NIAB - National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Plant Science Into Practice
James Cockram
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tel: +44 1223 342473
Email: James Cockram
Research interests:
Cereal flowering time, genetic diversity and domestication. Association Genetics.
Recent publications:
Jones, H., Civan, P., Cockram, J., Leigh, F.J., Smith, L.M.J., Jones, M.K., Charles, M.P., Molina-Cano, J.-L., Powell, W., Jones, G., Brown, T.A. (2011) Evolutionary history of barley cultivation in Europe revealed by genetic analysis of extant landraces. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 320.
Mameaux S*, Cockram J*, Thiel T, Steuernagel B, Stein N, Taudien S, Jack P, Werner P, Gray JC, Greenland AJ, Powell W. Molecular, phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene family in the Poaceae (2011). Plant Biotechnology Journal: DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00645.x * joint first authors.
Cockram, J., Jones, H., O’Sullivan, D.M. Genetic variation at flowering time loci in wild and cultivated barley (2011). Plant Genetic Resources: characterization and utilization, 9: 264-267.
Cockram, J., White, J., Zuluaga, D.L., Smith, D., Comadran, j. et al (2010). Genome-wide association mapping to candidate polymorphism resolution in the un-sequenced barley genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 107, 21611-21616.
Waugh R, Marshall D, Thomas B, Comadran J, Russell J, Close T, Stein N, Hayes P, Muehlbauer G, Cockram J, O'Sullivan D, Mackay I, Flavell A, Agoueb A, Barleycap , Ramsay L. (2010) Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties. Genome, 53: 967-972.
Cockram, J., Howells, R.M., O'Sullivan, D.M. Segmental chromosomal duplications harbouring group IV CONSTANS-like genes in cereals. Genome, accepted.
Cockram, J., Norris, C., O’Sullivan, D.M. (2009) PCR markers diagnostic for seasonal growth habit in barley. Crop Science 49: 403-410.
Cockram, J., White, J., Leigh, F.J., Lea, V.J., Chiapparino, E., Laurie, D.A., Mackay, I.J., Powell, W., O’Sullivan, D.M. (2008) Association mapping of partitioning loci in barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare L.). BMC Genetics, 9:16.
Cockram J, Jones H, Leigh F, White J, Mackay IJ, Powell W, O’Sullivan DM (2008) Proceedings of the 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, 5-10 April 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, pp94-104.
Cockram, J., Mackay, I.J., O’Sullivan, D.M. (2007a) The role of double-stranded break repair in the creation of phenotypic diversity at cereal VRN1 loci. Genetics 177:1-5
Cockram, J., Chiapparino, E., Taylor, S.A., Stamati, K., Donini, P., Laurie, D.A. O'Sullivan, D.M. (2007b) Haplotype analysis of vernalization loci in European barley germplasm reveals novel VRN-H1 alleles and a predominant winter VRN-H1/VRN-H2 multi-locus haplotype. Theoretical and Applied Genetics115: 993-1001
Cockram, J., Jones, H., Leigh, F.J., O’Sullivan, D., Powell, W., Laurie, D.A., Greenland, A.J. (2007c) Control of flowering time in temperate cereals: genes, domestication and sustainable productivity. J Exp Bot 58:1231-1244
Recent talks (T)/posters (P)
Comadran J, Ramsay L, Thomas W, Macaulay M, Marshall D, Shaw P, Cockram J, White J, Mackay J, Liu Z, AGOUEB Consortium, Kersey M, O’Sullivan D, Waugh R (2011). Genetic selection footprints in Elite barley cultivars. Plant and Animal Genomes XIX Conference, 15-19th January 2011, San Diego, USA (P).
Cockram, J., Howells, R.M., O'Sullivan, D.M. Segmental chromosomal duplications harboring group IV CONSTANS-like genes in cereals: implications on cereal evolution and domestication. Second Interantional Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, 24-27th April 2010, Bologna, Italy. (P)
Waugh, Russell, J., Dawson, I., ramsay, L., Comodran, J., Thomas, B., Marshall, D., Xu, X., AGOUEB Consortium, ExBarDiv Consortium, Flavell, A. Manipulationg the resolution of genome association scans in barley using stratified germplasm collections. Second Interantional Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, 24-27th April 2010, Bologna, Italy.
O’Sullivan, D.M., Bansept, P., Cockram, J., White, J., Maguire, K., West, F., Bayles, R., Griffiths, S., Boyd, L. Association genetics approach to the identification of potentially durable yellow rust resistance in UK elite wheat germplasm. Monogram Network Workshop, 2-4th March 2010, Norwich, UK (T).
Cockram, J., Jones, H., Powell, W., O’Sullivan, D.M. The domestication of flowering time in barley: genetic origins, Neolithic spread and diversity. Monogram Network Workshop, 2-4th March 2010, Norwich, UK (T).
Cockram, J., White, J., Zuluaga, D., Luo, Z., Kearsey, M., Comadran, J., Marshall, D., Ramsay, L., Thomas, B., Harrap, D., Werner, P., AGOUEB, Mackay, I., Waugh, R., O’Sullivan, D.M. Genome-wide association mapping of multiple morphological traits in barley. Eucarpia Cereal Section Meeting, 6-8th April 2010, Cambridge, UK (T).
Cockram, J., White, J., Zuluaga, D., Mackay, I., Luo, Z., Kearsey, M., Comadran, J., Marshall, D., Ramsay, L., Thomas, B., Harrap, D., Werner, P., Tapsell, C., Balding, D.J., AGOUEB, Waugh, R., O’Sullivan, D. Genome-wide association mapping in barley: from simulations to fine-mapping. Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference, 9-13th January 2009, San Diego, USA (P).
Robbie, W., Marshall, D., Thomas, B., Comadran, J., Russell, J., Close, T., Stein, N., Hayes, P., Muehlbauer, G., Cockram, J., O’Sullivan, D., Mackay, I., Ramsay, L., AGOUEB and BarleyCAP. Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties as a platform for gene discovery. ACPFG Genomics Syposium: the genomics of salinity. 16th-18th November 2009, Adelaide, Australia. (T).
Waugh, R., Marshall, D., Thomas, B., Comadran, J., Russell, J., Close, T., Stein, N., Hayes, P., Muehlbauer, G., Cockram, J., O’Sullivan, D., Mackay, I., Flavell, A., Ramsay, L., AGOUEB and BarleyCAP. Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties. OECD – Genome Association, 10-12th November 2009, Perth, Australia.
O’Sullivan, D., Maguire, K., Bansept, P., Cockram, J., Bales, R., Thomas, J. Dissecting the contributions of specific and partial resistance to yellow rust in UK wheat germplasm. 12th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference, 13-16 October 2009, Antalya, Turkey (T).
Stawniak, N., Cottage, A., Cockram, J., Thomas, J., Kenyon, D., Gowen, S. Identification and expression of endo-1,4–beta-glucanase genes by stem nematodes (Ditylenchus dipsaci Kühn) in susceptible and resistant cultivars of field beans (Vicia faba L.). The British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting. 22nd September 2009. Oxford, UK.
White, J., Mackay, I., Cockram, J., O’Sullivan, D., on behalf of the AGOUEB Consortium, Balding, D.J. Association mapping in inbreeding cereals. Eucarpia Biometrics in Plant Breeding Section, 2-4th Sept 2009, Dundee, UK.
Cockram, J., White, J., Zuluaga, D., Mackay, I., Luo, Z., Kearsey, M., Comadran, J., Marshall, D., Ramsay, L., Thomas, B., Harrap, D., Werner, P., AGOUEB, Waugh, R., O’Sullivan, D. Genome-wide association mapping of multiple morphological traits in barley. Plant Genomics European Meetings, 7-10 October, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal (T).
Waugh R, Ramsay L, Comadran J, Marshall D, Thomas B, Russell J, Close T, Stein N, Hayes P, Muehlbauer GJ, Cockram J, O'Sullivan D, Mackay I, Flavell A, AGOUEB, BarleyCAP. Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties. 19th international Triticeae Mapping Initiative - 3rd COST Tritigen, 31st Aug - 4th September 2009, Clermont-Ferrand, France (T).
Cockram, J. (on behalf of the AGOUEB Consortium), White, J., Mackay, I.J., Comadran, J., Ramsay, L., Marshall, Luo, Z., Kearsey, M., Thomas, B.,D., Waugh, R., O'Sullivan, D.M. Association mapping of morphological traits in barley using genome-wide scans. Monogram Network Workshop, 29th April – 1st May 2009, Bristol, UK (P).
Comodran, J. & the AGOUEB Consortium. Association genetics of UK Elite Barley. Monogram Network Workshop, 29th April – 1st May 2009, Bristol, UK (P).
Mameaux, S., Cockram, J., Gray, J, Werner, P., Jack, P., Uauy, C., Greenland, A., Powell, W. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2 (CKX2): a novel potential to increase grain yield in bread wheat. Monogram Network Workshop, 29th April – 1st May 2009, Bristol, UK (T).
Cockram, J., Mackay, I.J., Ramsay, L., Comadran, J., Marshall, Thomas, B.,D., Kearsey, M., Tapsell, C., Klose, S., Bury, P., Habgood, R., Gymer, P., Christerson, T., Allvin, B., Davies, N., Brosnan, J., Booer, C., Waugh, R. and O'Sullivan, D.M. Association mapping of morphological traits in barley using genome-wide scans. Plant and Animal Genomes XVII conference, 10-14th January 2009, San Diego, USA. (P)
Ramsay, L., and consortium. Association genetics of UK elite barley (AGOUEB). Plant and Animal Genomes XVII conference, 10-14th January 2009, San Diego, USA. (P)
Cockram, J., Jones, H., Powell, W., O’Sullivan, D. Identification, characterisation and marker-assisted selection for novel barley flowering time alleles. Plant Genomics European Meeting VII, 24-27th September, 2008. Albena, Bulgaria.
Mameaux, S., Cockram, J., Jack. P., Werner, P., Gray, J., Powell, W. Investigating the potential for rice cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2 (OsCKX2) orthologues to regulate grain yield in hexaploid wheat. Small Grain Cereals Workshop, 16-18th April 2008, Rothamstead, Harpenden, UK. (P)
Cockram, J., Jones, H., Leigh, F., White, J., Mackay, I.J., Powell, W., O’Sullivan, D.M. Allelic diversity and phenotypic associations at vernalization loci in cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare L.). The 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium (IBGS), 5-10th April 2008, Alexandria, Egypt. (T)
Cockram, J., Mackay, I.J., O’Sullivan, D.M. The Role Of Illegitimate Recombination In The Creation Of Allelic Variation At Orthologous Cereal Vrn-1 Vernalization Response Loci. Plant and Animal Genomes XVI conference, 12-16th January 2008, San Diego, USA. (P)
Cockram, J., Laurie, D.A., O’Sullivan, D.M. Patterns and mechanisms of recombination at the barley vernalization locus VRN-H1. 4th UK Small Grain Cereals Workshop, 14th-16th March 2007, NIAB, Cambridge, UK. (T)
O’Sullivan, D., Lea, V., Freeman, S., Cockram, J., Doveri, S., Fanstone, V., Budge, G., Berry, S., Korzun, V., Mackay, I., Snape, J., Henry, C., Bayles, R. Genetics and genealogy of resistance to SBCMV in UK wheat germplasm. 4th UK Small Grain Cereals Workshop, 14th-16th March 2007, NIAB, Cambridge, UK. (T)
Interests:
Gardening, mushrooming, playing squash.