Thorsten Schnurbusch		Research Fellow
		Head of Drought Focus Group
		Contact Information
		Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics Hartley Grove, Urrbrae Postal PMB 1, Glen Osmond SA 5064 p +61 8 8303 7171    f  +61 8 8303 7102 e thorsten.schnurbusch@acpfg.com.au
		Mailing Address Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics University of Adelaide Waite Campus Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064 Australia
Qualifications
Ph.D. Plant Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Switzerland 2003 Dipl. Ing. agr. Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Göttingen, Germany 1999 Dipl. Ing. agr. (FH) Agriculture, Technical College Soest, Germany 1996
Expertise and Research Interests
Cereal -Wheat, Barley- Genetics and Genomics QTL Mapping, Association Mapping, Gene Isolation Abiotic Stresses such as Drought and Drought-related Traits, Boron Tolerance Head of Drought Focus Group Member of Boron Focus Group, Map-based Cloning Team and Transcriptomics Technical Group
Awards & Fellowships
Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship at ACPFG 2004-2006, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany
Memberships
German Society of Plant Breeding (GPZ) Swiss Society of Agronomy AAAS Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Fellow
Publications
Sutton, T., U. Baumann, J. Hayes, N. C. Collins, B.-J. Shi, Th. Schnurbusch, A. Hay, G. Mayo, M. Pallotta, M. Tester, P. Langridge (2007) Boron-toxicity tolerance in barley arising from efflux transporter amplification. Science 318: 1446-1449 TOMMASINI, L., TH. SCHNURBUSCH, F. MASCHER, D. FOSSATI and B. KELLER (2007) Association mapping and validation of Stagonospora nodorum blotch resistance in modern European winter wheat. Theor Appl Genetics 115: 697–708 Schnurbusch, Th., N. C. Collins, R.F. EASTWOOD, T. SUTTON, S.P. JEFFERIES and P. LANGRIDGE (2007) Fine mapping and targeted SNP survey using rice-wheat gene colinearity in the region of the Bo1 boron toxicity tolerance locus of bread wheat. Theor Appl Genetics 115: 451–461 Singh, K., M. Ghai, M. Garg, P. Chhuneja, Th. Schnurbusch, B. Keller and H.S. Dhaliwal (2007) An integrated molecular linkage map of diploid wheat based on a Triticum boeoticum × T. monococcum RIL population. Theor Appl Genetics 115: 301-312 SCHNURBUSCH, TH., E. BOSSOLINI, M. MESSMER and B. KELLER (2004) Tagging and validation of a major QTL for leaf rust resistance and leaf tip necrosis in the winter wheat cultivar ‘Forno’. Phytopathology 94: 1036-1041 PAILLARD, S., TH. SCHNURBUSCH, R. TIWARI, M. MESSMER, M. WINZELER, B. KELLER and G. SCHACHERMAYR (2004) QTL analysis of resistance to Fusarium head blight in Swiss winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theor Appl Genetics 109: 323-332 SCHNURBUSCH, TH., S. PAILLARD, A. SCHORI, M. MESSMER, G. SCHACHERMAYR, M. WINZELER and B. KELLER (2004) Dissection of quantitative and durable leaf rust resistance in Swiss winter wheat reveals a major resistance QTL in the Lr34 chromosomal region. Theor Appl Genetics 108: 477-484 PAILLARD* S., TH. SCHNURBUSCH*, M. WINZELER, M. MESSMER, P. SOURDILLE, O. ABDERHALDEN, B. KELLER and G. SCHACHERMAYR (2003) An integrative genetic linkage map of a cross between two winter wheat varieties. Theor Appl Genetics 107: 1235-1242 (* shared first-authorship) SCHNURBUSCH, TH., S. PAILLARD, D. FOSSATI, M. MESSMER, G. SCHACHERMAYR, M. WINZELER and B. KELLER (2003) Detection of QTLs for Stagonospora glume blotch resistance in Swiss winter wheat. Theor Appl Genetics 107: 1226-1234 SCHNURBUSCH, TH., C. MÖLLERS AND H.C. BECKER (2000) A mutant of Brassica napus with increased palmitic acid content. Plant Breeding 119: 141-144
Languages
German, English	Reading, Writing and Speaking
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