Research Interests
By making use of a reverse genetics approach one can make use of an ever-growing pool of genomic data to find interesting associations between genetic anomalies and observed phenotypes. This approach becomes particularly useful when comparing populations on a genomic level. In the Stukenbrock lab I am working on comparing Cercospora beticola individuals isolated from domesticated and wild sugar beet populations to determine which genetic features distinguish the populations.
Short CV
2017 – present
University of Kiel, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, PhD student in the Stukenbrock group
2015 – 2017
University of Pretoria, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, M.Sc(Genetics) under the supervision of Dr. Martin Coetzee, Dr. Magriet van der Nest, and Prof. Brenda Wingfield titled In silicocharacterisation of endopolygalacturonases in Armillaria and allied fungal genera
2014
University of Pretoria, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, B.Sc(Hons) Genetics, dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Martin Coetzee
2011-2013
University of Pretoria, B.Sc (Biotechnology)
Publications
Niharika Sashidhar, Hans J. Harloff, Lizel Potgieter, and Christian Jung. "Gene editing of three BnITPK genes in tetraploid oilseed rape leads to significant reduction of phytic acid in seeds." Plant Biotechnology Journal (2020) https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13380
Lizel Potgieter, Alice Feurtey, Julien Y. Dutheil, and Eva H. Stukenbrock. "On Variant Discovery in Genomes of Fungal Plant Pathogens." Frontiers in Microbiology 11 (2020): 626 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00626
Stephanie van Wyk, Brenda D. Wingfield, Albie N. van der Merwe, Lieschen De Vos, Mkhululi Maphosa, Lizel Potgieter, and Emma T. Steenkamp. "Repeat-Induced Point Mutations (RIP) Drives the Formation of
Distinct Sub-Genomic Compartments in Fusarium Circinatum" (2020) (under review) https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0697.v1