Research Fellow Peter Bundock BSc(Hons) (UNE) PhD (Tasmania) Peter studied for a B.Sc. degree at the University of New England and completed an Honours year in the Biochemistry Department. He then worked at Monash University in the Genetics Department on transformation of the now famous weed, Arabidopsis thaliana. This was followed by a stint at the University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury working on IAA biosynthesis in plants. In 1995 he commenced a Ph.D. at the University of Tasmania working on genome mapping and detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in Eucalyptus globulus. Peter's work at Southern Cross Plant Science has included identifying and isolating cytochrome P450 genes from wheat and barley, and detecting and assaying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in barley genes. [SNPs (pronounced snips) can be utilised as DNA markers to map genes and for selection in breeding programs]. Currently Peter's main work is with the CRC for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology working on developing SNP markers in sugarcane. Peter also works with the Grain Foods CRC on gene expression in developing wheat grain.
Journal articles
Enrichment of genomic DNA for polymorphism detection in a non-model highly polypoid crop plant (with Rosanne E. Casu and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2012)
Large polyploid genomes of non-model species remain challenging targets for DNA polymorphism discovery despite the...
Targeted single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery in a highly polyploid plant species using 454 sequencing (with Frances G. Eliott, Gary A. Ablett, Adam D. Benson, Rosanne E. Casu, Karen S. Aitken, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2009)
Discovering single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in specific genes in a heterozygous polyploid plant species, such...
Detection and stability of quantative trait loci (QTL) in Eucalyptus globulus (with Brad M. Potts and Rene E. Vaillancourt), Tree Genetics & Genomes (2008)
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. ssp. globulus is an important tree species for the pulp and paper...
Differential LongSAGE tag abundance analysis in a barley seed germination time course and validation with relative real-time RT-PCR (with Jessica F. White, Toni Pacey-Miller, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Science (2008)
A Long Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (LongSAGE) approach was employed to identify changes in...
SAGE of the developing wheat caryopsis (with Shane McIntosh, Loraine Watson, Allison C. Crawford, Jessica F. White, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Daniel Barbary, Lee Rooke, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2007)
Understanding the development of the cereal caryopsis holds the future for metabolic engineering in the...
Book chapters
Genotyping by allele specific PCR (with Daniel LE Waters and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
SNP discovery by ecotilling using capillary electrophoresis (with Frances G. Eliott, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
Conference publications
Plant DNA barcoding using chloroplast genome sequences (with Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Mervyn Shepherd, and Robert J. Henry), IBC XVIII International Botanical Congress (2011)
Chloroplast DNA sequence data have played a critical role in the development of plant DNA...
Shotgun sequencing and targeted enrichment of sugarcane genome sequences. (with R Casu, G M. Cordeiro, and R J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)
Even though the genome of sugarcane is scientifically challenging due to its large size and...
Whole organelle genomes from total plant DNA sequencing (with Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Mervyn Shepherd, and Robert J. Henry), Southern Cross Plant Science research papers (2011)
Short gun sequencing of whole plant DNA preparations provides short reads that includes good coverage...
Genome sequencing for marker discovery in sugarcane (with Robert J. Henry, Karen S. Aitken, and Rosanne E. Casu), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)
The sequencing of the sugarcane genome to produce a complete assembled sequence will be an...