John D. Laurie, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Enabling Technologies

Molecular biology

RNAi

Genome editing

Cereals

Plant reproduction

Plant tissue culture

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

5403-1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

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

Bilichak, A., & Laurie, J. D. (2022). Accelerated breeding of cereal crops. Humana Press.
2022 - View publication details
Laurie JD, Laroche A. 2021. COP26 Open Mic. Alberta Project Leads Science Conversations Series – Climate Change Focus. December 15, 2021.
2021 - View publication details
Harvey C, Araujo GT, Frick M, Laroche A, Laurie JD, Graf RJ, Bilichak A. A genetic approach to improve wheat resilience to emerging stripe rust isolates using novel R gene sequences from Thinopyrum intermedium. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting (Virtual) of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 2021/11/04 - 2020/11/05. Oral presentation T1.
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Xu Y., Laurie J.D., Wang X. (2022) CropGBM: An Ultra-Efficient Machine Learning Toolbox for Genomic Selection-Assisted Breeding in Crops. In: Bilichak A., Laurie J.D. (eds) Accelerated Breeding of Cereal Crops. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1526-3_5
First Online
21 October 2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1526-3_5
Publisher Name
Humana, New York, NY
Print ISBN
978-1-0716-1525-6
Online ISBN
978-1-0716-1526-3
eBook Packages
Springer Protocols
2021 - View publication details
Jensen T., Bodell K., Jiang F., Laurie J.D. (2022) Doubled Haploid Production through Microspore Culture. In: Bilichak A., Laurie J.D. (eds) Accelerated Breeding of Cereal Crops. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1526-3_6
First Online
21 October 2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1526-3_6
Publisher Name
Humana, New York, NY
Print ISBN
978-1-0716-1525-6
Online ISBN
978-1-0716-1526-3
eBook Packages
Springer Protocols
2021 - View publication details
Frick M, Bodell K, Masic T, Harvey C, Cradduck M, Jiang F, Foroud F, Graf RJ, Laurie JD, Laroche A. 2021. The circadian clock and regulation of plant growth factors in wheat Plant Biology 2021 Worldwide Summit Virtual Meeting. Poster # 404377
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Maheshwari P., Laurie J.D. (2021) Triticale Isolated Microspore Culture for Doubled Haploid Production. In: Segui-Simarro J.M. (eds) Doubled Haploid Technology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2287. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1315-3_16
First Online
17 July 2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1315-3_16
Publisher Name
Humana, New York, NY
Print ISBN
978-1-0716-1314-6
Online ISBN
978-1-0716-1315-3
eBook Packages
Springer Protocols
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Frick M, Bodell K, Masic T, Harvey C, Cradduck M, Jiang F, Foroud F, Graf RJ, Laurie JD, Laroche A. 2021. Identification of circadian clock regulated immune response genes in wheat. Canadian Society of Plant Biologists – Société canadienne de biologie végétale 2021 Virtual Meeting. Invited Oral presentation Abstract #101
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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)
2020 - View publication details
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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Bilichak, A., et al., Delivery of Cas9/sgRNA RNP into Wheat Microspores Using Synthetic CPP for Genome Editing and Gene Expression Modulation, in CRISPR-Cas Methods, M.T. Islam, P.K. Bhowmik, and K.A. Molla, Editors. 2020, Springer US: New York, NY. p. 191-202.
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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
2019 - View publication details
Bilichak, A., D. Gaudet, and J. Laurie, Emerging Genome Engineering Tools in Crop Research and Breeding, in Cereal Genomics: Methods and Protocols, L.M. Vaschetto, Editor. 2020, Springer US: New York, NY. p. 165-181.
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Li, G., Wang, D., Yang, R., Logan, K., Chen, H., Zhang, S., Skaggs, M.I., Lloyd, A., Burnett, W.J., Laurie, J.D., Hunter, B.G., Dannenhoffer, J.M., Larkins, B.A., Drews, G.N., Wang, X., Yadegari, R. (2014). Temporal patterns of gene expression in developing maize endosperm identified through transcriptome sequencing, 111(21), 7582-7587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1406383111
2014 - View publication details
Ali, S., Laurie, J.D., Linning, R., Cervantes-Chávez, J.A., Gaudet, D., Bakkeren, G. (2014). An Immunity-Triggering Effector from the Barley Smut Fungus Ustilago hordei Resides in an Ustilaginaceae-Specific Cluster Bearing Signs of Transposable Element-Assisted Evolution. PLoS Pathogens, [online] 10(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004223
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