Jose Cortes

Email: jcortes@agcenter.lsu.edu

Major Professor: Dr. Jeffrey Hoy

Education

2017 to present: Ph.D student, Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

2010-2012: M.S in Biological Science. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira, Colombia.

2003-2008: B.S in Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
 

 

Current research focus

1. To analyze the plant pathogenic interaction between sugarcane and brown rust with the goal to identify additional resistance sources of resistance present in the Louisiana sugarcane plant material, improving the knowledge of this interaction and use it to control this disease.   
2. To identified genomic regions, quantitative trait loci (QTLs), controlling smut resistance in sugarcane for future development of molecular markers for markers-assisted breeding.

Professional experience

2013 – 2017: Research Assistant. Colombian Sugarcane Research Center (CENICAÑA), Cali, Colombia.                           

2010 – 2012: Master’s student. Colombian Sugarcane Research Center (CENICAÑA), Cali, Colombia.
 
2008: Bachelor  student  Manihot  biotec research group. Universidad Nacional de Colomba, Bogota, Colombia

Published abstract and presentation

Cortes, J.D., Hoy, J.W., Satpathy, S., Baisakh, N. Gene expression in the pathogenic interaction between brown rust (Puccinia melanocephala) and sugarcane.  August 8-12, Denver, Colorado (Poster presentation)

Cortes, J.D., Riascos, J.J., Lopez, J. Evaluación funcional de genes de interés Congreso de la Asociacion Colombiana de Tecnicos de Caña de Azucar. agronómico de caña de azucar en la planta modelo Arabidopsis thaliana. X Septiembre 14-18 2015, Cali, Colombia (Poster presentation)

Simon Cortes., Jose David Cortes., Janeth Julieta Ladino., Paul Chavarriaga., Camilo Lopez. Silencing of genes involved in starch biosynthesis in cassava. Acta Agronomica. ISSN 0120-2812. Vol 63 fasiculo  3. Editorial Feriva. p 262-271. 2014 

Riascos, J.J., Espitia, H.F., Cortes J.D., Lopez, J., Victoria, J.I. A transcriptomic approach to identify cDNAs associated with drought and flooding stress tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp).VIIII encuentro latinoamericano y del Caribe de Biotecnologia. REDBIO. Noviembre 18-22 2013. Argentina.

Cortes, J.D., Riascos, J.J., Lopez, J. Expression of uida gene directed by two fragments of sucrose synthase gene promoter in embryogenic callus of sugarcane. 2° Congreso Colombiano Biología Computacional y Bioinformática. Septiembre 25-27 2013. Manizales, Colombia. (Poster presentation)

Cortes, J.D., Riascos, J.J., Lopez, J. Expression of uida gene directed by two fragments of sucrose synthase gene promoter in embryogenic callus of sugarcane. XXVIII International Society of Sugar Cane Technologist (ISSCT) CONGRESS. Junio 24-27 2013. Sao Pablo, Brasil. (Poster presentation)

Cortes, J.D., Riascos, J.J., Lopez, J. Expresión del gen uidA dirigido por dos fragmentos del promotor del gen sacarosa sintetasaen callo embriogénico de caña de azucar.  Congreso ATALAC-TECNICAÑA. Septiembre 10-15 2012. Cali. Colombia (Oral presentation)

Cortes, J.D., Riascos, J.J., Lopez, J. Busqueda de regiones promotoras en el genoma de la caña de azucar. Congreso Iberoamericano de Biotecnologia y Biodiversidad. Septiembre 21-23 2011. Manizales, Colombia. (Oral presentation)

Cortes Sierra, S., Cortes, J.D., Chavarriaga, P., Lopez, C. Silencing of starch biosynthesis genes in cassava plants through RNAi. First Scientific Meeting of the Global Cassava Partnership GCP-1. Cassava: Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium. Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Devoloping Countries. IPBO. Ghent Univ. July 21-25 2008, Ghent, Belgium. (Poster presentation).