Harper, Andrea - York University - Department of Biology

个人简介

2016 - Lecturer in Plant Biology Department of Biology, University of York 2014 - 2016 Senior Research Associate CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York 2013 - 2014 Research Associate CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York 2009 - 2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre 2009 PhD Department of Biosciences, University of Birmingham 2003 MSc Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester 2002 BSc Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester

研究领域

Identifying the genetic loci responsible for the control of complex traits is of acute interest in modern plant breeding, but it can be particularly difficult in species with few existing genomics resources. My research is focused on developing versatile new statistical genetics approaches, such as Associative Transcriptomics (AT), which are capable of associating trait variation with different types of genetic markers, and flexible enough to be adapted to a range of plant species. As well as being suitable for marker-assisted breeding, these markers can reveal important information about the biological mechanisms underlying trait variation. Collaboratively, we are working to apply these technologies to investigate various traits in Triticum aestivum – bread wheat, and tolerance to ash dieback disease in the European Ash tree Fraxinus excelsior.

近期论文

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A.L. Harper, L.V. McKinney, L.R. Nielsen, L. Havlickova , Y. Li, M. Trick, F. Fraser, L. Wang, A. Fellgett, E.S.A. Sollars, R.J.A. Buggs, S.H. Janacek, A. J. Downie, E.D. Kjær, I. Bancroft (2016) Associative Transcriptomics identifies markers associated with reduced susceptibility to Ash Dieback disease in the European Ash tree Fraxinus excelsior. Scientific Reports 6:19335 A.L. Harper, M. Trick, J. Higgins, F. Fraser, L. Clissold, R. Wells, C. Hattori, P. Werner and I. Bancroft (2012) Associative transcriptomics of traits in the polyploid crop species Brassica napus. Nature Biotechnology 30:798-802