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Joanne has over the past 27 years focused on developing genetic markers to explore and understand diversity within the extensive assembled collections of barley germplasm, including cultivars, globally distributed landraces and wild progenitors. Following technological advances, her emphasis has shifted from cataloguing diversity to recognition of the genetic value of these resources for sustainable and resilient barley production. Joanne's recent research has focussed on developing novel ‘breeder-ready-to-go’ germplasm.
My research explores areas of biology that are academically and practically important. I develop and apply approaches to enable genetic and genomic analysis for exploring a wide range of issues related to plant biology. This revolves around assembling germplasm that is suited to understand the underlying genetics of important traits; developing molecular tools and approaches that facilitate high resolution genetic analysis; and contributing to international efforts to derive a reference barley genome sequence. This led to the development of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) platform
We used the next generation of genomic approaches to sequence the DNA of barley to improve our understanding of this cereal’s wide-ranging adaptiveness. These findings have substantial implications for informing ongoing breading of barley to make it more resilient to future environmental fluctuations caused by climate change.
“I am looking forward to working at the James Hutton Institute and being part of a team that carries out world-class research that will make a difference to society.” The James Hutton Institute is pleased to announce that Dr Andy Kindness has taken over the leadership of the Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group from 1 st November. The Institute’s Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group comprises over 80 scientists and spans a range of disciplines with research encompassing entirely laboratory-based work to ecosystem-scale research across landscapes and rivers. Related content