PhD STUDENT
Yasmine Lam
Research interest
Using CRISPR/Cas9 to study key genes in cereal crops
PHONE NUMBER
+61 478 156 066
EMAIL ADDRESS
yasmine.lam@uq.net.au
My research project
- Description
- Objectives
- Outcomes
Modifying plant architecture using CRISPR/Cas9 to develop designer ideotypes.
- Optimize barley transformation to be applicable in more elite varieties
- Identify and phenotype key flowering gene CRISPR/Cas9 mutants and determine the role in plant architecture in barley and sorghum
Flowering genes have been identified to influence key architectural traits that could benefit in various environmental scenarios in both sorghum and barley.
Career in numbers
PUBLICATIONS
AWARDS
About Yasmine Lam
Country of origin and languages
My origin: Canada
Languages I speak: English
Education
- BSc, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
- MBiotech, University of Queensland, Australia
Scholarships
- Research Training Program Stipend
- University of Queensland Research Training
Awards
2020 Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme Grant
Research advisors
Prof. Ian Godwin
Prof. Andrew Borrell
Assoc. Prof. Lee Hickey
Dr Karen Massel
I enjoy seeing how a single gene can allow a plant to have amazing plasticity so it can be well adapted to a number of different environments.
Yasmine Lam
PhD Student
Publications
Massel, K., Lam, Y., Wong, A. C. S., Hickey, L. T., Borrell, A. K., & Godwin, I. D. (2021). Hotter, drier, CRISPR: the latest edit on climate change. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. doi:10.1007/s00122-020-03764-0
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