Ms Chanel Thomas
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology |
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My Supervisor/s
| Primary Supervisor | |
| Markus Wilken | |
Co Supervisor |
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| Martin Coetzee | |
| Cobus Visagie |
In 2021 I completed my BScHons degree in Genetics under the supervision of Dr Markus Wilken. My honours research looked into the mating strategies of species in the genus Sclerotinia, with a focus on the mating-type (MAT) locus that underpins sexual compatibility.
Using a combination of bioinformatics and molecular techniques, I was able to annotate the MAT locus of several Sclerotinia species and screen isolates for MAT genes and structural variations in the MAT locus. This allowed me to infer the sexual strategies of previously unstudied species.
At present, I am part of the Grain Research Program at FABI and am completing my MSc in Genetics. My masters research is somewhat an extension of my honours work on Sclerotinia, but with a specific focus on the taxonomy of the genus and the genetic diversity in South African populations of the fungal pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
News
Prof. Dave Berger presented three topics for the class of 20 PhD students from Scandinavia at this year’s NOVA PhD course in Plant Pathology.
My Journal Articles
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| 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 |