica 124 (2002) 2. - ISSN 0014-2336. - 264 pp. 2. Govers, F. and Gijzen, M. (editors) 2006. Focus on Phytophthora genomics. Special section in

Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 19 (12). – ISSN 0894-0282. 3. Vreugendenhil, D., Bradshaw, J., Gebhardt, C., Govers, F., MacKerron, D.K.L., Taylor, M.A.,

Ross, H.A. (editors) 2007. Potato Biology and Biotechnology; Advances and Perspectives. ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51018-1. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 823 pp.

4. Forbes, G., Govers, F. and Fry, W.E. (editors) 2009. Proceedings of the Third International Late Blight Conference. Acta Horticulturae 834. ISBN 978-90-6605-572-8. ISHS. 214 pp.

5. Pieterse, C., Boonekamp, P., Govers, F., Cornelissen,B. 2018. Guest editors Special issue of the European Journal of Plant Pathology “Legacy of Johanna Westerdijk 1917-2017”.

6. Canut, H. & Govers, F. Guest editors International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS). Special issue ‘Plant Lectins and Lectin Receptor Kinases’.

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS 1. Pieterse, C.M.J. and Govers, F.P.M. (1991). Recente ontwikkelingen in het moleculair genetisch

onderzoek naar plant-pathogeen interacties (verslag symposium Interlaken, september 1990). Gewasbescherming 22, 46-47.

2. Govers, F. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (1993). List of cloned genes in Phytophthora infestans. 3. Phytophthora Newsletter 19, 1. 4. Govers, F., Dyer, A.T., Tooley, P.W. and Fry, W.E. (1993). DNA probes for RFLP-mapping of

Phytophthora infestans. Phytophthora Newsletter 19, 2-3. 5. Drenth, A. and Govers, F. (1994). Nieuwe Phytophthora-stammen. Gewas 2, 30-33. 6. Waalkens, W.M. and Govers, F. (1995) Determination of the baseline sensitivity of

Phytophthora infestans to fluazinam, the active ingredient of the protectant fungicide Shirlan. Internal Report Department of Phytopathology, WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands commissioned by Zeneca Agro Ridderkerk, The Netherlands, 37 pp.

7. Kamoun, S. and Govers, F. (1997) Book review 'Phytophthora diseases worldwide' by D.C. Erwin and O.K. Ribeiro. 1996 APS Press, St. Paul MN USA. European Journal of Plant Pathology 103, 491-492.

8. Govers, F. and Meijer, H.J.G. 2007. Phytophthora genomics: nieuwe mogelijkheden en uitdagingen. Gewasbescherming 38, 265-271.

9. Weide, R. Govers, F. and Meijer, H.J.G. 2007. Comparative analyses of the activity of mandipropamid, cymoxanil and benthiavalicarb on Phytophthora infestans. Internal report Laboratory of Phytopathology of Wageningen University. Commissioned by Syngenta, the Netherlands. 29 pp.

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10. Govers, F. (2009) Foreword. In: Oomycete genetics and genomics: diversity, interactions, and research tools eds Lamour, K. and Kamoun. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Page ix-xi.

11. Guo, J. and Govers, F. (2009). Avirulentiegenen in Phytophthora infestans, de veroorzaker van de aardappelziekte. Gewasbescherming 40 (5), 246 - 249.

12. Govers, F. (2009). Dynamische ziekteverwekkers; wat we (willen) weten over oömyceten. Inaugural address, professor ad hominum at Wageningen University. June 11, 2009 ISBN 978-90-8585-278-0. 32 pp.

13. Govers, F. (2009) Fungal Genetics celebrates silver jubilee. Genetics. Newsletter 6 (2), 10 - 11.

14. Govers, F. (2010) Phytophthora infestans, een dynamische ziekteverwekker. Gewasbescherming 41 (3), 128 – 132.

15. Lindhout, P., Govers, F., Hansen, L., Graveland, R., Reinink, K., Smeekens, S. and Valstar, M. (2010) The green innovation engine; exploiting plant genomics for society. Advise to the Steering Committee of the Centre for BioSystems Genomics on the future of plant genomics research in the Netherlands. 9 pp.

16. Angenent, A., Hall, A., Govers, F., Leone, G. (2012) Opinie: Beleg valorisatie bij kennisinstellingen. Onderzoek Nederland 13 april 2012, 298, 5.

17. Seidl, M.F., Govers, F. (2013) Vergelijkende genoomanalyse geeft inzicht in de evolutie en biologie van pathogene oömyceten. Gewasbescherming 44 (4) 109-112.

18. Schoina, C., Bouwmeester, K. Govers, F. (2013) An in vitro infection system for studying Phytophthora-host intercations using tomato cell suspensions. Gewasbescherming 44 (5) 135.

19. van Boekel, T., Govers, F. & Buiter, R. (2015) Foodtopia; het voedsel van de toekomst. Cahier Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij, Den Haag. 2015-1 - ISBN 9789073196773 - p. 63.

20. Brussaard, L., Govers, F. & Buiter, R. (2016) Leve(de) bodem. Cahier Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij, Den Haag. 2016-3 - ISBN 9789073196834 – p. 88.

21. Govers, F. (2017) Bomen en plantenverdelgers. In: Schimmels; van plaag tot bouwmeester. Cahier Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij 2017-4 - ISBN 9789073196889 - p. 29 - 32.

22. Govers, F. (2017) Een plaag voor de landbouw. In: Schimmels; van plaag tot bouwmeester. Cahier Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij 2017-4 - ISBN 9789073196889 - p. 50-55.

23. Govers, F. (2017) Bomen en plantenverdelgers. In: Schimmels (eds. Wösten, H. Hoekstra, W. & van de Graaf, A.) Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij 4) - ISBN 9789073196889. 2017-4, p. 29-32.

24. Govers, F. (2017) Een plaag voor de landbouw. In: Schimmels (eds. Wösten, H. Hoekstra, W. & van de Graaf, A.) Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij 4) - ISBN 9789073196889. 2017-4, p. 50-55.

25. Govers, F. (2018) How do you disarm this killer? The running score in the battle against Phytophthora infestans. Resource: magazine for everyone at Wageningen University & Research 13 (3), 12-13.

26. Govers, F. (2018) The future of late blight control control: A research vision. Global Potato News 1, 8 - 9. https://www.globalpotatonews.com/current-publication/

THESES PhD students CO-PROMOTOR / promotor Prof. dr. P.J.G.M. de Wit 1. Pieterse, C.M.J. Differential gene expression in Phytophthora infestans during pathogenesis

on potato. PhD-thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 151 pp. October 27, 1993 2. Drenth, A. Molecular genetic evidence for a new sexually reproducing population of

Phytophthora infestans in Europe. PhD-thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 150 pp. April 15, 1994

3. Zwankhuizen, M.J. Potato late blight epidemics and population structure of Phytophthora infestans. PhD-thesis WAU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 147 pp. December 8, 1998

4. Van West, P. Molecular tools to unravel the role of genes from Phytophthora infestans. PhD-

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thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 150 pp. January 14, 2000 5. Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. Molecular and cellular biology of resistance to Phytophthora

infestans in Solanum species. PhD-thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 136 pp. January 5, 2001

6. Latijnhouwers, M.J.M. The role of heterotrimeric G-proteins in development and virulence of Phytophthora infestans. PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 157 pp. April 29, 2003

7. van der Lee, T. Genetic analysis of Phytophthora infestans. PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 112 pp. October 3, 2003

8. Jiang, R.H.Y. Footprints of evolution: the dynamics of effector genes in the Phytophthora genome. PhD thesis WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 231 pp. March 29, 2006.

THESES PhD students PROMOTOR

1. Guo, J. Phytophthora infestans avirulence genes: mapping, cloning and diversity in field

isolates. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 138 pp. October 20, 2008. ISBN 978-90-8504-984-5.

2. van Poppel, P.M.J.A. The Phytophthora infestans avirulence gene PiAvr4 and its potato counterpart R4. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 170 pp. February 4, 2009. ISBN 978-90-85858-306-0.

3. Bouwmeester, K. The interplay between a Phytophthora effector and an Arabidopsis lectin receptor kinase. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 224 pp. May 31, 2010. ISBN 978-90-8585-647-4.

4. Kroon, L. The genus Phytophthora; phylogeny, speciation and host specificity. PhD thesis. WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 184 pp. June 16, 2010. ISBN 978-90-8585-668-9.

5. Le, Cuong N. Diversity and biological control of Sclerotium rolfsii, causal agent of stem and pod rot of groundnut in Vietnam. PhD thesis. WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 152 pp. December 16, 2011. ISBN 978-94-6173-107-4.

6. Seidl, M. Exploring evolution and biology of oomycetes; integrative and comparative genomics. PhD thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 174 pp, May 6, 2013. ISBN 978-90-393-6929-6.

7. Du, Y. (Yu). Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 and its host target Sec5. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 24 November 2014. 188 pp, ISBN 978-94-6257-131-0.

8. Wang, Y. (Yan). Understanding the role of L-type lectin receptor kinases in Phytophthora resistance. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 24 November 2014. 214 pp, ISBN 978-94-6257-132-7.

9. Song, C. (Chunxu). Regulation and natural functions of lipopeptide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 173 pp. ISBN 9789462572690. April 24, 2015.

10. Liu, Y. (Yiying). The fish egg microbiome: diversity and activity against the oomycete pathogen Saprolegnia. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 169 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-767-1; http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/377064. June 13, 2016.

11. Cheng, X (Xu). Plant growth promotion by Pseudomonas fluorescens: mechanisms, genes and regulation. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 192 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-875-3; DOI 10.18174/387191. September 19, 2016.

12. Cordovez Da Cunha, V. (Viviane). Volatile-mediated interactions in the rhizosphere. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 219 pp. ISBN 978-94-6257-901-9; DOI 10.18174/388360. November 4, 2016.

13. Gómez Expósito, Ruth. Microbiome dynamics of disease suppressive soils. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 267 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-177-4; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/412539. June 15, 2017.

14. Schoina, Charikleia. Phytophthora infestans enzymes and their role in the interaction with its hosts. PhD thesis, WU Wageningen, The Netherlands. 200 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-287-0 ; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/449017 ; June 1, 2018. Promotor: F. Govers. Co-

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promotors: K. Bouwmeester. 15. van den Hoogen, D. Johan. Dissecting cellular signalling in Phytophthora. PhD thesis, WU

Wageningen, The Netherlands. 144 pp. ISBN 978-94-6343-866-7 ; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/447045 ; June 8, 2018. Promotor: F. Govers.

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PRESENTATIONS including *INVITED LECTURES and *KEYNOTES since 2001 2001: Govers, F. DNA transformation of Phytophthora infestans. Third annual retreat of the Syngenta

Phytophthora research consortium, Asilomar Monterey CA USA. March 12-13, 2001. *Govers, F. Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

Keynote speaker in the Plenary session of the 53rd International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium. May 8, 2001.

Govers, F. Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Seminar at the Institut Federatif de Recherche CNRS/INPT-ENSA/INRA/UPS, Toulouse, France, May 28-29, 2001.

Govers F. Clustering of elicitin genes in Phytophthora infestans. Oomycete Genetics 2001 Workshop, Ohio State University, Wooster Ohio USA, July 16-17, 2001.

Govers, F. Progress report DNA transformation and GPRCs of Phytophthora infestans. Fourth annual retreat of the Syngenta Phytophthora research consortium. Hangzhou, China. October 8-9, 2001.

Govers, F. Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Seminar at the Department of Plant Protection, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China. October 10, 2001.

Govers, F. Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Seminar at the Institute of Vegetable Crops and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. October 11, 2001.

Govers, F. Ins and outs of late blight and Phytophthora infestans. Seminar at the China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. October 12, 2001.

*Govers F. Biology and pathology of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Keynote speaker BASF symposium Protection de la pomme de terre. lnstitut de Biotechnology des Plantes, Université de Paris-Sud, Paris, France. December 4, 2001.

2002: Govers, F. DNA transformation and GPRCs of Phytophthora infestans. Fifth annual retreat of the

Syngenta Phytophthora research consortium. Aberdeen Scotland. May 10-11, 2002. 2003: *Govers F. Molecular-genetic dissection of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Invited

speaker. KWS Planta, Einbeck, Germany. April 14, 2003. *Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans and potato late blight: unravelling the interaction. Invited

speaker. Bioseminar, Department of Biology, Fribourg, Switserland, May 27 2003. Govers F. Transcriptional profiling in Phytophthora infestans using cDNA-AFLP. Workshop NSF

Phytophthora Molecular Genetics Research Network, Asilomar, USA, 16-18 March 2003. Govers, F. Biology and pathology of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. CAAS-WUR

Autumn workshop Plant Genomics: from crop production to healthy food. November 10-14, 2003 Beijing, China.

Govers, F. Parapluplan Phytophthora; met genomics op zoek naar nieuwe aangrijpingspunten voor bestrijding. KNPV najaarsvergadering, November 27, 2003, Wageningen.

2004: Govers F. Race-specific avirulence genes in Phytophthora infestans. NSF Phytophthora Molecular

Genetics Network, New Orleans, LA USA. May 21-23, 2004 Govers F. Virulence and avirulence in the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Virginia

Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg VA, USA. June 11, 2004 *Govers F. Virulence and avirulence in the oomycete Phytophthora infestans. Invited speaker

Gordon Research Conference Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH, USA. June 20-25, 2004

Govers, F. Virulence and avirulence in the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Broad

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Institute, Cambridge MA, USA. June 28, 2004 2005: *Govers F. Late Blight: the perspective from the pathogen. Invited speaker at the 6th International

Potato 2005 Congress in the GILB Mini Symposium on Late Blight. September 5-7, 2005, Emmeloord, The Netherlands.

*Govers F. Avirulence genes in Phytophthora infestans. Invited speaker at the XII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. December 14-19, Merida, Mexico.

2006: Govers, F. Phytophthora effectors: the key to resistance in potato? CBSG Summit 2006 ‘Bridging

the Gap’, March 6-7, 2006. Wageningen, The Netherlands. *Govers, F. The dynamics of avirulence and effector genes in Phytophthora genomes. Invited

speaker. ALW platform Experimental Plant Sciences. March 3 and 4, 2006. Lunteren, The Netherlands.

Govers, F. Identify targets for durable resistance by analysing fungal effector molecules (WP1.1.) BioExploit Annual Meeting. October 18 and 19, 2006. Ede The Netherlands.

Govers, F. Phytophthora genomics: de blauwdruk van twee notoire ziektenverwekkers. KNPV werkgroep Pythium en Phytophthora. November 30, 2006. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

2007: *Govers, F. The role of an RxLR-dEER effector target in disease resistance. Invited speaker

concurrent session ‘Plant-Oomycete interactions’. XIII International Congress on Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 21-27th July 2007. Sorrento, Italy.

2008: *Govers, F. Oomycete effectors; the latest findings. Invited speaker at the International

Symposium “Microbial-Associated Molecular Patterns in Plants (Plant MAMPs)”. February 28-29, 2008. Salamanca, Spain.

Govers, F. Genome biology cracks enigma’s of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Visiting guest professor at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. March 21, 2008.

Govers, F. In’s and out’s of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Visiting guest professor at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. March 28, 2008.

*Govers, F. Unraveling the senses of Phytophthora; leads to novel control strategies? Keynote speaker at the Third International Late Blight Conference GILB, April 3-8, 2008. Beijing, China.

Govers, F. Genome biology cracks enigma’s of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Visiting guest professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. April 7, 2008.

Govers, F. In’s and out’s of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Visiting guest professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. April 9, 2008.

Govers, F. Phytophthora effectors involved in gene-for-gene interactions. Institute’s guest professor at the Agricultural Environment & Resources Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China. April 15, 2008.

*Govers, F. Oomycete genomics opens new avenues for target discovery. Invited speaker. Symposium ‘Challenges in Modern Plant Pathology and Disease Control’. On the occasion of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gisi’s retirement. May 29, 2008. Stein, Switzerland.

*Govers, F. Phytophthora genomics:new opportunities and challenges for plant pathologists. Invited speaker. The International Congress of Mycology (in the framework of IUMS), session ’Applied Fungal Genomics’, August 5-9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey.

*Govers, F. Emerging Phytophthora diseases (provisional title). Invited speaker. The International Congress of Mycology (in the framework of IUMS), session ’Emerging Fungal Plant Pathogens’, August 5-9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey.

Govers, F. Identification of effectors. Progress report WP 1.1. EU-BioExploit project. October 16-17, 2008. Ede, the Netherlands.

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2009: Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans RXLR-dEER effectors; C-terminal motifs and recognition by

resistance proteins. Annual Meeting of the NSF Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network, March 15-17, 2009. Pacific Grove, California, USA.

Govers, F. Recognition of Phytophthora infestans RXLR-dEER effectors by resistance proteins is triggered by C-terminal domains comprising W motifs. 25th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar. March 17-22, 2009. Pacific Grove, California, USA.

Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans RXLR-dEER effectors; C-terminal motifs and recognition by resistance proteins. Scientific meeting EU-BioExploit project. March 31 - April 1, 2009. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Govers, F. Inaugural address Professor ad hominum at Wageningen University. June 11, 2009. Govers, F. De trukkendoos van Phytophthora infestans. KLV Alumnikring Den Haag. November 31,

2009. 2010: *Govers, F. Effector diversity and gene innovations in Phytophthora. 10th European Conference on

Fungal Genetics. March 17-22, 2010. Noordwijkerhout. The Netherlands. Invited plenary lecture.

*Govers, F. The dynamics of Phytophthora infestans; effector diversity and gene innovations. Second meeting of the Priority Programme 1212 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: Microbial reprogramming of plant cell development. June 22-24, Freising, Germany. Invited guest speaker.

Govers, F. Effect of the cyclic lipopeptide MassA on Phytophthora infestans gene expression. International Mycological Congress 9; the biology of fungi. August 1-6, 2010, Edinburgh. UK.

Govers, F. Battle of the genes – strijd tegen de aardappelziekte. Workshop op de DNA-LAB DAG, een landelijke conferentie voor docenten en TOA’s over genomics, en over de Reizende DNA-labs in het bijzonder. Hogeschool Domstad Utrecht 12 maart 2010.

Govers, F. De rol van bacteriën en schimmels. Bijdrage scholingsdag SPIN docenten met als onderwerp ’De rol van microörganismen in de natuur’. Wageningen 14 oktober 2010.

2011: Govers, F. Phytophthora RXLR effectors: function, specificity and diversity. EU-BioExploit Final

Meeting. February 15-16, 2011. Ede, The Netherlands. *Govers, F. Johanna Westerdijk (1883-1961): Microbial Interactions. Invited speaker. 100th

Anniversary Netherlands Society of Microbiology (NVvM) and Scientific Spring Meeting 2011. April 18-20, 2011. Arnhem, The Netherlands.

2012: Govers, F. Battle of the genes – strijd tegen de aardappelziekte. Workshop op de DNA-LAB DAG,

een landelijke conferentie voor docenten en TOA’s over genomics, en over de Reizende DNA-labs in het bijzonder. Hogeschool Domstad Utrecht 10 maart 2012.

*Govers, F. Dissecting phospholipid signaling in Phytophthora. Invited plenary speaker. 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG11). March 30 - April 2, 2012. Marburg, Germany.

Govers, F. In silico identification of transcription factor binding sites in Phytophthora. Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting. May 25 – 28, 2012. Nanjing, China.

2013: *Govers, F. Invited plenary speaker. 27th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar. March 12-17,

2013. Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, USA. 2015: Govers, F. (Du, Y.; Bouwmeester, K.; Berg, J.; Govers, F.) R1-mediated immunity triggered by the

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Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 is activated inside the nucleus. Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting. 14-17 March 2015 Asilomar Pacific Groove, CA, USA

Govers, F. (Wang, Y.; Govers, F.; Bouwmeester, K.) Lectin receptor kinase; sentinels in defense against plant pathogens. Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting. 14-17 March 2015 Asilomar, Pacific Groove, CA, USA.

Govers, F. (Meijer, H.J.G.; Kots, K.; Hua, C.; Ketelaar, T.; Govers, F.) Dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in Phytophthora infestans hyphae and infection structures. Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting. 14-17 March 2015 Asilomar Pacific Groove, CA, USA.

Govers, F. (Meijer, H.J.G.; Kots, K.; Hua, C.; Ketelaar, T.; Govers, F.) Dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in Phytophthora infestans hyphae and infection structures. 28th Fungal Genetics Conference. 17-22 March 2015 Asilomar, Pacific Groove, CA, USA.

*Govers, F. Dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in hyphae and infection structures of the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans Botanical Microscopy meeting of the Royal Microscopical Society. 20-23 April 2015. Exeter University, UK. Invited plenary speaker.

*Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 and its host target Sec5. 4th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions – 1-3 August 2015. Nanjing, China. Invited plenary speaker.

Govers, F. Dissecting resistance to Phytophthora blight; effectors, receptors and host targets. Guest lecture. Agricultural University of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner-Mongolia, China. 4 August 2015.

*Govers, F. In search for new targets to control Phytophthora pathogens. 3rd International Symposium on “Phytophthora: Taxonomy, Genomics, Pathogenicity, Resistance and Disease Management”. 9-12 September, 2015. Bengaluru, India. Lead Presentation.

2016: *Govers, F. Dissecting the biology and pathology of the Irish potato famine pathogen

Phytophthora infestans. Invited keynote speaker. Annual Conference of the German Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM). Jena, Germany. 13 March 2016.

*Govers, F. Phytophthora: global plant destroyers / Phytophthora diseases, a global problem. CBS symposium ‘Fungi and Global Challenges’. Amsterdam, The Netherlands 14-15 April 2016. Invited speaker.

*Govers, F. Phytophthora blight in potato: tipping the balance between resistance and susceptibility. Invited keynote speaker. 13th Solanaceae Conference. SolGenomics: From Advances to Applications. Davis, California USA. 12-16 September 2016.

Govers, F. De ‘ins and outs van Phytophthora; vriend of vijand. Farewell event at the occasion of the retirement of Anton Haverkort. 21 September 2016. Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen.

Govers, F. In de voetsporen van Johanna Westerdijk - Komt een plant bij de dokter. Duo-presentatie met Patricia Faasse. Lustrumviering 90 jaar Stichting Fonds Catharine van Tussenbroekfonds. 5 November 2016. Utrecht

*Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 and its host target Sec5. Invited keynote speaker. Effectome meeting IX, Lauret. France. 16-18 November 2016.

2017: Govers, F., In de voetsporen van Johanna. University Utrecht. Opening Johanna Westerdijk Jaar.

10 February 2017. Govers, F. Phytophthora infestans produces small phospholipase D-like proteins that elicit plant cell

death and promote virulence. Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network meeting. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove CA, USA. 12-14 March 2017.

*Govers, F. Dissecting Phytophthora blight making sense out of signalling, effectors and host targets. Seminar at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. 10 April 2017. Invited speaker.

Govers, F. Guest lecture ‘Plant Disease Resistance’ for MSc students at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. 14 April 2017.

Govers, F. Duurzame ziektebestrijding: naar nieuwe aangrijpingspunten voor bestrijding van Phytophthora. Co-Creation? Naturally! NWO conference, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. 20 June

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2017. *Govers, F. Dissecting the biology and pathology of the Irish potato famine pathogen

Phytophthora infestans. Westerdijk symposium ‘Leading Women in Fungal Biology’. 30-31 August 2017 Utrecht, The Netherlands. Invited speaker.

2018: Govers, F. De beuk bloedt! Lezingencyclus ‘Wat oost weet’, Podium Oost, Utrecht, 25 March 2018. Govers, F. Cellular signalling and cytoskeleton dynamics in Phytophthora. Oomycete Molecular

Genetics Network meeting. Taian, Shandong Province, China. 8-12 April 2018. *Govers, F. Dissecting the in’s and out’s of Phytophthora biology and pathology. Seminar at

Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 17 April 2018. Invited speaker. Govers, F. Cellular signalling and cytoskeleton dynamics. Microbial Population Biology lunch

meetings - Wageningen University. 25 May 2018. Govers, F. Komt een plant bij de dokter. Vrouwenforum Helmond. 10 October 2018.

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