John D. Laurie, Ph.D.
Molecular biology
RNAi
Genome editing
Cereals
Plant reproduction
Plant tissue culture
Current research and/or projects
Principal Investigator together with André Laroche (Co-Lead). Title “Circadian clock editing to increase wheat yield.” CAP – International Wheat Yield Partnership. 2019-2023
Principal Investigator. Title “Nanocarrier technology for the next generation of cereal seed treatments.” AI, AWC, SWDC. 2019-2022
Principal Investigator. Title “Precision breeding in wheat mediated by engineered haploid inducers.” AAF, AWC, SWDC. 2018-2021
Principal Investigator. Title “A Comparative Genomics Approach to Improve Doubled Haploid Breeding for Common and Durum Wheat.” AAF, AWC, SWDC. 2018-2021
Co-Investigator. Title “Stomata signalling pathways for increasing yield potential in wheat.” CAP – International Wheat Yield Partnership. 2019-2023
Co-Investigator. Title “Breeding malting and food barley cultivars for western Canada.” ASC-11 Barley Cluster Activity#3. 2018-2023
Co-Investigator. Title “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind abiotic stress tolerance in Medicago sativa and adoption of advanced molecular breeding technology for alfalfa improvement.” AAFC Abase. 2018-2021
Co-Investigator. Title: “Elucidating and exploiting rhizosphere processes for improved soil health and productivity.” AAFC Abase. 2018-2021
Co-Investigator. Title “Upcycling a defeated disease resistance R gene of wheat.” Alberta Funding Consortium. 2019-2022
Professional activities / interests
Agriculture › Biotechnologie
Sciences › Recherche scientifique
Technologie › Biologie moléculaire
Education and awards
Ph.D., Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
M.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
B.Sc., Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
International experience and/or work
2015 – 2017, Research Associate: Plant Epigenetics, University of Cambridge. U.K.
2012 – 2015, Senior Research Associate: Plant Epigenetics, University of Nebraska, U.S.A.
2008 – 2012, Post-Doctoral Fellow: Maize seed development, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Key publications
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Laurie JD, Laroche A. 2021. The circadian clock in the time of changing climate: Using biotechnology to accelerate wheat adaptation. Alberta Project Leads Science Conversations Series – Climate Change Focus. February 10, 2021.
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M. Frick, G.T. Araujo, K. Fujita, D. Van Essen, C. Harvey, J.D. Laurie, R.J. Graf and A. Laroche. 2021. Remodeling the functionality of the stripe rust resistance gene Yr10 against current virulent fungal isolates. UBC-STEM Appreciation Night, January 21, 2021.
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Smith MB, Ryabova D, Roy S, Tricker P, Lawson T, Laurie J, Laroche A,*Foroud NA. Cloning a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase YODA from Triticum aestivum for transgenic expression in wheat. 41st Annual Meeting of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta. On-line meeting, November 4-5, 2020. (Poster Presentation)
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Bilichak A., Luu J., Jiang F., Laurie J. (2020) Delivery of Cas9/sgRNA RNP into Wheat Microspores Using Synthetic CPP for Genome Editing and Gene Expression Modulation. In: Islam M.T., Bhowmik P.K., Molla K.A. (eds) CRISPR-Cas Methods. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0616-2_12
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Geddes G. 2020. Research, Review, Repeat: When farmers have questions about how to improve crop quality and yields, researchers can usually help to find the answers. Better Farming May/June Issue p.12-18.
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Laroche A, Singer S, Foroud N, Laurie J, Pittman A. 2020. Modern studies in Crop Sciences / Études Contemporaines chez les Grandes Cultures. Lethbridge AgExpo 2020, Lethbridge, AB, February 26-28, 2020.
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Bilichak A., Gaudet D., Laurie J. (2020) Emerging Genome Engineering Tools in Crop Research and Breeding. In: Vaschetto L. (eds) Cereal Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2072. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9865-4_14
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Bakkeren, G., Ali, S., Laurie, J.D., Cervantes-Chávez, J.A., Song, X., and Linning, R. (2010). "Genetic and genomic studies to understand the molecular basis of sex and pathogenicity in Ustilago species.", XVI Biennial Workshop on the Smuts and Bunts, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, June 14-18, 2010. (Presentation)
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Ali, S., Laurie, J.D., Linning, R., and Bakkeren, G. (2009). "Analysis of a genomic region in the barley smut fungus, Ustilago hordei, containing a cluster of predicted secreted proteins and an avirulence function.", 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Centre des congrès de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada, July 19-23, 2009.
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Bakkeren, G., Laurie, J.D., and Linning, R. (2008). "Analysis of a gene cluster harbouring an avirulence function in the barley smut fungus, Ustilago hordei.", IVth International Ustilago Meeting, Rauischholzhausen, Germany, August 20-24, 2008. (Presentation)
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Laurie, J.D., Linning, R., and Bakkeren, G. (2008). "Hallmarks of RNA silencing are found in the smut fungus Ustilago hordei but not in its close relative Ustilago maydis.", IVth International Ustilago Meeting, Rauischholzhausen, Germany, August 20-24, 2008. (Presentation)
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Laurie, J.D., Linning, R., and Bakkeren, G. (2008). "Hallmarks of RNA silencing are found in the smut fungus Ustilago hordei but not in its close relative U. maydis.", Keystone Symposium: RNAi, MicroRNA, and Non-Coding RNA, Whistler, BC, Canada, March 25-30, 2008. (Poster)
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Laurie, J.D., Linning, R., and Bakkeren, G. (2006). "Analysis of a candidate avirulence gene, UhAvr1, from the basidiomycete barley smut pathogen Ustilago hordei.", 12th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Cancun, México, December 14-18, 2005. (Abstract)
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