Theresa Fulton, Ph.D.
Director of Outreach & Training
Institute for Genomic Diversity
130C Biotechnology Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-4323
FAX: (607) 254-6379
email: tf12@cornell.edu
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Education
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Education:
Ph.D., 2002 Education, Minor: Science and Technology Studies; Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
M.S., 1996 Plant Breeding, Minor: Genetics; Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY
B.S., 1987 Biology, Minors: Microbiology and Genetics; Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY
Interests: Combining my research and education backgrounds
to enable researchers around the world to take advantage of genomics and
bioinformatics information in working on issues in biodiversity conservation,
food security, and crop improvement.
Current Projects:
**Training of international scientists. Sponsored by
the Generation
Challenge Program, I'm working on a training module on "Genomics
and Comparative Genomics," a follow-up to : "Using molecular
marker technology in studies on plant genetic diversity" (which is
available online on
our Training & Education page or as a CD from IPGRI or me).
More about the Comparative Genomics module here.
** I also coordinate visits to the IGD by international scientists.See
Visitor guidelines.
**Alex Casa
and I are working on compiling resources for sorghum and millet
scientists, including maps, marker information and more, sponsored by
The
Syngenta Foundation. These will be made available as part of
the Resource Center (see below):
**I'm currently developing an Interactive Resource Center
and helpdesk for scientists, also sponsored by GCP, available at http://irc.igd.cornell.edu/
**I developed a new course for the dept of Education: EDUC 504
Research experience for teachers (no longer being taught).
**As part of the Cornell
Genomics Initiative and New
Life Sciences Initiative, I facilitated the students awarded
Presidential
Genomics Fellowships through their
first year at Cornell (Susi Varvayanis is taking this over).
**I am Outreach Coordinator on our new Maize NSF grant,
starting Jan '04. My former assistant Ian Williams, and my current assistant
Corinne Price, both CU undergrads, and I have developed a maize "storyboard
display" for high school students. More about the maize research
project
here, more about the outreach part here.
If you're interested in your school being visited for this project, email
me
**Training middle- and high-school students in DNA extractions
and other lab techniques. See the Newfield
class visit, and information about the annual Expanding Your
Horizons workshop on our Workshops
page.
**I co-organized the PL BR 404 class trip to Costa Rica in January, 2003.
See information and photos here.
** I co-organized the millet workshop in Mali, W. Africa
last year. You can look at photos
of Mali and the workshop, and read the Report.
Publications:
Tanksley SD and Fulton TM (2006) Dissecting Quantitative Trait Variation
- Examples from the tomato. Euphytica (in press)
Wei Zhao, Payan Canaran, Rebecca Jurkuta, Theresa Fulton, Jeffrey Glaubitz,
Edward Buckler, John Doebley, Brandon Gaut, Major Goodman, Jim Holland,
Stephen Kresovich, Michael McMullen, Lincoln Stein, Doreen Ware (2006)
Panzea: A Database And Resource For Molecular And Functional Diversity
In The Maize Genome. Nucleic Acids Research 34 (Database Issue): D752-D757
Sorghum Genomics Planning Workshop Participants (2005) Toward Sequencing
the Sorghum Genome. A U.S. National Science Foundation-Sponsored Workshop
Report. Plant Physiology 138: 1898-1902
De Vicente MC, C. Lopez, and Fulton T (2004) Genetic diversity analysis
with molecular marker data. Vol 2. Learning module. CD-ROM. International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy, Universidad Nacional Agraria
‘La molina’, Peru, and Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
De Vicente MC and Fulton T (2004) Using molecular marker technology effectively
in plant diversity studies. Vol 1. Learning module. CD-ROM. International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy and Institute for Genomic
Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Frary A, Fulton TM, Tanksley SD (2004) Advanced backcross QTL analysis
of a Lycopersicon esculentum x L. pennellii cross and possible orthologs
in the Solanaceae. Theor Appl Genet 108(3):485-96
Frary A, Doganlar S, Frampton A, Fulton T, Uhlig J, Yates H, Tanksley
S (2003) Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci for improved fruit characteristics
from Lycopersicon chmielewskii chromosome 1. Genome 46: 235-243
Grandillo S, Fulton TM (2002) Approaches to gene mapping. In: Gilmartin
PM and Bowler C (eds.) Molecular Plant Biology (Practical Approach Series,
vol 1): Oxford University Press
Fulton TM (2002) Changing science: Plant genomics in the U.S. (Doctoral
dissertation, Cornell University) Dissertation Abstracts International
63/04: 1528.
Fulton TM, van der Hoeven R, Eannetta N, Tanksley SD (2002) Identification,
analysis, and utilization of a conserved ortholog set (COS) markers for
comparative plant genomics in higher plants. Plant Cell 14: 1457-1467
Fulton TM, Bucheli P, Voirol E, Lopez J, Petiard V, Tanksley SD (2002)
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting sugars, organic acids and other
biochemical properties possibly contributing to flavor, identified in
four advanced backcross populations of tomato. Euphytica 127: 163-177
Frary A, Doganlar S, Frampton A, Fulton T, Uhlig J, Yates H, Tanksley
S (2002) Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci for improved fruit characteristics
from Lycopersicon chmielewskii chromosome 1. Genome
Fulton TM, Grandillo S, Beck-Bunn T, Fridman E, Frampton A, Lopez J, Petiard
V, Uhlig J, Zamir D, Tanksley SD (2000) Advanced backcross QTL analysis
of a Lycopersicon esculentum x L. parviflorum cross. Theor Appl Genet
100: 1025-1042
Fulton TM, Xu Y, Siew FL, Tanksley SD (1999) Efficiency of using CAPs
as an alternative and potentially automatable mapping system. Tomato Genet
Coop Report 49: 15-17
Fulton TM and Tanksley S (1998) Extreme segregation distortion in a Lycopersicon
pennellii backcross. Tomato Genetics Coop Report 48: 24.
Tanksley S, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1998) A gene for
reduced lycopene on chromosome 12 of Lycopersicon parviflorum, possibly
allelic to Del. Tomato Genetics Cooperative Report 48: 57-58.
Tanksley S, Bernacchi D, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Inai
S, Lopez J, Petiard V, Sayama H, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1997) Comparing the
performance of a pair of processing lines nearly isogenic for the I2 gene
conferring resistance to Fusarium oxysporum race 2. Tomato Genet Coop
47: 33-35.
Tanksley S, Bernacchi D, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Inai
S, Lopez J, Petiard V, Sayama H, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1997) Comparing the
effects of linkage drag in a set of processing tomato lines nearly isogenic
for the Mi gene for resistance to root knot nematodes. Tomato Genet Coop
47: 35-38.
Tanksley S, Bernacchi D, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Inai
S, Lopez J, Petiard V, Sayama H, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1997) Comparing the
performance of a set of processing tomato lines nearly isogenic for the
ms-1035 gene for male-sterility. Tomato Genet Coop 47: 38-40.
Tanksley S, Bernacchi D, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Inai
S, Lopez J, Petiard V, Sayama H, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1997) Comparing the
performance of a set of precessing lines nearly isogenic for Pto, a gene
conferring resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato. Tomato Genet
Coop 47: 40-42.
Tanksley S, Bernacchi D, Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Inai
S, Lopez J, Petiard V, Sayama H, Uhlig J, Zamir D (1997) Comparing the
performance of a pair of processing lines nearly isogenic for Sw-5, a
gene conferring resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus. Tomato Genet
Coop 47: 42-43.
Fulton TM, Nelson JC, and Tanksley SD. (1997) Introgression and DNA marker
analysis of Lycopersicon peruvianum, a wild relative of the cultivated
tomato, into Lycopersicon esculentum, followed through three successive
backcross generations. Theor Appl Genet 95: 895-902.
Fulton TM, Beck-Bunn T, Emmatty D, Eshed Y, Lopez J, Petiard V, Uhlig
J, Zamir D, Tanksley SD. (1997) QTL analysis in an advanced backcross
of Lycopersicon peruvianum to the cultivated tomato and comparisons with
QTLs found in other wild species. Theor Appl Genet 95: 881-894.
Fulton TM, Chunwongse J, and Tanksley SD. (1995) Microprep Protocol for
Extraction of DNA from Tomato and other Herbaceous Plants. Plant Molecular
Biology Reporter 13 (3): 207-209.
Causse MA, Fulton T, Cho YG, Ahn SN, Chunwongse J, Wu K, Xiao J, Yu Z,
Ronald PC, Harrington SE, Second G, McCouch SR, and Tanksley SD (1994)
Saturated Molecular Map of the Rice Genome Based on an Interspecific Backcross
Population. Genetics 138: 1251-1274.
Tanksley SD, Fulton T, McCouch SR (1993) Linkage Map of Rice. In: Stephen
J. O’Brien (ed.) Genetic Maps.
Tanksley SD, Ganal MW, Prince JP, de Vicente MC, Bonierbale MW, Broun
P, Fulton TM, Giovannoni JJ, Grandillo S, Martin GB, Messeguer R, Miller
JC, Paterson AH, Pineda O, Roder MS, Wing RA, Wu W, and Young ND (1992)
High Density Molecular Linkage Maps of the Tomato and Potato Genomes.
Genetics 132: 1141-1160.
Tanksley SD, Grandillo S, Fulton TM, Zamir D, Eshed Y, Petiard V, Lozez
J, Beck-Bunn T (1996) Advanced backcross QTL analysis in a cross between
an elite processing line of tomato and its wild relative L. pimpinellifolium.
Theor Appl Genet 92:213-224.
Tanksley SD, McCouch S, Causse M, Fulton T (1991) Molecular Mapping of
the Rice Genome: Recent Advances. In: G.S.Khush and G.H. Toenniessen (eds.)
Rice Biotechnology.
Fulton TM, Tanksley S (1990) Rice RFLP framework map. Rice Biotechnology
Quarterly 1(1), 20-21.
Tanksley SD, Fulton T (1990) Repository for Rice DNA clones. Rice Biotechnology
Newsletter.
Tanksley SD, McCouch S, Yu Z, Wang Z, and Fulton T (1988) RFLP Map of
Rice Chromosomes. Rice Genetics Newsletter 5:128-130.