Full Name
Pelin Yüksel
Job Title
Graduate Student
Company
UC Davis
Speaker Bio
Graduate student at Michelmore Lab, PhD candidate
Area of research: Identification and mapping of new resistance genes for lettuce downy mildew. Long read genome assembly of lettuce cultivars.
Date of graduation: Summer 2027
Professional aspirations after that date: I am passionate on both academia and industry. I want to be a professional molecular plant breeder in a seed company. I am passionate on plant genomics, genetics and sequencing technologies to identify agronomically important genes. My goal is to create markers for breeding to develop disease-resistant and novel high-quality cultivars that can adapt to the challenging conditions caused by global warming and pathogen evolution.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pelin-yuksel-9a303519b/
Area of research: Identification and mapping of new resistance genes for lettuce downy mildew. Long read genome assembly of lettuce cultivars.
Date of graduation: Summer 2027
Professional aspirations after that date: I am passionate on both academia and industry. I want to be a professional molecular plant breeder in a seed company. I am passionate on plant genomics, genetics and sequencing technologies to identify agronomically important genes. My goal is to create markers for breeding to develop disease-resistant and novel high-quality cultivars that can adapt to the challenging conditions caused by global warming and pathogen evolution.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pelin-yuksel-9a303519b/
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