معرفی
Sean Myles is an Associate Professor and University Research Chair in Agriculture Genetic Diversity at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on using genomic approaches to study crop domestication and breeding, particularly in apples and grapes, linking genetic data to agronomic traits and evolutionary history. He leads the Cultivating Diversity Lab (www.cultivatingdiversity.org), exploring how genetic variation influences crop adaptation and future food security.
Education: BA (Saint Thomas University), MSc (University of Oxford), PhD (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology). His work integrates population genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics to address challenges in perennial crop improvement.
Research trends emphasize high-throughput genomic analysis of fruit traits (ripening, aroma, disease resistance) and leveraging wild relatives for breeding. His lab employs cutting-edge methods like genome-wide association studies and phenomics to quantify genetic diversity in agricultural systems.
Key contributions include genomic studies of grapevine domestication, apple genetic mapping, and cannabis genetics. He has pioneered imputation techniques for non-model organisms (LinkImpute software). Current projects explore climate adaptation in heirloom apple varieties and molecular mechanisms of fruit quality.
Grants and collaborations focus on sustainable agriculture and genetic resource preservation. His lab trains students in genomic analysis and field-based phenotyping, contributing to both academic and applied agricultural science.
