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Geoffrey Morris--Postdoctoral Scholar
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Contact
Office: Erman Hall, Room 305 | Address: 1103 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-4055 | Cell: 312-909-1330 | Fax: 773-702-9740
Email: gmorris _ uchicago _ edu
Projects
- Population genomics for switchgrass
- Genomics methods development
- Genomic diversity in switchgrass across US and in Indiana Dunes
- Ecosystem services from diverse plant communities
- Sustainable Bioenergy Crop Production Research Facility
- Harvest and preliminary results
- Habitat reconstruction: McCormick Bird Sanctuary, Canal Origins Park
- Microclimate-adapted switchgrass for marginal lands
- Switchgrass plant monitoring in the Indiana Dunes
- Microclimate monitoring with automated weather stations
- Greenhouse and field trials for environmental stress
Publications
Rest J, Bullaughey K, Morris GP, Li WH. (2012) Contribution of Transcription Factor Binding Site Motif Variants to Condition-specific Gene Expression Patterns in Budding Yeast. PLoS ONE, in press.
Morris GP, Grabowski P, and Borevitz JO. (2011) Genomic diversity in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum): from the continental scale to a dune landscape. Molecular Ecology. 20(23):4938-52.
Brachi B, Morris GP, and Borevitz JO. (2011) Genome-wide association studies in plants: the missing heritability is in the field. Genome Biology. 12(10):232.
Morris GP and Rhodes DH.
Greener Pastures: Health and Sustainability on a Family Dairy Farm.
Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Newsletter (American Dietetic Association). Winter 2009.
Borevitz JO, Hazen SP, Michael TP, Morris GP, Baxter IR, Hu TT, Chen H, Werner JD, Nordborg M, Salt DE, Kay SA, Chory J, Weigel D, Jones JD, Ecker J
(2007) Genome-wide patterns of single-feature polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007 104(29):12057-62.
Byrnes JK*, Morris GP*, Li WH. (* Equal contributions)
(2006) Reorganization of adjacent gene relationships in yeast genomes by whole-genome duplication and gene deletion.
Mol Biol Evol. 23(6):1136-43.
Education
B. Sc. (Biology), University of Ottawa, 1998-2002
Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolution), University of Chicago, 2002-2007
NSERC Postgraduate Scholar, 2002-2004
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2004-2007
Guest Researcher, Terrestrial Ecology Group, Argonne National Laboratory, 2008-
