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*2007 – present University of Queensland. A/Prof  
 
*2007 – present University of Queensland. A/Prof  
*2003 - 2007 Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victoria, Australia. Statewide Leader - CBDT
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*2002 - 2007 Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victoria, Australia.  
*2002 - 2003 Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victoria, Australia. Senior Research Scientist
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*1997 - 2002 IACR Long Ashton, University of Bristol, UK.  
*2001 - 2002 IACR Long Ashton, University of Bristol, UK. Senior Post Doc. BBSRC IGF
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*1996 -1997 Genetics Dept. University of Cambridge, UK.  
*2000 - 2001 IACR Long Ashton, University of Bristol, UK. Post Doc. BBSRC GAIT
 
*1997 - 2000 IACR Long Ashton, University of Bristol, UK. Post Doc. EU Zeropa
 
*1996 -1997 Genetics Dept. University of Cambridge, UK. Post Doc
 
  
 
I gained an Honours degree in agriculture from the University of Nottingham and a PhD from the Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge. I have held positions within academia (University of Adelaide, Australia; University of Cambridge, UK; and McGill University, Canada), government (Long Ashton Research Centre, UK, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia) and industry (ICI seeds, UK). I moved to The University of Queensland, Australia in 2007 as an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow to support bioinformatics for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. My research interests include applied agricultural biotechnology, the structure and expression of plant genomes, the discovery and application of molecular genetic markers and applied bioinformatics, with a focus on crops, and more recently, metagenomic populations.   
 
I gained an Honours degree in agriculture from the University of Nottingham and a PhD from the Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge. I have held positions within academia (University of Adelaide, Australia; University of Cambridge, UK; and McGill University, Canada), government (Long Ashton Research Centre, UK, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia) and industry (ICI seeds, UK). I moved to The University of Queensland, Australia in 2007 as an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow to support bioinformatics for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. My research interests include applied agricultural biotechnology, the structure and expression of plant genomes, the discovery and application of molecular genetic markers and applied bioinformatics, with a focus on crops, and more recently, metagenomic populations.   

Revision as of 06:25, 24 July 2011

David Edwards

Academic history:

PhD University of Cambridge 2000

BSc (Hons) University of Nottingham 1989

Posts held:

  • 2007 – present University of Queensland. A/Prof
  • 2002 - 2007 Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victoria, Australia.
  • 1997 - 2002 IACR Long Ashton, University of Bristol, UK.
  • 1996 -1997 Genetics Dept. University of Cambridge, UK.

I gained an Honours degree in agriculture from the University of Nottingham and a PhD from the Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge. I have held positions within academia (University of Adelaide, Australia; University of Cambridge, UK; and McGill University, Canada), government (Long Ashton Research Centre, UK, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia) and industry (ICI seeds, UK). I moved to The University of Queensland, Australia in 2007 as an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow to support bioinformatics for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. My research interests include applied agricultural biotechnology, the structure and expression of plant genomes, the discovery and application of molecular genetic markers and applied bioinformatics, with a focus on crops, and more recently, metagenomic populations.


Publications: (follow this link)

Contact:

University of Queensland

St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia

Tel: +61 (0)7 3346 7084

email: Dave.Edwards@uq.edu.au