Jorge Dubcovsky
| Jorge Dubcovsky | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of California, Davis |
| Main interests | biologist |
| Notable ideas | plant genetics, wheat genetics |
Jorge Dubcovsky is a plant geneticist and biologist at the University of California, Davis. He is an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[1] Dubcovsky's research focuses on wheat genomics.[2] In 2013, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2] In 2014, Dubcovsky won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture alongside Leif Andersson.[1]
Early life
Dubcovsky graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1984 with a degree in biological sciences.[2] He completed his Ph.D at the University of Buenos Aires and began studying wheat genetics at the University of California, Davis in 1992.[2] In 2004, research led by Dubcovsky culminated in the identification and cloning of the VRN2 gene in winter wheat.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Plant science investigator and wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky receives Wolf Prize in Agriculture". University of California, Davis. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Bailey, Pat (3 May 2013). "Wheat Geneticist Elected to Academy of Sciences". Western Farm Press – via HighBeam (subscription required) . Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Marx, Jean (12 March 2004). "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.". Science – via HighBeam (subscription required) . Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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