Dr. Ofere Francis Emeriewen
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops
Contact
- Telephone: +49 3946 47 8023
- E-mail: ofere.emeriewen@julius-kuehn.de
Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops
Pillnitzer Platz 3a
01326 Dresden / Pillnitz
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops
Pillnitzer Platz 3a
01326 Dresden / Pillnitz
Tasks
- Researcher in the Apple Breeding group, with a focus on molecular genetics/breeding and biotechnology
- Fire blight resistance research in the genus Malus
- DFG funded Research project: Map-based cloning and functional analyses of the fire blight resistance candidate gene (FB_Mfu10) of Malus fusca
- Investigating fire blight resistance mechanism of Malus fusca
- Overexpression of FB_Mfu10 in susceptible backgrounds
- CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knock-out of FB_Mfu10 in Malus fusca
- Investigating the presence of a putative second resistance factor in two F’2 populations
- Development of genetic linkage maps and QTL-mapping
- Application of genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques
- Development of closely linked markers suitable for marker-assisted selection
Memberships
- German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG)
- Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung e. V. (GPZ)
- Editorial Board BMC Research Notes
- Editorial Board BMC Plant Biology
- Review Editor Frontiers in Plant Science (Plant Breeding and Plant Pathogen Interactions Sections)
- Guest Lecturer: Agrobiotechnology (MSc course), Department of Plant Breeding, Justus-Liebig-Universität (JLU) Giessen
- Guest Lecturer: Plant Breeding (Bachelors), University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Dresden
- Supervision of students’ theses and internships
DFG funded Projects:
Map-based cloning and functional analyses of the fire blight resistance candidate genes (FB_Mfu10) of Malus fusca
Term: 2020-01-01 – 2023-03-31
Elucidating the fire blight resistance inherited from Malus fusca and functional analyses of candidate genes underlying the resistance QTL on linkage group 10
Term: 2023-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Scientific publication and communication networks
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