Jorge Dubcovsky Explained
| Jorge Dubcovsky |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Davis |
| Alma Mater: | University of Buenos Aires |
| Main Interests: | biologist |
| Principal Ideas: | plant genetics, wheat genetics |
| Awards: | Wolf Prize in Agriculture |
| Influences: | Jan Dvorak[1] |
Jorge Dubcovsky is a plant geneticist and biologist at the University of California, Davis. He is an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[2] Dubcovsky's research focuses on wheat genomics. In 2013, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[3] In 2014, Dubcovsky won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture alongside Leif Andersson.
Early life
Dubcovsky graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1984 with a degree in biological sciences. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Buenos Aires and began studying wheat genetics at the University of California, Davis in 1992. In 2004, research led by Dubcovsky culminated in the identification and cloning of the VRN2 gene in winter wheat.[4]
Notes and References
- 4104914. 2014. Viegas. J. Profile of Jorge Dubcovsky. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111. 28. 10027–10028. 24982176. 10.1073/pnas.1410244111. 2014PNAS..11110027V. free.
- Web site: Plant science investigator and wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky receives Wolf Prize in Agriculture . 17 January 2014 . . 2 November 2015.
- Web site: Wheat Geneticist Elected to Academy of Sciences . https://web.archive.org/web/20181117204051/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-328659510.html . dead . 17 November 2018 . Bailey . Pat . 3 May 2013 . Western Farm Press. 2 November 2015.
- Web site: Remembrance of winter past: many crops keep track of the cold weather they've experienced and then bloom rapidly in springtime. A spate of new gene discoveries hints at how they stay on schedule. . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116203850/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115832900.html . dead . 16 November 2018 . Marx . Jean . 12 March 2004 . . 2 November 2015.
