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[[Image:LindsayClarkface2.jpg|thumb|left|Lindsay V. Clark]]
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'''Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Population Genetics'''
'''Research Specialist, Plant Population Genetics'''


'''Energy Biosciences Institute'''
'''Department of Crop Sciences'''


'''University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign'''
'''University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign'''
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== Research and Personal Info ==
== Research and Personal Info ==


I am a postdoc studying the genetic diversity and population structure of ''Miscanthus'', a perennial grass being developed as a bioenergy crop, under [http://cropsci.illinois.edu/directory/esacks Dr. Erik Sacks] at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
I am a postdoc studying the genetic diversity and population structure of ''Miscanthus'', a perennial grass being developed as a bioenergy crop, in the lab of [http://cropsci.illinois.edu/directory/esacks Dr. Erik Sacks] at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
 
I recently finished my Ph.D. (September 2011) in the [[UC Davis Genetics Graduate Group|Genetics Graduate Group at UC Davis]] as a member of the [[Jasieniuk]] lab in the Department of Plant Sciences.  My dissertation research was on the evolution of invasiveness in blackberry (''Rubus''), particularly relating to hybridization and asexual reproduction.  I have also written software in R for the analysis of polyploid data.
 
I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004, having majored in Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology and minored in Chemistry.  From June 2002 to June 2004 I did my undergraduate thesis research in [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tjack/ Thomas Jack's lab], where I worked on developing knockout mutants for a gene family putatively involved in floral development in ''Arabidopsis''.
 
From November 2004 - July 2006 I worked at the [http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=19-10-10-00 Grape Genetics Research Unit] in Geneva, NY.  Under the direction of Amanda Garris, I worked on gene cloning and QTL mapping towards an understanding of light detection and winter dormancy in grapevine.
 
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Contact: [[Special:Emailuser/Lindsay_V._Clark|email]]
Contact: [[Special:Emailuser/Lindsay_V._Clark|email]]


[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lindsay_Clark/?ev=hdr_xprf ResearchGate]
This wiki page used to be my personal homepage.  Please visit my new website at https://sites.google.com/site/lindsayvclarkgenetics/.
 
[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d2OkHU4AAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]
 
[http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3165-2008 ResearcherID]
 
[http://ucdavis.academia.edu/LindsayClark Academia.edu profile]
 
[[Media:lvclark_CV_2014_January.pdf|Curriculum Vitae]]
 
== Publications ==
* Lindsay V. Clark, Joe E. Brummer, Katarzyna Głowacka, Megan Hall, Kweon Heo Stephen P. Long, Junhua Peng, Toshihiko Yamada, Ji Hye Yoo, Chang Yeon Yu, Hua Zhao, and Erik J. Sacks (2014) "A footprint of past climate change on the diversity and population structure of ''Miscanthus sinensis''." Annals of Botany (in press).
* Katarzyna Głowacka, Lindsay V. Clark, Shivani Adhikari, Junhua Peng, J. Ryan Stewart, Aya Nishiwaki, Toshihiko Yamada, Uffe Jørgensen, Trevor R. Hodkinson, Justin Gifford, John A. Juvik, Erik J. Sacks (2014) "Genetic variation in ''Miscanthus'' ×''giganteus'' and the importance of estimating genetic distance thresholds for differentiating clones." GCB Bioenergy (accepted).  [[doi:10.1111/gcbb.12166]]
* Lindsay V. Clark and Marie Jasieniuk (2011) "POLYSAT: an R package for polyploid microsatellite analysis."  Molecular Ecology Resources 11(3):562-566.  [[doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.02985.x]]
* Lindsay V. Clark, Katherine J. Evans, and Marie Jasieniuk (2013) "Origins and distribution of invasive ''Rubus fruticosus'' L. agg. (Rosaceae) clones in the Western United States."  Biological Invasions 15(6):1331-1342. [[doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0369-8]]
* Lindsay V. Clark and Marie Jasieniuk (2012) "Spontaneous hybrids between native and exotic ''Rubus'' in the Western United States produce offspring both by apomixis and by sexual recombination."  Heredity 109(5):320-328.  [[doi:10.1038/hdy.2012.45]]
* Amanda Garris, Lindsay Clark, Chris Owens, Steven McKay, James Luby, Kathy Mathiason, and Anne Fennell (2009) [http://journal.ashspublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/2/261 "Mapping of Photoperiod-Induced Growth Cessation in the Wild Grape ''Vitis riparia'' Michx."] Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 134:261-272.


== Software ==
== Software ==
'''[[polysat]]: tools for polyploid microsatellite analysis'''
'''[https://github.com/lvclark/polysat/wiki polysat]: tools for polyploid microsatellite analysis'''
 
===Handy R functions===
*Convert TASSEL's HapMap format to adegenet's genlight format: [[Media:hapMap2genlight.R.txt]]
*Convert TASSEL's HapMap format to adegenet's genind format: [[Media:hapMap2genind.R.txt]]
*Convert adegenet's genind format to STRUCTURE format: [[Media:genind2structure.R.txt]]
*Draw an arc on a plot by clicking: [[Media: LVC_describeArc.R.txt]]
 
==Presentations==
*"Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of ''Miscanthus sinensis''" at Plant and Animal Genome XXII, January 11, 2014.
*"Genetic diversity of ''Miscanthus'' as a resource for breeding ''Miscanthus'', Miscanes, and Sugarcane" at the Energy Biosciences Institute retreat, July 15, 2013.
*"Using molecular markers to investigate invasive ''Rubus'' and genetic diversity of ''Miscanthus''".  Invited seminar speaker, Western Kentucky University Biology Department, September 7, 2012.
*[http://conferences.igb.illinois.edu/panamerican/sites/conferences.igb.illinois.edu.panamerican/files/u4/Clark_%20Bioenergy%20Congress%20presentation%202012.pdf "Genetic diversity and population structure of ''Miscanthus'' in Japan"] at the 3rd Pan American Congress on Plants and Bioenergy, Champaign, Illinois,  June 17, 2012.
*"Polyploid data analysis, and how to gently transition from software user to software developer" for UC Davis Ecological Genetics grad course, February 28, 2011 [[Media:LVC_PHR242_110228.pdf | PDF]]
*“Hybridization of native and invasive blackberries in California” at UC Davis Weed Day, July 17, 2008.
 
==Posters==
*"Genetic structure of Miscanthus sinensis from Asia and the United States" at Plant and Animal Genome XXI, January 12-16, 2013.
*"Microsatellites distinguish sexual vs. apomictic reproduction in spontaneous ''Rubus'' hybrids" at Plant and Animal Genome XIX, January 15-19, 2011. [[Media:LVCpag2011.pdf | PDF]]
*"Hybridization Between Native And Introduced ''Rubus'' In California And The Pacific Northwest" at Plant and Animal Genome XVIII, January 9-13, 2010. [[Media:LVCpag2010.pdf | PDF]]
*[http://www.cal-ipc.org/symposia/archive/pdf/2008/posterClark.pdf “Hybridization between invasive and native blackberries (''Rubus'') in California”] at California Invasive Plant Council Symposium, October 2-4, 2008.
 
==Awards==
*Plant Sciences Departmental Research Assistantship
*Jastro-Shields Research Grant
*Department of Plant Sciences Graduate Student Travel Award
*California Weed Science Society Scholarship


==Teaching experience==
'''[https://github.com/lvclark/tagdigger tagdigger]: Search for tags in FASTQ files from GBS or RAD-seq
*Associate Instructor, Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, Summer 2009
*Guest lecturer, Ecological Genetics, UC Davis Ecology Graduate Group, Winter 2011
*Teaching assistant, Principles of Genetics Laboratory, UC Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Winter 2010
*Teaching assistant, Genes and Gene Expression,  UC Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Fall 2009, Winter 2011
*Teaching assistant, Human Heredity, UC Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Spring 2007, Spring 2009
*Teaching assistant, Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, Winter 2009
*Undergraduate teaching assistant, Molecular Biology Lab, Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences, Summer 2003


==Protocols==
==Protocols==

Latest revision as of 16:05, 1 November 2015

Lindsay V. Clark

Research Specialist, Plant Population Genetics

Department of Crop Sciences

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research and Personal Info

I am a postdoc studying the genetic diversity and population structure of Miscanthus, a perennial grass being developed as a bioenergy crop, in the lab of Dr. Erik Sacks at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Contact: email

This wiki page used to be my personal homepage. Please visit my new website at https://sites.google.com/site/lindsayvclarkgenetics/.

Software

polysat: tools for polyploid microsatellite analysis

tagdigger: Search for tags in FASTQ files from GBS or RAD-seq

Protocols