Joyce Van Eck

Joyce Van Eck is a plant biologist and faculty member at the Boyce Thompson Institute in Ithaca, NY.[1] She is an Adjunct Professor in the Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University.[2]

Joyce Marie Van Eck
NationalityAmerican
EducationPennsylvania State University, University of Delaware, Cornell University
Scientific career
FieldsPlant Biology, Genome Editing
InstitutionsCornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute
ThesisTransfer of large amounts of DNA via somatic hybridization and particle bombardment (1993)
Academic advisorsSherry L. Kitto

Education

Van Eck attended Pennsylvania State University as an undergraduate, receiving a bachelor's degree in plant breeding. She studied plant tissue culture at the University of Delaware with Sherry L. Kitto including the regeneration of mint species from culture.[3] She completed her PhD at Cornell University in 1993.[4] In 2008 she became the director of the Boyce Thompson Center for Biotechnology, and in 2013 was promoted to Assistant Professor.[5]

Research

Van Eck was responsible for the first use of Cas9 for genome editing in tomato.[6] She used a similar genome editing approach to conduct de novo domestication of the ground cherry. By editing three genes, her lab developed new varieties of ground cherries that were more compact and produced more flowers and larger fruits.[7] She is part of the Physalis Improvement Project which is studying how goldenberries, ground cherries, and tomatillos grow across the country.[8]

References
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  3. Van Eck, Joyce M. (1989). Item Details Page for Regeneration of mentha species. delcat.on.worldcat.org (M.S).
  4. Van Eck, Joyce Marie. "Transfer of large amounts of DNA via somatic hybridization and particle bombardment". hdl:2027/coo.31924062830223 – via newcatalog.library.cornell.edu.
  5. "Professor Joyce Van Eck - Improving Crops By Genetic Engineering And Targeted Genome Editing • scientia.global". February 15, 2017.
  6. Brooks, C.; Nekrasov, V.; Lippman, Z. B.; Van Eck, J. (2014). "Efficient Gene Editing in Tomato in the First Generation Using the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-Associated9 System". Plant Physiology. 166 (3): 1292–1297. doi:10.1104/pp.114.247577. PMC 4226363. PMID 25225186.
  7. Greenwood, Veronique (October 5, 2018). "Taming the Groundcherry: With Crispr, a Fussy Fruit Inches Toward the Supermarket". The New York Times.
  8. "Tomato fans: How you can get free ground cherries and goldenberries for your garden". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 2020.
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