Kamil Witek

Kamil joined the 2Blades Group in The Sainsbury Laboratory in 2019, and in March, 2023, was promoted to Group Leader. Kamil has led efforts in using natural plant diversity and state-of-the-art technologies to develop durable genetic resistance to Asian Soybean Rust and devastating corn diseases. Before joining the 2Blades group, he spent nine years as a post-doctoral researcher in Prof. Jonathan Jones’ group at The Sainsbury Laboratory. In Prof. Jones’ group, he created germplasm collections and develop novel techniques to clone a variety of functional plant immune receptors. Kamil was awarded his PhD by Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS in Poland, where he studied interactions between potato and major viral pathogens.