Position Title
Research Associate
- Genome Center
Lab member
1993-present
Education
2009 Ph.D. Genetics University of California, Davis
Research Topic
Domestication traits in lettuce; Scyld Linux Based Beowulf Cluster Computing; Sequencing: The Plant Genetics Facility
Research Summary
I've been a member of the Michelmore Lab since February of '93 when I joined as an undergraduate researcher! I continued to work with Dr. Richard W. Michelmore as a staff researcher after obtaining my undergraduate degree in Genetics and Biochemistry in 1993. I have performed Bulked Segregant Analysis using RAPD's and AFLP's to resistance gene clusters in lettuce and I later mapped deletion mutants using these same techniques. I screened over 50K loci. Beginning in the fall of 1995, I worked for the College of Agriculture under the supervision of Dr. Richard W Michelmore and ran the college's sequencing facility: Plant Genetics Facility (PGF). During my tenure, I advanced sequencing read lengths from ~400 nt to 1000 nt . Reads from BAC's went from 0 nt to 800 nt in that same period! While operating the PGF, I decided to "go back to school" to earn a Ph.D. in genetics. I'm enjoying every minute. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.