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Lecture by Prof. Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University, United States

Date:2018-01-22 Hits:185

Title

The Wondrous Cycles of Polyploidy in Plants

Lecturer

Jonathan F. Wendel, Professor, Iowa State University

Time

Jan. 25, 10:00

Venue:

A435, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus

Biography

8/1996-6/2002: Professor of Botany, Dept. of Botany, Iowa State University

7/2002-6/2003: Interim Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University

 

7/2003-present: Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Iowa State University

7/2012-present: Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010

Outstanding Contributions to Cotton Genomics award, ICGI, 2012

Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University, 2012

Cotton Biotechnology Award, Cotton Incorporated, 2013

 

Prof. Wendel’s research focuses on mechanisms underlying plant genomic and phenotypic diversify, with a special focus on the phenomenon of whole genome doubling, or polyploidy. His research has helped shape our understanding of the myriad genomic consequences of allopolyploidy, where two diverged diploid genomes become reunited in a common nucleus. He has helped to shape the field, as documented in citation metrics (Google Scholar >33,000 citations; H-index of 86).