Speakers // Martin Mascher

Martin Mascher is the Head of the Research Group Domestication Genomics at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben. Prior to this, Martin completed undergraduate studies in Mathematics at the University of Magdeburg and a PhD in Bioinformatics at IPK Gatersleben. His research focuses on domestication genomics, studying domestication and adaptation processed and their interaction with genetic diversity in crops and their wild relatives. Using barley as a model, he and his research team apply population genetics methods, genome informatics and gene expression analysis to genome-wide sequence, genetic marker and transcriptome datasets. In addition, they are involved in the development of genomic sequence and map resources to enable the unbiased assessment of genetic variation in highly diverse germplasm collections and facilitate the genomic contextualization of sequence data.