Dr Peter Crisp
DECRA Research Fellow and Lecturer, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland
About
In this recorded QAAFI Science seminar, GIH collaborator, Dr Peter Crisp, a DECRA Research Fellow and Lecturer who leads a research group in the School of Agriculture and Food Science, describes their recently developed approach that uses DNA methylation profiling of a single tissue (eg a leaf) to distill a genome down to the relatively small fraction of regions that are functionally valuable for trait variation throughout development.
Abstract
Despite the advances in genome sequencing and assembly, detailed annotation of plant genomes is now a bottleneck in genomic analysis and an impediment to realizing the full potential of genome editing for crop improvement. Here I will describe our recently developed approach that uses DNA methylation profiling of a single tissue (eg a leaf) to distill a genome down to the relatively small fraction of regions that are functionally valuable for trait variation throughout development. We are using this approach in sorghum, wheat, barley and maize to better understand the genome and identify new opportunities for crop improvement.
About QAAFI Science Seminars
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation hosts science seminars across the disciplines of animal, horticulture, crop, food and nutritional sciences.
With a range of speakers from Australia and abroad, the series explores how high-impact science will significantly improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the tropical and sub-tropical food, fibre and agribusiness sectors. For more information, head to the QAAFI Science seminars webpage here.
