PhD STUDENT
Judith Eglitis
Research interest
The mechanisms of epigenetics within plants and how these can be studied and utilised for genetic engineering.
PHONE NUMBER
+61 474 320 126
EMAIL ADDRESS
j.eglitissexton@uq.edu.au
My research project
- Description
- Objectives
- Outcomes
Creating methylation mutants within crop species to understand the role of methylation and identifying epialleles that can be used for future crop improvement.
- Use CRISPR/Cas9 to reduce methylation
- Optimize tissue culture for barley hybrids
- Identify useful epialleles in grain crops
- Produce transgenic methylation mutants for analysis
- Find and CRISPR epialleles in crops
- Identify phenotypes arising from somaclonal variation
About Judith Eglitis
Country of origin and languages
My origin: Australia
Languages I speak: English
Education
Bachelor of Advanced Science [Honours]
Research advisors
Dr Peter Crisp
Dr Karen Massel
Assoc. Prof. Lee Hickey
I like understanding how plants function and improving them genetically to feed our growing population.
Judith Eglitis
PhD Student
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