{"id":864,"date":"2018-05-02T06:14:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T12:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testagsci.colostate.edu\/agbio\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2020-06-25T17:31:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T23:31:07","slug":"jan-leach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/old-agbio\/people-button\/faculty\/jan-leach\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Leach"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”7369″ img_size=”300×400″ style=”vc_box_border”][vc_custom_heading text=”Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%231e4d2b” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_custom_heading text=”Associate Dean for Research, CAS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23d9782d” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_custom_heading text=”University Distinguished Professor,” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:left|color:%23d9782d” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_column_text]Office:<\/strong> C203 Plant Sciences
\nOffice Phone:<\/strong> 970.491.2924
\nLab:<\/strong> E106 Plant Sciences
\nLab Phone:<\/strong> 970.491.6997
\nEmail:<\/strong> jan.leach@colostate.edu<\/span><\/a>
\nWebsite:<\/strong> Leach Lab<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural Sciences” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%231e4d2b” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_column_text width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first”]In her role as Associate Dean for Research, Leach provides strategic vision for research within the College, and works with faculty to build collaborative research teams.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”University Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Biology” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%231e4d2b” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_column_text width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first”]Research in the Leach group focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant disease susceptibility and resistance, with a particular interest in quantitative traits for susceptibility and resistance.\u00a0 Leach also studies how climate changes impact plant disease caused by microbial pathogens, primarily studying rice and interactions with bacterial pathogens, and how the Russian wheat aphid microbiome influences the insects\u2019 aggressiveness to plants. Her group also develops molecular diagnostics for microbial pathogens.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Graduate Students Advised” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%231e4d2b” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Slab%3A100%2C300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”flipInX”][vc_column_text width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first”]<\/p>\n