Ryan S. Austin, PhD

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Research Scientist, Adjunct Professor

Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
London Research & Development Centre

Research and/or project statements

1. Genetic and epigenetic transcriptional regulation of abiotic stress genes in plants.

2. Mapping of genetic traits in crops with next-generation sequencing.

Education and awards

Ph.D in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Toronto, 2009

BSc. in Honours Biology, University of Guelph, 1997

Key publications

  1. Austin, R.S. (2014). "Applications of NGS to crop research and development.", Canadian NGS Symposium, Toronto ON, Canada, September 25,2014. (Presentation)

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  2. Zou, X., Shi, C., Austin, R.S., Merico, D., Munholland, S., Marsolais, F., Navabi, A., Crosby, W.L., Pauls, K.P., Yu, K., Cui, Y. (2014). Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism and Insertion-Deletion discovery through next-generation sequencing of reduced representation libraries in common bean. Molecular Breeding, [online] 33(4), 769-778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11032-013-9997-7

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  3. Na, R., Yu, D., Chapman, B. P., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Kuflu, K., Austin, R.S., Qutob, D., Zhao, J., Wang, Y., and Gijzen, M. (2014). "Genome Re-Sequencing and Functional Analysis Places the Phytophthora sojae Avirulence Genes Avr1c and Avr1a in a Tandem Repeat at a Single Locus.", PLoS ONE, 9(2: Article e89738). doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0089738

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  4. Austin, R.S., Chatfield, S.P., Desveaux, D., and Guttman, D.S. (2014). "Next-generation mapping of genetic mutations using bulk population sequencing.", Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1062, pp. 301-315. doi : 10.1007/978-1-62703-580-4_17

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  5. Austin, R.S. (2013). "Exploring cell-type specific chromatin accessibility dynamics in the Arabidopsis root.", 9th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, Halifax, NS, Canada, August 12-15, 2013, Presentation.

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  6. Elhiti, M., Wang, H., Chen, B., Xu, A., Austin, R.S., Brown, R., and Wang, A.M. (2013). "Towards generation of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) mutants resistant to Plume pox virus (PPV).", 2013 CSPB/SCBV Annual General Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 25-28, 2013.

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  7. Wu, D., Austin, R.S., Zhou, S., Brown, D. (2013). The root transcriptome for North American ginseng assembled and profiled across seasonal development. BMC Genomics, [online] 14(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-564

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  8. Pandurangan, S., Pajak, A., Marsolais, F., and Austin, R.S. (2012). "Transcriptional responses to exogenous asparagine in Arabidopsis roots.", Pharmaceutical Biology, 50, pp. 1341. (Abstract)

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  9. Na, R., Yu, D., Chapman, A.D., Austin, R.S., Zhao, J., and Gijzen, M. (2012). "Mapping of the Phytophthora sojae avirulence gene Avr1c - a combined strategy of bulk segregant analysis and next generation sequencing.", Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) South Western Ontario Regional 2012 Meeting, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, AAFC, London, ON, Canada, November 3, 2012, Published in: Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2013), 35(1), 97 (Abstract).

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  10. Pandurangan, S., Pajak, A., Austin, R.S., and Marsolais, F. (2012). "Transcriptional responses to exogenous asparagine in Arabidopsis roots.", 51st Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) Annual Meeting, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, August 11-15, 2012.

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  11. Wu, D., Austin, R.S., Zhou, S., and Brown, D.C.W. (2012). "De novo assembly of the North American Ginseng root transcriptome and analysis of expression during development.", International Conference on Cultivating Natural Bioactives for Health & Disease, London Convention Centre, London, ON, Canada, July 9-11, 2012.

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  12. Zou, X., Shi, C., Austin, R.S., Navabi, A., Yu, K., and Cui, Y. (2012). "Genome Wide SNP discovery and transcriptional profiling of CBB resistance in common bean.", 9th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Niagara Falls Marriott Gateway, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, November 6-12, 2012. (Poster)

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  13. Schreiber, K.J., Austin, R.S., Gong, Y., Zhang, J., Fung, P., Wang, P.W., Guttman, D.S., Desveaux, D. (2012). Forward chemical genetic screens in Arabidopsis identify genes that influence sensitivity to the phytotoxic compound sulfamethoxazole. BMC Plant Biology, [online] 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-12-226

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  14. Liao, D., Pajak, A., Karcz, S.R., Patrick Chapman, B., Sharpe, A.G., Austin, R.S., Datla, R., Dhaubhadel, S., Marsolais, F. (2012). Transcripts of sulphur metabolic genes are co-ordinately regulated in developing seeds of common bean lacking phaseolin and major lectins. Journal of Experimental Botany, [online] 63(17), 6283-6295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ers280

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  15. Lo, T., Chatfield, S.P., Austin, R.S., Lewis, J., Breit, R., Santos-Severino, A., Provart, N.J., Fung, P., Wang, P.W., Guttman, D.S., and Desveaux, D. (2011). "Next-generation mapping of disease resistance genes in Arabidopsis: Exploiting natural variation.", Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Eastern Regional Meeting & Plant Development Workshop / Congrès de la Société Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale & Congrès de Développement Végétale (Congrès Régional de l’Est), Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, December 2-3, 2011, SC-5, pp. 22.

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  16. Austin, R.S., Vidaurre, D., Stamatiou, G., Breit, R., Provart, N.J., Bonetta, D., Zhang, J., Fung, P., Gong, Y., Wang, P.W., McCourt, P., and Guttman, D.S. (2011). "Next-generation mapping of Arabidopsis genes.", Plant Journal, 67(4), pp. 715-725. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04619.x

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  17. Winter, C.M., Austin, R.S., Blanvillain-Baufumé, S., Reback, M.A., Monniaux, M., Wu, M.F., Sang, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Yamaguchi, N., Parker, J.E., Parcy, F., Jensen, S.T., Li, H., and Wagner, D. (2011). "LEAFY target genes reveal floral regulatory logic, cis motifs, and a link to biotic stimulus response.", Developmental Cell, 20(4), pp. 430-443. doi : 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.03.019

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  18. Austin, R.S., Yang, L., Zhang, J., Fung, P., Gong, Y., Wang, P.W., Laberge, S., Guttman, D.S., and McCourt, P. (2010). "Toward a transcriptomic reference assembly for Alfalfa.", Cellulosic Biofuel Network (CBN) 2nd Annual General Meeting, Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa, ON, Canada, March 11-12, 2010, Poster #69, pp. 46. (Poster)

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  19. Morris, P.F., Schlosser, L.R., Onasch, K.D., Wittenschlaeger, T., Austin, R.S., and Provart, N.J. (2009). "Multiple horizontal gene transfer events and domain fusions have created novel regulatory and metabolic networks in the oomycete genome.", PLoS ONE, 4(7, Article No. e6133). doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0006133

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  20. Austin, R.S., Provart, N.J., and Cutler, S.R. (2007). "C-terminal motif prediction in eukaryotic proteomes using comparative genomics and statistical over-representation across protein families.", BMC Genomics, 8:191. doi : 10.1186/1471-2164-8-191

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Contact

Research facility

London Research and Development Centre
1391 Sandford Street
London, ON N5V 4T3
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Bioinformatics
Agriculture›Molecular genetics›Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants
Sciences›Biology

Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, University of Western Ontario

Member - Canadian Society of Plant Biologists

Member - American Society of Plant Biologists

Language

English