Matt Estep

Contact Information

Phone: 706-542-9729
Address:
Department of Genetics
C424 Life Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602

Education

  • PhD candidate (Plant Biology) University of Georgia, Athens, GA – (2008 – current)
  • PhD student (Plant Biology) University of Georgia, Athens, GA – (2005 – 2007)
  • MS (Biology) Appalachian State University, Boone, NC - 2002.
            Thesis: Phylogeographic analysis of selected populations of Paruroctonus utahensis
            from the desert southwest.
  • BS (Biology/Education) Appalachian State University, Boone, NC - 1999.

Research Experience

  • Research Assistantship (2006 – current) University of Georgia
      Comparative genomics in Zea, Wheat BAC annotation
  • Lab Technician II (2003- 2005) University of Georgia
     Manage day-to-day laboratory operations, BAC subclone library construction, HMPR
     library construction, cereal crop breeding in greenhouse and field
  • Lab Technician (Summer & Fall 2002) Appalachian State University
     Instructing professors, graduate students, and undergraduates in molecular techniques for
     population genetics studies
  • Research Assistant (Spring 2002) Appalachian State University
     Plant population studies - DNA isolation, PCR amplification and DNA sequencing
     (Spiraea, Hexastylis and Cornus)
  • Research Assistantship (Spring 2002) Appalachian State University
     Scorpion population studies - sequencing of 16S rDNA
  • Scorpion field investigations (Summer 2000 & 2001) West Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah
     and New Mexico

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Publications

Paper

Rémy Bruggmann, Arvind K. Bharti, Heidrun Gundlach, Jinsheng Lai, Sarah Young, Ana C. Pontaroli, Fusheng Wei, Georg Haberer, Galina Fuks, Chunguang Du, Christina Raymond, Matt C. Estep, Renyi Liu, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Agnes P. Chan, Pablo D. Rabinowicz, John Quackenbush, W. Brad Barbazuk, Rod A. Wing, Bruce Birren, Chad Nusbaum, Steve Rounsley, Klaus F.X. Mayer1 and Joachim Messing (2006). Uneven chromosome contraction and expansion in the maize genome. Genome Research 16:1241-1251

M.C. Estep, Mary U. Connell, Richard N. Henson, Zack E. Murrell, and Randall Small (2005). Testing a vicariance model to explain haplotype distribution in the psammophilic scorpion Paruroctonus utahensis (Williams, 1968). The Southwestern Naturalist 50(2): 150-157.

Abstracts

Jeff Bennetzen, Matt Estep, Srinivasa Chaluvadi1, Michael Timko, Lytton Musselman, Claude dePamphilis. Genome Analysis, Systematics And Genetic Diversity In Witchweed (Striga spp.). Plant & Animal Genomes XVI Conference, 1/12- 16/2008 San Diego, CA.

Estep, M.C., Jeffrey Bennetzen. Sample Sequence Analysis Uncovers the Nature of Genome Size Variation in Four Zea Accessions, Including the Teosintes Z. luxurians and Z. diploperennis. 49th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, 3/22- 25/2007 St. Charles, IL.

Costa de Oliveira, Antonio; Xu, Xyangyang; Estill, James C.; Estep, Matt C.; Baucom, Regina; DeBarry, Jeremy D.; Smith, Shavanor; Devos, Katrien; SanMiguel, Phillip; Bennetzen, Jeffrey. Wheat Genome Analysis Based on Random BAC Sequences. 49th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, 3/22-25/2007 St. Charles, IL

Bennetzen, Jeff, Matt Estep. Sample Sequence Analysis Uncovers the Nature of Dramatic Variation in Genome Size within the Genus Zea. Plant & Animal Genomes XV Conference, 1/13-17/2007 San Diego, CA.

Xiangyang Xu, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Matt Estep, Phillip San Miguel, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Katrien M. Devos. Unbiased Characterization of the Hexaploid Wheat Genome. Plant & Animal Genomes XV Conference, 1/13-17/2007 San Diego,CA

Estep, M.C., Jeremy DeBarry, Clementine Vitte, Eugene McCarthy, Jeff Bennetzen. Building new tools for the identification and characterization of repetitive DNA from incomplete data sets. 48th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, 3/9-12/2006 Pacific Grove, CA.

Estep, M.C., Richard N. Henson, and Mary U. Connell. 2001. Phylogeography of the Desert Scorpion: Paruroctonus utahensis Williams, using 16S rDNA Sequence. SE Biology, 48(2) p. 134.

Estep, M.C., Richard N. Henson, and Mary U. Connell. Phylogeographic implications of the 16S rDNA Sequence data in the Desert Scorpion: Paruroctonus utahensis Williams. SE Biology. ASB Meetings, Boone NC, April 2002.

Fet, V., M. Soleglad, M.C. Estep, Mary U. Connell, and Richard N. Henson. Molecular Analysis: Testing the validity of the proposed genus Smeringurus Hardon, using 16S rDNA Sequence. SE Biology. ASB Meetings, Boone NC, April 2002.

Murrell, Z. E., C.M. Anders, F. Williams, and M. Estep. Biogeographical implications of genetic structure in Spiraea virginica: Cumberland Plateau as a Pleistocene refugium. ASPT meetings, Madison WI, August 2002.

Teaching Experience

  • Student Teaching (Fall 1999) Watauga County High School
    Advanced Placement Biology & Introduction to Biology
  • Lab Instructor (Spring 2000 – Fall 2001) Appalachian State University
    Introduction to Zoology (Bio2001)
    Comparative Vertebrate Zoology (Bio3314)
  • Guest Lecturer (Spring 2000 – Fall 2001) Appalachian State University
    Introduction to Zoology (Bio2001)
  • Staff – Lecturer (Fall 2002) Appalachian State University
    Introduction to Biology (Bio1101)
  • Peace Corps Volunteer: Leyte, Philippines
    Coastal Resource Management

Awards

  • Thesis of the Year 2002- Curtis D. Williams Graduate School
Last Updated: 7/25/2008