Dr. Sarah Seifert, Dipl.-Biol.

"Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding"
Büsgen-Institute
Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology

Georg-August-University Göttingen
Büsgenweg 2
D-37077 Göttingen

Email: sseifer@gwdg.de


Career Path



2003University-entrance diploma in Northeim
2003 - 2008 Study of biology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
Major subjects: Anthropology, Mikrobiology, Psychology
Nov. 2008 Diploma examination in the field of study "Biology", diploma thesis in the special field "Palaeogenetics"
Dez. 2008 Research assistant in the section "Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding"
Jan. 2009 - Jan. 2012PhD student in the section "Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding"
since Feb. 2012Postdoc in the section "Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding"


Projects

Biodiversity Exploratories - Beechadapt
Species: (Fagus sylvatica)
Methods: Next-generation sequencing, transcriptomics, candidate genes, SNP analysis

Homepage Biodiversity-Exploratories

PhD project
Climate Change Research - Scenarios for the adaptability to climate (KLIFF)
Subproject: "Genetic Adaptation Potential to Climate Change"
Species: (Fagus sylvatica)
Methods: Microsatellites, sequencing, SNP analysis (candidate genes)

Homepage KLIFF project

Publications

Seifert S, Vornam B, Finkeldey R (2012) A set of 17 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Conserv Genet Res 4:1045-1047. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9703-9

Seifert S, Vornam B, Finkeldey R (2012) DNA sequence variation and development of SNP markers in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Eur J For Res 131: 1761-1770. doi:10.1007/s10342-012-0630-9

Seifert S (2011) Variation of candidate genes related to climate change in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Ph.D. Dissertation. Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany