Computational Biologist
USDA-ARS
Plant Genetic Resources Unit (90%)
USDA-ARS
Grape Genetics Research Unit (10%)
and
Department
of Horticultural Sciences
Cornell University,
Geneva,
NY
USA
Leveraging bioinformatics tools to
solve problems in agricultural systems.
Collaborating on
germplasm diversity characterization and management, breeding, and
crop population biology and systematics; research in high-throughput
molecular marker prediction and development, data mining, genomic
functional predictions, etc.
Publications:
September 2006, JASHS 131(5):667-673 Inflorescence identity gene alleles are poor predictors of inflorescence type in broccoli and cauliflower
February 2006, Bioinformatics 22(4):495-496 SEAN: SNP prediction and display program utilizing EST sequence clusters
November 2005, Molecular Breeding 16(4):343-349 Tomato SNP Discovery by EST Mining and Resequencing
February 2002, PNAS 99(4):2275-2280 Genome-wide identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 promoters controlled by theHrpL alternative sigma factor
2000, Rice Genetics, IV. IRRI, Manila, Philippines. Proceedings of the Fourth International Rice Genetics Symposium, ed by G S Khush, D Brar, RiceGenes 5.0: an online genomic resource for the rice community
November 1999, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16(11):1511-1520 Potentials and Limitations of Histone Repeat Sequences for Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Sophophora
September 1999, Journal of Virology, 73(9):7710-7721 Evolution and Horizontal Transfer of dUTPase-encoding Genes in Viruses and their Hosts
Database Experience:
[RiceGenes has been subsumed by the Gramene project, and Angela has moved on to other projects]
Guest Lectures:
PL BR 404: The emerging role of genomics and informatics in exploiting plant genetic diversity
BIO PL 653.6 / PL BR 653.6: Selected Plant Genome Databases
AP Biology at Trumansburg High School: Transcription and Translation through the Histones
Past and Current New England Molecular Evolutionary Biologists (NEMEB) and Eastern Great Lakes Molecular Evolution (EGLME) meetings
