Katherine J Denby

Katherine J. Denby works at University of York, England on plant resistance to disease.

Early life Katherine J. Denby was awarded a B.Sc. in microbiology from the University of Bristol. She then undertook research in plant science at University of Oxford and was awarded a doctorate in 1994.

Scientific career Denby is a professor at University of York in the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products. Her research uses a wide range molecular and large-data approaches to understanding plant-pathogen interactions, in both the field and more controlled conditions like vertical farming.

She became editor-in-chief of The Plant Journal from January 2024.

Publications Denby is the author or co-author of over 50 scientific publications. These include:

Aled Jones, Sarah Bridle, Katherine Denby and 38 others (2023) Scoping potential routes to UK civil unrest via the food system: Results of a structured expert elicitation. Sustainability 15 issue 20 Emily Breeze, Elizabeth Harrison, Stuart McHattie ... Katherine Denby and 21 others. (2011) High-resolution temporal profiling of transcripts during Arabidopsis leaf senescence reveals a distinct chronology of processes and regulation. The Plant Cell 23 pp 873–894. Daniel J Kliebenstein, Heather C Rowe and Katherine J Denby (2005) Secondary metabolites influence Arabidopsis/Botrytis interactions: variation in host production and pathogen sensitivity. The Plant Journal 44 pp 25–36. Ian A Graham, Katherine J Denby and Christopher J Leaver (1994) Carbon catabolite repression regulates glyoxylate cycle gene expression in cucumber. The Plant Cell 6 pp 761–772.