Category Archives: Staff spotlights
Staff Spotlight with Robert Richter
Robert Richter started working with VitisGen2 as a postdoctoral associate in September 2021 after completing his PhD at the Julius-Kühn Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (JKI). His PhD thesis focused on the determination of key drivers of grapevine cluster architecture … Continue reading
Staff spotlight with Jack Olson
Jack Olson is an M.S. graduate research assistant at the University of Minnesota. Jack’s research is focused on the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of leaf variegation in grapevine, which is a trait that causes white sectors of leaf tissue that … Continue reading
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International collaboration advances research into grape disease resistance
The effectiveness of a collaboration between two research teams can be greater than the sum of its parts. This was part of the incentive for German scientist Daniel Zendler, a leading expert on the Ren3 and Ren9 genes for powdery … Continue reading
Staff spotlight with new project manager, Ugo Ikeogu
We recently mentioned that VitisGen2 has a new project manager, Ugo Ikeogu. We’re very excited to have him on board! We’ve asked him a few questions about his background, extensive experience with genetics and phenotyping, what he’s looking forward to … Continue reading
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RIPE article and staff spotlight on Olena Sambucci
Olena Sambucci, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, focuses her research on the economic trade-offs between grape traits, including disease resistance, wine varietal name, flavor profiles, and many other factors. She is part of VitisGen2’s economics team, under the guidance … Continue reading
New staff spotlight featuring Mélanie Massonnet from UC Davis
Mélanie is a postdoctoral associate in Dario Cantu’s lab in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California in Davis. She is in charge of the genome-wide transcriptional analyses of the breeding populations for powdery mildew resistance … Continue reading
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Staff Spotlight on Cheng Zou
VitisGen2 team member Cheng Zou, postdoctoral researcher in Qi Sun’s lab at Cornell University, talks about finding a core-genome markers for comparing genotypic data across all grape species, and the applications for marker assisted selection and quantitative trait mapping! Don’t … Continue reading
Staff spotlight on Janet van Zoeren
Janet van Zoeren joined the VitisGen2 extension and outreach team a few months ago, when she started as viticulture extension support specialist at Cornell University. Her role with the project involves updating the website, writing articles about project developments and publications, … Continue reading
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Staff spotlight on Surya Sapkota
Surya Sapkota, post-doctoral researcher at Cornell University and long-time member of the VitisGen projects, works with preparing, inoculating, and processing grape leaf tissue samples for powdery mildew resistance assessments.
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