MPPI - Past Molecular Training Courses

Diversity Array Technology (DArT) workshop (31 March - 2 April 2008)

The focus of the workshop was introducing participants to the possibility of utilizing DArT markers in breeding and genotyping Funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) SEED funding initiative

Course presenters:

Dr. Andrzej Kilian, Diversity Array Technology PTY. Ltd, Canberra, Australia Dr. Matias Kirst, University of Florida, Florida, USA.

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Virus induced gene silencing workshop (11-15 February 2008)

The workshop consisted of a one-day symposium and a four-day laboratory workshop.

Funded by the Royal Society (UK) and the NRF (RSA)

Course presenters:

Prof. Paul Birch, Plant Pathology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK Dr. Eleanor Gilroy, Scottish, Genetics Programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), Dundee, Scotland, UK

Dr. Ingo Hein, Scottish, Genetics Programme, Scottish Crop Research institute (SCRI), Dundee, Scotland, UK
Dr. Bridget Crampton, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Biosciences, Pretoria, SA Dr. Eduard Venter, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, SA Ms. Irene van Nugteren, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, SA

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GCP Training course in Databases, Internet Resources and bioinformatics for crop improvement (September 2006)

Funded by the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) of the CGIAR, sub-programme: Capacity Building

Co-presenters: Prof Jan Peter Nap, Applied Bioinformatics, Plant Research International, Wagenigen University Research Centre, Netherlands, and Dr. Yoseph Beyene, UP.

Twenty participants from National Agricultural Research Centres in Africa.

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Microarray Laboratory Training Course (28 May-2 June 2006)

Microarray Laboratory Training Workshop II, held in Microarray Lab at University of Pretoria. Presented several of the theory lectures.

Sixteen participants from throughout BioPAD region in South Africa.

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Microarray Laboratory Training Course (Nov 2005)

Microarray Laboratory Training Workshop I, held in Microarray Lab at University of Pretoria. Presented several of the theory lectures.

Sixteen participants from throughout BioPAD region in South Africa.

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Training Course (Nov 2003)

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) practical course &#39Integrated molecular diagnostics for tick-borne pathogens using RLB-hybridisation and microarray based biochips&#39.

Organized by UP Veterinary Faculty and University of Utrecht.

Fifteen participants from Developing countries.

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Training Course (April 2002)

Differential gene expression profiling and bacterial genome subtraction using Suppression Subtractive Hybridisation (SSH).

Jointly organized with University of Durban-Westville, held in Microarray Lab at University of Pretoria.

Course leaders from Scottish Crops Research Institute.

Fifteen participants from throughout South Africa.

New Publications

Tembo M, Mahlangu JNN, Berger DK, Chimutingiza H, Chikoti PC, Prasanna BM, Suresh LM, Nsibo DL. (2024) First report of Bipolaris yamadae and Exserohilum rostrum associated with leaf spots of maize (Zea maydis) in Zambia. Plant Disease 108(9):2931. 10.1094/PDIS-05-24-1116-PDN
Nsibo DL, Barnes I, Berger DK. (2024) Recent advances in the population biology and management of maize foliar fungal pathogens Exserohilum turcicum, Cercospora zeina and Bipolaris maydis in Africa. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1-23. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1404483
Marais I, Buitendag C, Duong TA, Crampton BG, Theron J, Kidanemarium D, Berger DK. (2024) Double-stranded RNA uptake for the control of the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina. Plant Pathology 73(6):1480-1490. 10.1111/ppa.13909
Abkallo HM, Arbuthnot P, Auer TO, Berger DK, Burger J, Chakauya E, Concordet J-P, Diabate A, Di Donato V, Groenewald J-H, Guindo A, Koekemoer LL, Nazare F, Nolan T, Okumu F, Orefuwa E, Paemka L, Prieto-Godino L, Runo S, Sadler M, Tesfaye K, Tripathi L, Wondji C. (2024) Making genome editing a success story in Africa. Nature Biotechnology :1-4. https://rdcu.be/dBJUa
Omondi DO, Dida MM, Berger DK, Beyene Y, Nsibo DL, Juma C, Mahabaleswara SL, Gowda M. (2023) Combination of Linkage and Association Mapping with Genomic Prediction to Infer QTL Regions Associated with Gray Leaf Spot and Northern Corn Leaf Blight Resistance in Tropical Maize. Frontiers in Genetics 14:1-16. 10.3389/fgene.2023.1282673
Welgemoed T, Duong TA, Barnes I, Stukenbrock EH, Berger DK. (2023) Population genomic analyses suggest recent dispersal events of the pathogen Cercospora zeina into East and Southern African maize cropping systems. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 10.1093/g3journal/jkad214
Wingfield BD, Berger DK, Coetzee MPA, Duong TA, Martin A, Pham NQ, Van den Berg N, Wilken PM, Arun-Chinnappa KS, Barnes I, Buthelezi S, Dahanayaka BA, Durán A, Engelbrecht J, Feurtey A, Fourie A, Fourie G, Hartley J, Kabwe ENK, Maphosa M, Narh Mensah DL, Nsibo DL, Potgieter L, Poudel B, Stukenbrock EH, Thomas C, Vaghefi N, Welgemoed T, Wingfield MJ. (2022) IMA genome‑F17 Draft genome sequences of an Armillaria species from Zimbabwe, Ceratocystis colombiana, Elsinoë necatrix, Rosellinia necatrix, two genomes of Sclerotinia minor, short‑read genome assemblies and annotations of four Pyrenophora teres isolates from barley grass, and a long-read genome assembly of Cercospora zeina. 13:19. 10.1186/s43008-022-00104-3
Craze HA, Pillay N, Joubert F, Berger DK. (2022) Deep Learning Diagnostics of Gray Leaf Spot in Maize under Mixed Disease Field Conditions. Plants 11(1942):1-17. https://bit.ly/3vg484g
Luo G-F, Podolyan A, Kidanemariam D, Pilotti C, Houliston G, Sukal AC. (2022) A review of viruses infecting Yam (Dioscorea spp.). Viruses 14(662) 10.3390/v14040662
Nsibo DL, Barnes I, Omondi DO, Dida MM, Berger DK. (2021) Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa. Fungal Genetics and Biology 149(103527) 10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103527