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Derek Michael Wright
I graduated with a BSc in Biology from the University of Regina in 2012, followed by a MSc in Agrobiotechnology from Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (University of Giessen, Germany) in 2015. I now work in the Plant Sciences department at the University of Saskatchewan and have been involved in three research projects (AGILE, EVOLVES & P2IRC) with lentil (Lens culinaris).
I have done extensive work with a lentil diversity panel, NAM and inter-specific RIL populations. I am very fluent in and have plenty of experience with data analysis such as PCA, GWAS and QTL analysis. I have recently been working with data acquisition from UAV and seed imaging systems and can handle data wrangling and visualization of large, high-throughput data sets.
Research Experience & Education
University of Saskatchewan
Research Assistant
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Current - 2015
- Coordinate field trials
- Seed setup
- Post-harvest processing
- Data collection & analysis
- Presentations
- Collaborations
Cargil Specialty Seeds and Oils
Research Assistant (Internship)
Aberdeen, Saskatchewan, Canada
2015
- Data collection & analysis
- Pathology (blackleg)
M.Sc. in Agrobiotechnology
University of Giessen
Giessen, Hesse, Germany
2015 - 2013
- Biotechnology and Genomics
- Molecular Phytopathology
- Plant Microbe Interactions
- Plant Protection and Bioengeneering
- Microbial-Food-Biotechnology
- Applied Statistics and Bioinformatics
- Risk Assessment, Bio-safety and Patent Law
- Molecular Plant Breeding
- Microbial Diagnostics
- Plant Pathogens and Symbionts
- Molecular Entomology
- Tissue Culturing and Genetic Transformation
B.Sc. Biology
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
2012 - 2007
- Limnology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Global Biogeochemistry
- Stable Isotope Ecology
- Vertebrate Animal Biology
- Advanced Plant Physiology
- Molecular Genetics
- Bacterial Genetics
R Packages
agData: an R package containing agricultural data sets
https://derekmichaelwright.github.io/agData/ devtools::install_github(“derekmichaelwright/agData”)
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gwaspr: an R package for plotting GWAS results
https://derekmichaelwright.github.io/gwaspr/ devtools::install_github(“derekmichaelwright/gwaspr”)
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Publications
Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Importance of Glycosylated Flavones in Patterned Lentil Seed Coats
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(7): 3541–3549
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2023
Elessawy F, Wright D, et al.
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Focusing the GWAS Lens on days to flower using latent variable phenotypes derived from global multi-environment trials
The Plant Genome. 16(1): e20269.
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2022
Neupane S, Wright D, et al.
- data collection
- data analysis
- data visualization
- manuscript writing
Strategic Identification of New Genetic Diversity to Expand Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Production (Using Nepal as an Example)
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2021
Neupane S, Dhakal R, Wright D, et al.
- data analysis
- data visualization
Genomic selection for lentil breeding: Empirical evidence
The Plant Genome. 13(1):e20002.
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2020
Haile TA, Heidecker T, Wright D, et al.
- data visualization
Understanding photothermal interactions can help expand production range and increase genetic diversity of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)
Plants, People, Planet. 3(2): 171-181.
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2020
Wright D, et al.
- data collection
- data analysis
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Influence of heterozygosity on nitrogen use efficiency in hybrid and purebred lines of Brassica napus (L.)
MSc Thesis
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2015
Wright D
Unpublished Work
Dissecting lentil crop growth across multi-environment trials using unoccupied aerial vehicles and genome-wide association studies
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GWAS of predicted protein and amino acid content in lentil using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
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- data analysis
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Investigating seed size, shape, color, and patterning in a lentil diversity panel and inter-specific RIL populations
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Photography
Saskatchewan Field Trials
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Bangladesh Field Trials
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Lentil Seed Diversity
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