PhD in Biological Sciences

Oscar Villanueva, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Advancing detection, genomics, and secretome analysis of oomycete pathogens Phytophthora capsici and Phytopythium vexans to explore mechanisms of pathogenesis and biocontrol solutions” on Tuesday, May 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Alan Castle and Oualid Ellouz, Supervisors; Edel Pérez-López, External Examiner (Université Laval); David Crandles, Internal Examiner; and Jeff Stuart and Antonet Svircev, Advisory Committee.