Theresa Fulton




NSG Home Who we are Where we are Current Job Openings		Dr. Theresa Fulton Director Operations NSG; Director of Outreach, Cornell Institute for Genomic Diversity


	Dr. Fulton is Director of Operations at NSG as well the Director of Outreach at the Cornell University Institute for Genomic Diversity -- An institute devoted to research and training in genetic diversity, plant genomics, biodiversity conservation, and solving problems affecting global food security. Dr. Fulton received a B.S. in Microbiology and Genetics from Syracuse University in 1987, a M.S. in Plant Breeding & Genetics from Cornell University in 1996, and Ph.D. in Science Education from Cornell University in 2002. In 2006 she co-founded Nature Source Genetics. For more information see: http://www.igd.cornell.edu/Staff/Fulton.html Relevant publications: Tanksley SD and Fulton TM (2006) Dissecting Quantitative Trait Variation - Examples from the tomato. Euphytica (in press). 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. Fulton, T. M., P. Bucheli, E. Voirol, J. Lopez, V. Petiard, and S. D. Tanksley (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 Fulton, T. M., R. van der Hoeven, N.T. Eannetta, S.D. Tanksley (2002) Identification, Analysis and Utilization of Conserved Ortholog Set (COS) Markers for Comparative Genomics in Higher Plants. Plant Cell 14: 1457-1467 Fulton T M, Grandillo S, Beck-Bunn T, Fridman E, Frampton A, Lopez J, Petiard V, Uhli J, Zamir D, Tanksley S (2000) Advanced backcross QTL analysis of a Lycopersicon esculentum x L. parviflorum cross Theor Appl Genet 100:1025-1042.