Dr. Nikolaos Minadakis
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of Zürich
Zollikerstrasse 107
CH-8008 Zürich
nikolaos.minadakis@botinst.uzh.ch

phone:
+41 (0)44 63 48398
fax:
+41 (0)44 63 48204
Research Interests
Keywords

[ print version ]

Research Interests

In my PhD project, I use a Whole-Genome Sequencing data-set of the Mediterranean grass species Brachypodium distachyon, consisting of ca. 350 genomes from across its native range. My goal is to take advantage of techniques like Genome Wide Association Studies, Phylogenetics, Ecological Niche Modelling, and Genome-environment associations, in order to decipher the genomics of its adaptation to different environments, and the role Transposable Elements play on it.


Keywords

Brachypodium distachyon; Adaptation; Flowering time; Transposable Elements; GWAS