Research Group
Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology
Biography
John Carr is Professor of Plant Virology at Cambridge University's Department of Plant Sciences. His research interests include viral subversion of plant resistance, viral gene expression, plant-virus-insect vector interactions, the effects of virus infection on interactions of plants with beneficial insects such as pollinators, and the occasional mutualistic effects of viruses on their hosts. He has also done work on resistance against bacterial and fungal plant pathogens. Over the years Carr has also collaborated on practical aspects of plant virology with colleagues in eastern, central and western Africa, particularly on insect-vectored viruses.
School of Biological Sciences theme affiliations
Teaching
Natural Sciences Tripos: IA Physiology, IB Plant and Microbial Sciences and Part II Plant Sciences.
Previous Positions
1989 to 1993 - Senior Research Associate under advisor Professor Milton Zaitlin - Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
1985 to 1989 - Postdoctoral Fellow under advisor Professor Daniel F. Klessig - Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1984 to 1985 - Postdoctoral Fellow under advisor Professor Daniel F. Klessig - Department of Cellular, Viral and Molecular Biology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Qualifications
2023 - ScD - University of Cambridge, UK
1984 - PhD in Biochemistry - University of Liverpool, UK
1980 - BSc in Biochemistry - University of Liverpool, UK
Key Publications
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Awards & Fellowships
2026 - Honory Member - British Society for Plant Pathology
2021 - Fellow - Linnean Society
2021 - Fellow - Royal Society of Biology
Committees
2026 to 2028 - President - The Cambridge Philosophical Society\
Media
2024 - 'Scientists concoct incense from ancient recipe' - BBC
