Susan Elizabeth Gardiner is a New Zealand horticultural scientist, who works on using genetics and genomics for fruit breeding. Gardiner has received multiple awards. Gardiner has been a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi since 2020 and is a Fellow of the International Society for Horticultural Science. She is an Honorary Fellow of Plant & Food Research.
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| Born | Susan Elizabeth Gardiner |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Awards | FRSNZ FISHS Outstanding International Horticulturist Award Science New Zealand Plant & Food Research Lifetime Achievement Award Prime Minister’s Science Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fruit breeding, genetics |
| Thesis | Studies on the biochemical basis for the photoperiodic control of flowering. (1977) |
Early life and education edit
Gardiner grew up on a family farm in Waiau, North Canterbury, and was homeschooled until the age of ten.[1] She was later educated at St Margaret's College in Christchurch, and earned a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Otago.[1][2] Her thesis, submitted in 1977, was titled Studies on the biochemical basis for the photoperiodic control of flowering.[3]
Career edit
Gardiner worked at Plant and Food Research from 1980 until her retirement in 1991.[2] She founded the Mapping & Markers Team.[2] Gardiner is known for her work using genetic markers to assist fruit breeding. She developed a high-throughput platform to create new varieties of apple and kiwifruit in a more precise way, so that growers could target specific qualities to advantage growers and consumers. For instance, by specifying desired colour, texture or pest resistance.[4] Gardiner's research is credited with leading to New Zealand's status as an international leader in the breeding and genomics of apple and kiwifruit.[4] In her retirement, Gardiner is an Honorary Fellow of Plant & Food Research and continues to work.[1] Gardiner is involved in molecular genetics of Rhododendron for conservation purposes.[4]
Awards and honours edit
Gardiner won the Outstanding International Horticulturist Award of the American Society for Horticultural Science in 2009.[2][5]
Gardiner received a Science New Zealand Plant & Food Research Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. She was a member of the PSA Response Team, that won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize in 2017.[2]
Gardiner was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2020.[4] Her new fellows seminar was titled "Better Cultivars Faster".[6] She is also a Fellow of the International Society for Horticultural Science.[4][2][7]
Selected works edit
- Riccardo Velasco; Andrey Zharkikh; Jason Affourtit; et al. (29 August 2010). "The genome of the domesticated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)". Nature Genetics. 42 (10): 833–839. doi:10.1038/NG.654. ISSN 1061-4036. PMID 20802477. Wikidata Q22122060.
- Richard V Espley; Cyril Brendolise; David Chagné; et al. (16 January 2009). "Multiple repeats of a promoter segment causes transcription factor autoregulation in red apples". The Plant Cell. 21 (1): 168–183. doi:10.1105/TPC.108.059329. ISSN 1040-4651. PMC 2648084. PMID 19151225. Wikidata Q48071503.
- David Chagné; Ross N Crowhurst; Michela Troggio; et al. (2012). "Genome-wide SNP detection, validation, and development of an 8K SNP array for apple". PLOS One. 7 (2): e31745. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731745C. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0031745. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3283661. PMID 22363718. Wikidata Q28731884.
- Vladimir Shulaev; Schuyler S Korban; Bryon Sosinski; et al. (16 May 2008). "Multiple models for Rosaceae genomics". Plant Physiology. 147 (3): 985–1003. doi:10.1104/PP.107.115618. ISSN 0032-0889. PMC 2442536. PMID 18487361. Wikidata Q33335642.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Plant molecular geneticist Dr Susan Gardiner honoured by Royal Society Te Apārangi and ISHS · Plant & Food Research". Plant & Food Research. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Plant Molecular Geneticist Dr Susan Gardiner Honoured - Food + Beverage Technology". 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ Gardiner, Susan Elizabeth (1977). "Studies on the biochemical basis for the photoperiodic control of flowering. PhD thesis". otago.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "View our current Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Susan E. Gardiner receives ASHS Outstanding International Horticulturist Award". springer.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "2020 Dr Susan Gardiner FRSNZ". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "ISHS Awards | International Society for Horticultural Science". www.ishs.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.