Professor Peter Prentis

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Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science


Personal details

Positions

Professor / Centre Director, Agriculture and the Bioeconomy
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science

Keywords

genomics, evolution, plants, functional genomics, comparative genomics, horticulture, fruit flies, sea anemones, toxins

Research field

Evolutionary Biology, Genetics

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (Queensland University of Technology)

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/p.prentis

Awards

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Supervision

Current supervisions

  • Investigating molecular mechanisms of juvenility and flowering to accelerate breeding of commercial citrus species
    PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Stephanie Kerr, Dr Brett Williams
  • Investigating the genetic basis of juvenility in Citrus
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor David Hurwood
  • Investigating drivers of speciation in the fruit fly genus, Bactrocera (Diptera: Tephritidae)
    PhD, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor David Hurwood
  • Using a genomics approach to improve breeding time in Australian tree crops
    PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Stephanie Kerr
  • Population genomics and transcriptomics of the desert lime, Citrus glauca
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor David Hurwood, Dr Fran Humphries
  • A Comparative Analysis of Toxin Proteome Evolution in Sea Anemones
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Daniel Broszczak
  • Mining for Fusarium Wilt and Sigatoka susceptibility gene targets in banana for editing and disease resistance
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Rob Harding, Dr Pradeep Deo
  • Epigenetic regulation of flowering genes in citrus
    PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Stephanie Kerr
  • Exploring the genetics of flowering for breeding improved Australian mango cultivars
    PhD, Principal Supervisor