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United Kingdom

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Marker Development Consultant | Molecular Breeder | MAS | Geneticist | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

Profile Summary

Molecular geneticist with a track record in cereal breeding. I develop and implement actionable genomic solutions—from QTL mapping and marker validation to the execution of large-scale genomic selection pipelines. Currently driving R&D at RAGT Cereals to translate complex genetic data into superior varieties

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Plant Breeding & Genetics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Agricultural Technology
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Plant Biotechnology
• ☆ Horticulture
• ☆ Forestry
• ☆ Decision Science
• ☆ Data Storage

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Research User Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics

Work Experience

Cereal Genomics and Research Manager : UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

RAGT Seeds

April 2019 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Biotechnology

University of the Western Cape

May 2010 - December 2014

Certifications

• Project Management

  The Open University

  May 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

John Baison, Malin Elfstrand, Linghua Zhou, Åke Olson, Karl Lundén, Bo Karlsson, Harry X. Wu, Jan Stenlid, M. Rosario García‐Gil (2020). Genotypic variation in Norway spruce correlates to fungal communities in vegetative buds . Molecular Ecology.

John Baison, Amaryllis Vidalis, Linghua Zhou, Zhi‐Qiang Chen, Zitong Li, Mikko J. Sillanpää, Carolina Bernhardsson, Douglas Scofield, Nils Forsberg, Thomas Grahn, et al.(2019). Genome‐wide association study identified novel candidate loci affecting wood formation in Norway spruce . The Plant Journal. 100. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 83--100. Wiley

John Baison, Carolina Bernhardsson, Amaryllis Vidalis, Xi Wang, Douglas G. Scofield, Bastian Schiffthaler, Nathaniel R. Street, M. Rosario García-Gil, Pär K. Ingvarsson(2019). An Ultra-Dense Haploid Genetic Map for Evaluating the Highly Fragmented Genome Assembly of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) . G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 9. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1623--1632. Genetics Society of America

OTHER

J Baison, Linghua Zhou, Nils Forsberg, Tommy Mörling, Thomas Grahn, Lars Olsson, Bo Karlsson, Harry X Wu, Ewa J. Mellerowicz, Sven-Olof Lundqvist, et al.(2019). Genetic control of tracheid properties in Norway spruce wood . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory