James Cockram
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tel: +44 1223 342473
Email: James Cockram
Research interests:
Cereal flowering time, genetic diversity and domestication. Association Genetics.
Recent publications:
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., 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)
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.