Candace Moore
Candace R. Moore
Education
Ph.D., Botany, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) In progress
BS in Botany and Biochemistry, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC), 2004
Current Research
My primary interest is to understand the genetic basis of early seedling development using statistical genetics. After a seed germinates, its roots must push their way through the soil to create a soil-root interface for water and nutrient uptake. Locating and characterizing alleles that could speed up this process of seedling establishment is of great importance for crop plants. Our understanding of these genes in Arabidopsis can be translated into other species, such as maize, with the goal of improving seedling viability in the establishment phase.
The goal of my project is to identify and characterize quantitative trait loci (QTL) involved in root growth in Arabidopsis. Using the imaging approaches developed in the Phytomorph project, we can quantify a root growth process as it develops over a few hours in recombinant inbred lines (RILs). By comparing the genotypes of the RILs with the root growth phenotypes of each line, we can search for statistically significant chromosomal regions that contribute to the variation in this trait. The resulting QTL map has a time axis in addition to the typical genomic position and LOD score axes.
Publications
Perera IY, Hung CY, Moore CD, Stevenson-Paulik J, Boss WF. (2008). Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the type 1 inositol 5-phosphatase exhibit increased drought tolerance and altered abscisic acid signaling. Plant Cell 20:2876-2893.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistantship, Botany 500, Plant Physiology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring 2008 and Spring 2009
Candace R. Moore
Education
Ph.D., Botany, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) In progress
BS in Botany and Biochemistry, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC), 2004
Current Research
My primary interest is to understand the genetic basis of early seedling development using statistical genetics. After a seed germinates, its roots must push their way through the soil to create a soil-root interface for water and nutrient uptake. Locating and characterizing alleles that could speed up this process of seedling establishment is of great importance for crop plants. Our understanding of these genes in Arabidopsis can be translated into other species, such as maize, with the goal of improving seedling viability in the establishment phase.
The goal of my project is to identify and characterize quantitative trait loci (QTL) involved in root growth in Arabidopsis. Using the imaging approaches developed in the Phytomorph project, we can quantify a root growth process as it develops over a few hours in recombinant inbred lines (RILs). By comparing the genotypes of the RILs with the root growth phenotypes of each line, we can search for statistically significant chromosomal regions that contribute to the variation in this trait. The resulting QTL map has a time axis in addition to the typical genomic position and LOD score axes.
Publications
Perera IY, Hung CY, Moore CD, Stevenson-Paulik J, Boss WF. (2008). Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the type 1 inositol 5-phosphatase exhibit increased drought tolerance and altered abscisic acid signaling. Plant Cell 20:2876-2893.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistantship, Botany 500, Plant Physiology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring 2008 and Spring 2009
I am working on the Phytomorph project.