Steven Cannon

Plant bioinformatics; legume biology; genome evolution

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cann0010/

I am a USDA-ARS Research Geneticist, and an adjunct assistant professor in the Agronomy Department. My ARS research group focuses on bioinformatics for crop improvement, particularly in soybean and other crop legumes. We do this by developing software for analyzing and transferring information between crop and model species - including sequence, genetic, functional, and phenotype data. We study the evolution of disease resistance and nitrogen fixation, and the responses of genomes to polyploidy. We also provide support for two genome sequencing efforts: soybean, and a relative of alfalfa called Medicago truncatula. This support includes development of genetic markers, development of web-based tools for genomic data access and visualization.

Education:

PhD (Plant Biology), 2003 , University of Minnesota