Researchers used the Sorghum Association Panel (SAP), as well as some additional lines, to pinpoint new genomic regions connected to resistance to the sorghum aphid.
International Women’s Day – SorghumBase Highlights Early Career Scientists
In celebration of this important day, the SorghumBase team asked for self-identified, female early career scientists to tell us about their work.
SorghumBase at Maize Genomics Conference in St. Louis, MO, March 16-19
Members of the SorghumBase Team will be presenting at the 65th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, which is being held from March 16th to the 19th of 2023 in the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St Louis MO.
Jocelyn Holt – EEB Faculty Fellow, Rice University
Jocelyn is an evolutionary ecologist and entomologist who analyzes population genetic and microbial composition to understand how this modulates pest insect traits and symbiotic interactions. Related website: holtjocelyn.wixsite.com/ento
Christine Diepenbrock, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
Our team is focused on improving crop productivity and nutritional quality simultaneously, including under conditions of drought and/or high temperatures. We do so by measuring plant characteristics in the field and lab, identifying genes related to these characteristics, using DNA
Elizabeth Cooper – Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Related website: Elizcooperlab.com
Andrea Eveland – Principal Investigator, Danforth Plant Science Center
My group investigates gene networks and regulatory variation underlying shoot architecture traits and stress response pathways in cereals, mainly maize and sorghum. We also leverage cutting-edge phenomics methods to link genotype-to-phenotype and ultimately elucidate gene function for crop improvement. Related
Marylou Machingura – Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University
My research interests are understanding the molecular physiology of drought tolerance in sorghum and investigating the genes that drive resilience in the crop. Related website: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C11&q=marylou+machingura&oq=marylou+m
Davina Rhodes – Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
The mission of my program is to reduce vitamin A deficiency through crop biofortification. I started my nutrition career as a registered dietitian, working with people to treat their nutrition-related disorders. What I came to realize was that we needed
Addie Thompson – Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Our lab is interested in studying maize as well as sorghum, and how different genotypes grow in different environments. We focus on topics and applications relevant to plant breeding and crop improvement, using approaches ranging from quantitative genetics to phenomics