Joann A. Conner Assistant Research Scientist
jconner@uga.edu
Dr. Joann A. Conner is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Ozias-Akins lab. She graduated from Cornell University (1997) with a PhD. in plant molecular biology. She received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation (1998-2001). She is a member of the American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB). She previously worked on projects including self-incompatibility in Brassica and floral development in Arabidopsis.
Her current project activities include genomic sequencing and analysis of potential "genic" sequences located at the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region (ASGR). Apomixis is the ability to clonally propagate through seed. She is working on two apomictic and closely related grass species, Pennisetum squamulatum and Cenchrus ciliaris. Her ultimate goal is to help identify the gene/genes responsible for apospory and to determine if the apomixis genes could be transferred and function in non-apomictic food crops.
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