معرفی
Lukas Mueller is an Adjunct Professor at Cornell University's School of Integrative Plant Science, affiliated with the Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics. He works at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), focusing on developing bioinformatics platforms like Cassavabase, Solanaceae Genomics Network, and Breedbase to streamline genomic data utilization for plant breeders in food-insecure regions.
- Key collaborations: Nextgen Cassava Project, GOBII Initiative, CGIAR partnerships
- Research themes: Big Data organization, genomic selection, transcriptomic analysis for crop resilience
His lab specializes in integrating genotypic/phenotypic data from staple crops (tomato, cassava, sweet potato, yam) to enable efficient breeding through tools like BrAPI (Breeding API), GigaByte platform, and high-throughput phenotyping pipelines. Recent publications emphasize pan-genome modeling, vector genomics, and ontology-driven data frameworks.
Notable grants: $35M Gates Foundation funding (2018) for cassava improvement in Africa, USDA projects on tomato fruit development, and multiple international bioinformatics collaborations. Lab members train students in genomic annotation, bioinformatics consulting, and agricultural data science.
Database Contributions: Cassavabase, Yambase, Sweetpotatobase, Musabase, and Sol Genomics Network for Solanaceae species like tomato and petunia.
