Robbie Waugh

Director, International Barley Hub
Cell and Molecular Sciences
E: Robbie.Waugh@hutton.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)
Robbie has made major contributions to the development and exploitation of barley as both a cereal crop and model for the Triticeae research and commercial sectors. An early adopter of genomics and informatics technologies he has developed tools and resources that pervade global basic and applied barley genetics research, with reach to other temperate cereals. He exploits these platforms for high resolution genetic analyses focused on the isolation and characterization of genes and pathways determining variation in plant morphology and developmental aspects of natural diversity and adaptive traits. He plays a leading role in the barley genetics/genomics community. He has recently developed an initiative to ‘galvanise’ the International barley genetic community by organising online seminars every fortnight and posting the seminars online on the IBH website.

Biography

Roles

Director, International Barley Hub (IBH), Dundee

Professor, Div. Plant Sciences, University of Dundee

Adjunct Professor University of Adelaide

Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota

Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow

 

Awards and Commissions of Trust

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2013)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2014)

Education

BSc (hons), Strathclyde University (1981)

PhD, University of Dundee (1987)

 

Current Research Funding

BBSRC Follow on Fund INCREACER (2023-2025)(£240K)

EU Horizon program BEST-CROP Grant Agreement No 101082091 (2023-2028)(€400K)

Scottish Government Strategic Research Program ‘BARGAIN’ JHI-B1-2 (2022-2028)(~£6M)(PI)

BBSRC Collaborative Training Partnership ‘BARIToNE’ BB/W009382/1 (2022-2028)(£4M)(Co-PI)

BBSRC Response Mode ‘R-Evolve’ BB/V016938/1 2021-2025 (£657,162)(Co-I)

ARC ‘Discovery’ DP210103744 ‘Domestication’ 2021-2026 (Au$635,000) (with Adelaide: Co-I)

ARC ‘Discovery’ DP220102271 ‘Grain Retention’ 2022-2025 (Au$417,200) (with Melbourne.: Co-I)

ARC ‘Discovery’ DP210102225 ‘Beta Glucan’ 2021-2024 (Au$491,691) (with LaTrobe: Co-I)

 

Refereed Publications 

Overall >350:  citations >40,696;  h-index 103 (Google Scholar). For complete list see Scholar page.

Publications

Journals

Books / chapters

  • Schreiber, M.; Orr, J.; Barakate, A.; Waugh, R. (2022) Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) Anther and Meiocyte RNA Sequencing: Mapping Sequencing Reads and Downstream Data Analyses, In: Lambing, C. (ed.). Plant Gametogenesis, Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 2484. New York: Humana, Chapter 20, pp 291-311
  • Arrieta, M.; Colas, I.; Macaulay, M.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L. (2020) A modular tray growth system for barley, In: Pradillo M. & Heckmann S. (eds.) Plant Meiosis. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana, New York, Volume 2061, 367-379
  • Darrier, B.; Arrieta, M.; Mittmann, S.U.; Sourdille, P.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Colas, I. (2020) Following the formation of synaptonemal complex formation in wheat and barley by high-resolution microscopy, In: Pradillo M. & Heckmann S. (eds.) Plant Meiosis. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana, New York, Volume 2061, 207-215
  • Mittmann, S.; Arrieta, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Colas, I. (2019) Preparation of barley pollen mother cells for confocal and super resolution microscopy, In: Harwood, W.A. (ed.). Barley: Methods and Protocols. Methods Molecular Biology, Volume 1900, New York: Humana Press, 167-179.
  • Bayer, M.; Morris, J.; Booth, C.; Booth, A.; Uzrek, N.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Hedley, P.E. (2019) Exome capture for variant discovery and analysis in barley, In: Harwood, W.A. (ed.) Barley: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1900, 283-310
  • Simpson, C.G.; Fuller, J.; Flores, J.; Mayer, C-D.; Calixto, C.P.G.; Milne, L.; Hedley, P.E.; Booth, C.; Waugh, R.; Brown, J.W.S. (2019) High resolution RT-PCR analysis of alternative barley transcripts, In: Harwood, W.A. (ed.) Barley: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1900, 269-281
  • Simpson, C.G.; Barrero, R.A.; Bayer, M.; Flavell, A.; Rapazote-Flores, P.; Bellgard, M.I.; Hedley, P.E.; Zhang, R.; Waugh, R. (2018) The expressed portion of the barley genome, In: Stein, N. & Muehlbauer, G. (eds.) The Barley Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 789-107
  • Twardziok, S.; Gundlach, H.; Hedley, P.E.; Bayer, M.; Platzer, M.; Groth, M.; Waugh, R.; Spannagl, M. (2018) Gene prediction in the barley genome, In: Stein, N. & Muehlbauer, G. (eds.) The Barley Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes. Switzerland: Springer, Cham, 73-88
  • Ramsay, L.; Colas, I.; Waugh, R. (2014) Modulation of meiotic recombination., In: Kumlehn, J. & Stein, N. (eds.). Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement, Part II. Springer, Berlin, Chapter 16, pp311-329.
  • Waugh, R.; Thomas, W. T. B.; Flavell, A. J.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Russell, J. R. (2014) Genome wide association scans (GWAS), In: Kumlehn, J. and Stein, N. (eds.) Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement, Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 69. Berlin: Springer, pp. 345-365
  • Waugh, R.; Flavell, A.J.; Russell, J.R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J. (2014) Exploiting barley genetic resources for Genome Wide Association Scans (GWAS)., Tuberosa, R., Graner, A. & Frison, E. (eds.). Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources. Volume 1. Managing, Sequencing and Mining Genetic Resources. Springer, The Netherlands, Chapter 10, pp237-254.
  • Mezaka, O.; Legsdina, L.; Waugh, R.; Close, T.J.; Rostoks, B. (2013) Genetic diversity in Latvian Spring barley association mapping population., In: Zhang, G., Li, C. & Xu, L. (eds.). Advances in Barley Sciences – Proceedings of the 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium. Springer & Zhejiang University Press, Dordrecht, Chapter 2, pp25-35.
  • Forster, B.P.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Lundqvist, U.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Leader, D.; Shaw, P.; Lyon, J.; Waugh, R. (2012) Mutant phenotyping and pre-breeding in barley., In: Shu, Q.Y., Forster, B.P. & Nakagawa, H. (eds.). Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology. CAB International, Wallingford. Chapter 25, pp327-346.
  • Comadran, J.; Waugh, R. (2012) Introduccion al mapeo por asociacion genetica., Spanish Society of Genetics, Gijon, 1.
  • Halpin, C.; Shafiei, R.; Kam, J.; Wilson, Y.; Daly, P.; Maluk, M.; Zwirek, M.; McQueen-Mason, S.; Gomez, L.D.; Whitehead, C.; Comadran, J.; Uzrek, N.; Waugh, R. (2011) Towards biomass ideotypes for bioenergy – optimising lignin for biofuel and combustion., In: Bridgwater, A.V. (ed.). Proceedings of the Bioten Conference on Biomass Bioenergy and Biofuels 2010. CPL Press., pp72-77.
  • Druka, A.; Waugh, R. (2010) Barley genomics and malting quality improvement., In: Zhang, G. & Li, C. (eds.). Genetics and Improvement of Barley Malt Quality. Springer, 238-259.
  • Snape, J.W.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (2010) Hordeum species., In: Brenner, S. & Miller, J.H. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Genetics. Elsevier Science Inc., 971-973.
  • Hein, I.; Kumlehn, J.; Waugh, R. (2008) Functional validation in the Triticeae., In: Jorgensen, R. (ed.). Genetics and Genomics of the Triticeae. Chapter 13, 359-286.
  • Druka, A.; Waugh, R.; Hedley, P.E. (2008) Gene expression profiling., In: Rapley, R. & Walker, J.R. (eds.). Molecular Biomethods Handbook. 2nd edition. Humana Press, Chapter 14, 194-212.
  • Powell, W.; Waugh, R.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L. (2006) Introduction to classical genetics and plant breeding., In: Christou, P. & Klee, H. (eds.). Handbook of Plant Biotechnology. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, pp3-29.
  • Ritter, E.; Lucca, F.; Sanchez, I.; Ruiz de Galarreta, J.I.; Aragones, A.; Castanon, S.; Bryan, G.J.; Waugh, R.; Lefebvre, V.; Rousselle-Bourgeois, F.; Gebhardt, C.; van Eck, H.; van Os, H.; Taco, J.; Bakker, E.; Bakker, J. (2005) Genomic resources in potato and possibilities for exploitation., In: Haverkort, A.J. & Struik, P.C (eds.). Potato in progress; science meets practice. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp55-65.
  • Trognitz, B.R.; Bonierbale, M.; Landeo, J.A.; Forbes, G.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Mackay, G.R.; Waugh, R.; Huarte, M.A.; Colon, L. (2001) Improving potato resistance to disease under the Global Initiative on Late Blight., In: Cooper, H.D., Spillane, C. & Hodgkin, T. (eds.). Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. CABI/FAO/IPGRI, pp385-398.
  • Cooper-Bland, S.; Baird, E.; Kumar, A.; De Maine, M.J.; Forster, B.P.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1998) Inter- and intra-specific somatic hybridisation in potato and molecular characterisation of hybrids using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers., In: Naqvi, S.S.M. (ed.). New Genetical Approaches to Crop Improvement. Atomic Energy Research Centre, Tando Jam 70060, Pakistan, pp605-618.
  • Lanham, P.; Fennell, S.; Mcnicol, P.A.; Forster, B.P.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1998) The development of RAPD markers in Arachis., In: Naqvi, S.S.M. (ed.). New Genetical Approaches to Crop Improvement. Atomic Energy Research Centre, Tando Jam 70060, Pakistan, pp595-604
  • Russell, J.R.; Hosein, F.; Johnson, E.; Forster, B.P.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (1998) The use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA to discriminate between closely related Theobroma cacao genotypes., In: Naqvi, S.S.M. (ed.). New Genetical Approaches to Crop Improvement. Atomic Energy Research Centre. Tambo Jam 70060, Pakistan, 579-584.
  • Waugh, R.; Russell, J.R. (1998) Screening for useful variation: RAPD markers., In: Karp, A. & Issaci, P.G. (eds.). Molecular tools for screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals. Springer, The Netherlands, Chapter 23, pp459-463.
  • Thomas, W.T.B.; Russell, J.R.; Bonar, N.; Booth, A.; Fuller, J.D.; Lawrence, P.; Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1997) Simple sequence repeats SSRs and QTL mapping in barley crosses.., In: H. Buerstmayer & P. Ruckenbauer (eds.). Application of Marker Aided Selection in Cereal Breeding Programs. Eucarpia Section Cereals Meeting. Tulln, Austria, 28-29.
  • Russell, J.R.; Milbourne, D.; Waugh, R. (1997) Comparison of PCR marker systems to examine genetic diversity., In: Karp, A., Isaac, P.G. & Ingram, D.S. (eds.). Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals. Chapman and Hall.
  • Hayes, P.; Chen, F.Q.; Corey, A.; Pan, A.H.; Chen, T.H.H.; Baird, E.; Powell, W.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R.; Bedo, Z.; Karsai, I.; Blake, T.; Oberthur, L. (1997) The Dicktoo x Morex Population – A model for dissecting components of winterhardiness in barley., In: Li, P.H. & Chen, T.H.H. (eds.). Plant Cold Hardiness. Plenum Press. New York, pp77-87.
  • van den Berg, J.; Chasalow, S.; Waugh, R. (1996) RFLP analysis of plant nuclear genomes: Isolation of markers, construction linkage maps and detection of linkage in plant molecular biology., In: Clark, M. (ed.). Plant Molecular Biology. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp343-397.

Technical / contract reports

  • Thomas, W.T.B.; Comadran, J.; Ramsay, L.; Shaw, P.; Marshall, D.F.; Newton, A.C.; O’Sullivan, D.; Cockram, J.; Mackay, I.; Bayles, R.; White, J.; Kearsey, M.J.; Luo, Z.; Wang, M.; Tapsell, C.; Harrap, D.; Werner, P.; Klose, S.; Bury, P.; Wroth, J.; Argilllier, O.; Habgood, R.; Glew, M.; Bochard, A-M.; Gymer, P.; Vequaud, D.; Christerson, T.; Allvin, B,; Davies, N.; Broadbent, R.; Brosnan, J.; Bringhurst, T.; Booer, C.; Waugh, R. (2014) Association genetics of UK elite barley (AGOUEB)., Final Project Report to HGCA, No 528, 125pp.
  • Ramsay, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Comadran, J.; Marshall, D.F.; Shaw, P.; Waugh, R. (2011) Genetic diversity in modern barley varieties., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp23-24.
  • Russell, J.R.; Dawson, I.K.; Booth, A.; Flavell, A.J.; Steffenson, B.J.; Weltzien, E.; Ceccarelli, S.; Waugh, R. (2010) Relationship between genetic distances and geographic distances among populations of barley landraces., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp20-21.
  • Waugh, R. (2009) Genetics., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2008, pp19-25.
  • Druka, A.; Potokina, E.; Kearsey, M.J.; Luo, Z.W.; Waugh, R. (2008) The genetics of gene expression., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2007, pp16-17.
  • Waugh, R. (2008) Genetics., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2007, p11-13.
  • Ramsay, L.; Rostoks, N.; Marshall, D.F.; Mudie, S.; Close, T.J.; Waugh, R. (2006) Breeding facilitates whole genome LD-mapping., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2006, pp16-17.
  • Waugh, R. (2006) Genetics., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2006, pp9-11.
  • Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Ramsay, G. (2005) A single domestication for cultivated potato., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2004/2005, pp16-17.
  • Waugh, R. (2005) Genetics., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2004/2005, pp13-15.
  • Davies, H.V.; Waugh, R. (2004) Genes to products., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp135-137.
  • Macaulay, M.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2004) Lessons from barley recommended lists., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp144-145.
  • Ramsay, L.; Caldwell, K.; Russell, J.R.; Macaulay, M.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (2003) Linkage disequilibrium in barley., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, p114.
  • Davies, H.V.; Viola, R.; Waugh, R. (2003) Genes to Products Overview., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, pp106-108.
  • Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Bryan, G.J.; Castelli, L.; Jones, J.T.; Kumar, A.; Phillips, M.S.; Purvis, A.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Wishart, J. (2002) Investigating gene expression in nematode-infected roots., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp122-124.
  • Hackett, C.A.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Luo, Z.W.; Stewart, H.E.; Pande, B.; Bryan, G.J.; Waugh, R.; McNicol, J.W. (2002) QTL mapping in autotetraploid species: theory and application to Map QTL affecting blight resistance in potato., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp159-161.
  • Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Russell, J.R.; Powell, W.; Meyer, R.C.; Young, G.R.; Lawrence, P.E.; Booth, A.; Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C. (2002) Molecular markers for agriculturally important traits in barley., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, 162-164.
  • Caldwell, D.; McCallum, N.; Mudie, S.; Hedley, P.E.; Ramsay, L.; Liu, H.; Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R. (2002) A physical/chemical mutation grid for barley functional genomics., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp157-158.
  • Ramsay, L.; Hedley, P.E.; Liu, H.; McCallum, N.; Mudie, S.; Cardle, L.; Harrower, B.E.; Machray, G.C.; Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R. (2002) Barley transcriptome resources., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp151-152.
  • Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McNicoll, J.; Tierney, I.; Purvis, A.; Williamson, S.; Ramsay, L.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R. (2002) Application of a potato UHD genetic linkage map for BAC landing and contig initiation in a region of linkage group V., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp143-146.
  • Forster, B.P.; Bengough, A.G.; Ellis, R.P.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Clark, S.; Gordon, D.C.; El-Meniae, R.; Keith, R.; Waugh, R.; Hedley, P.E.; Daniell, T.J. (2002) Genomics of the root-soil interface., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp153-154.
  • Davies, H.V.; Waugh, R. (2002) Genes to Products., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp133-134.
  • Whisson, S.C.; van der Lee, T.; Bryan, G.J.; Waugh, R.; Govers, F.; Birch, P.R.J. (2001) Phytophthora infestans genomics: positional cloning of avirulence genes., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2000/2001, pp132-135.
  • James, A.B.; Bryan, G.J.; Dear, PH.; Thangavelu, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2001) High density, high throughput physical mapping in plants., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2000/2001, pp79-81.
  • Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; van Os, H.; Bryan, G.J.; van Eck, H.; Rousselle-Bourgeois, F.; Ritter, E.; Bakker, J.; Waugh, R. (2001) A 1260 point genetic linkage map of potato Chromosome 1: paving the way for Ultra Density genetic linkage maps in crop species., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2000/2001, pp75-78.
  • Cardle, L.; Macaulay, M.; Marshall, D.F.; Milbourne, D.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2000) SSR frequency and occurrence in plant genomes., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, pp108-110.
  • De Jong, W.; Davidson, J.; Bryan, G.J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F. (2000) Gene discovery in potato., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, pp105-107.
  • Bryan, G.J.; De Jong, W.; Provan, J.; Milbourne, D.; McNicoll, J.; Davidson, J.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R. (1999) Potato genomics: a general strategy for the molecular genetic characteristics of Solanum germplasm., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp101-104.
  • Ellis, R.P.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1999) Barley domestication – Hordeum spontaneum, a source of new genes for crop improvement., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, 97-100.
  • Waugh, R.; Collins, A.; Milbourne, D.; Ramsay, L.; Meyer, R.C.; Hackett, C.A.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Gebhardt, C.; Bonnel, E.; Bonar, N. (1998) Development of markers for potato genetics and breeding., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1997/98, 86-88.

Conference papers

  • Shaw, P.; Milne, I.; Cardle, L.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Stephen G.; Bayer, M.; Graham, M.; Kennedy J.; Oakey, H.; Marshall, D.F. (2012) Visualizing genetic transmission patterns in plant pedigrees., Plant and Animal Genome XX, San Diego, California, 14-18 January 2012.
  • de la Fuento Canto, C.; George, T.S.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R. (2012) Genetics and functions of root architectural traits under drought stress in wild barley., BSSS Rhizosphere Interactions Meeting, Dundee, 18 March 2013.
  • Bayer, M.; Liu, H.; Marshall, D.F.; Russell, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Milne, I.; Stephen G.; Waugh, R.; (2011) A GBS data processing pipeline for barley., StatSeq Meeting on Genotyping by Sequencing. Wageningen, Netherlands, 3-4 November 2011 (Talk).
  • Hedley, P.E.; Liu, H.; Morris, J.A.; Waugh, R. (2010) Development of high-throughput map anchoring methods in cereals., Triticeae Genome 2nd Annual Workshop, Sabanci University, Istanbul, 12-14 April 2010.
  • Barral Baron, G.; Booth, A.; Ramsay, L.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Werner, P. (2010) Dissecting nitrogen use efficiency of cereals using an association genetics approach., Association of Applied Biologists – Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants and Crops, Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs, UK 15-16 December 2010.
  • Muehlbauer, G.J.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Marshall, D.F.; Newton, A.C. (2010) Potential impacts of a new oat genomics toolbox: Lessons from the barley CAP., Plant & Animal Genome XVIII, San Diego, California, USA, 9-13 January 2010.
  • Rustenholz, C.; Choulet, F.; Hedley, P.E.; Laugier, C.; Waugh, R.; Feuillet, C.; Paux, E. (2010) The transcriptional map of wheat chromosome 3B., Plant & Animal Genome XVIII, San Diego, California, USA, 9-13 January 2010.
  • Cockram, J.; White, J.; Zuluaga, D.; Mackay, I.; Luo, Z.W.; Kearsey, M.J.; Comadran, J.; Marshall, D.F.; Ramsay, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Harrap, D.; Werner, P.; Tapsell, C.; Balding, D.J.; Waugh, R.; O’Sullivan, D. (2010) Genome-wide association mapping in barley: From simulations to fine-mapping., Plant & Animal Genome XVIII, San Diego, California, USA, 9-13 January 2010.
  • Shahinnia, F.; Druka, A.; Waugh, R.; Morgante, M.; Stein, N. (2010) Positional cloning of the gene dense spike (dsp1) on barley chromosome 7H bu utilisation of next generation grass-genomic tools., Plant & Animal Genome XVIII, San Diego, California, USA, 9-13 January 2010.
  • Shaw, P.; Cardle, L.; Milne, I.; Waugh, R.; Flavell, A.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Grzebyta, J.; Bayer, M.; Marshall, D.F. (2009) Germinate 2: A platform for Illumina SNP genotyping experiments and high volume phenotypic data., Plant & Animal Genome XVII, San Diego, California, 10-14 January 2009.
  • Russell, J.R.; Moragues, M.; Dawson, I.K.; Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F.; Milne, I.; Grando, S.; Tondelli, A.; Cattivelli, L.; Hubner, S.; Fridman, E.; Flavell, A.J. (2009) Genetic diversity analysis of wild and landrace barleys using the BODA1 Illumina genotyping platform., 19th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative – 3rd COST Tritigen Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 31 August – 4 September 2009 (Talk).
  • Rustenholz, C.; Choulet, F.; Hedley, P.E.; Waugh, R.; Feuillet, C.; Paux, E. (2009) Impact of the genome structure on the gene space organisation, function and regulation of wheat chromosome 3B., 19th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative – 3rd COST Tritigen Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 31 August – 4 September 2009 (Talk).
  • Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F.; Hayes, P.; Matus, I.; Del Pozo, A.; Close, T.J.; Baum, M.; Grando, S.; Ceccarelli, S. (2009) Genomic dissection of tolerance to drought stress in wild barley., Annual Research Meeting of Generation Challenge Program (CGIAR), Bamako, Mali, 20-23 September 2009 (Talk).
  • Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Comadran, J.; Russell, J.R.; Close, T.; Stein, N.; Hayes, P.; Muehlbauer, G.; Cockram, J.; O’Sullivan, D.; Mackay, I.; Flavell, A.J.; Ramsay, L. (2009) Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties., OECD Genome Association, Perth, Australia, 9-12 November 2009 (Invited plenary).
  • Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Marshall, D.F.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Russell, J.R.; Close, T.; Stein, N.; Hayes, P.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Cockram, J.; O’Sullivan, D.; Mackay, I.; Flavell, A.J. (2009) Whole-genome scans in elite barley germplasm as a strategy for gene isolation., 19th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative – 3rd COST Tritigen Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 31 August – 4 September 2009 (Talk).
  • Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Comadran, J.; Russell, J.R.; Close, T.; Stein, N.; Hayes, P.; Muehlbauer, G.; Cockram, J.; O’Sullivan, D.; Mackay, I.; Ramsay, L. (2009) Whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties as a platform for gene discovery., ACPFG Genomics Symposium: The Genomics of Salinity, Adelaide, Australia, 16-18 November 2009 (Invited plenary).
  • Waugh, R. (2008) Genetics of barley quality., 3rd Conference Worldwide Distilled Spirits, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2008.
  • Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Marshall, D.F.; Druka, A.; MacKenzie, K.; Bhat, P.; Close, T.J.; Waugh, R. (2008) Barley genomics: Development and application of SNP genotyping., 5th UK Cereal Genetics and Genomics Workshop, Rothamsted, 16-18 April 2008.
  • Druka, A.; Harrap, D.; Waugh, R. (2008) Genomic dissection of barley morphology and development: The ERA-PG BARCODE project., 5th UK Cereal Genetics and Genomics Workshop, Rothamsted, 16-18 April 2008.
  • Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.F.; Druka, A.; Comadran, J.; Russell, J.R.; Chen, X.W.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Close, T.J.; Stein, N.; Ramsay, L. (2008) Genomic dissection of phenotypic variation in barley., BSPP Cereal Pathosystems Conference 2008, Queen Mary, University of London, 16-17 December 2008, p63.
  • Russell, J.R.; Baum, M.; Ceccarelli, S.; Close, T.M.; Grando, S.; Hayes, P.M.; Matus, I.; Marshall, D.F.; Del Poza, A.; von Korff Schmising, M.; Waugh, R. (2008) Genomic dissection of tolerance to drought stress in wild barley., 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt, 5-10 April 2008.
  • Moragues, M.; Russell, J.R.; Ceccarelli, S.; Grando, S.; Baum, M.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Close, T.J.; de Young, J.; Flavell, A.J. (2008) High throughput SNP-based marker analysis of landrace barley., 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt, 5-10 April 2008.
  • Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Kearsey, M.J.; O’Sullivan, D.M.; Tapsell, C.; Klose, S.; Bury, P.; Habgood, R.; Gymer, P.; Christerson, T.; Allvin, B.; Davies, N.; Brosnan, J.; Booer, C.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2008) High density genome scan of progress in UK winter and spring malting barley., 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt, 5-10 April 2008.
  • Marshall, D.F.; Close, T.; Ramsay, L.; Druka, A.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Flavell, A.J.; Shaw, P.; Milne, I.; Waugh, R. (2008) Barley genomics and genetic analysis – new trends in barley genomics., 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt, 5-10 April 2008.
  • Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R.; Dicks, J.; Nwankwo, D.; Ellis, N.; Shaw, P.; Barnard, V.; Ambrose, M.; Flavell, A.J. (2008) New developments in the germinate project., Plant & Animal Genome XVI, San Diego, CA, 12-16 January 2008, 311 (Abstract).
  • Russell, J.R.; Baum, M.; Ceccarelli, S.; Close, T.M.; Grando, S.; Hayes, P.; Matus, I.; Marshall, D.F.; Del Poza, A.; von Korff Schmising, M.; Waugh, R. (2007) Genomic dissection of tolerance to drought stress in wild barley., Generation Challenge Programme Annual Research Meeting, South Africa, 12-16 September 2007.
  • Druka, A.; Waugh, R. (2007) GENESYS: The exploitation of genetic variation in gene network inference., BBSRC CISB Meeting, Census for Life, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 19-20 November 2007.
  • Rostoks, N.; Mudie, S.; Bonar, N.; Cardle, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R. (2007) SNP and haplotype diversity in coding and non-coding regions of European spring and winter barley., II International Vavilov Conference Crop Genetic Resources in the 21st Century, St Petersburg, Russia, 26-30 November 2007.
  • Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) The domestication of potato., Plant GEMs (Plant Genomics European Meetings) 5. Venice, 11-14 October 2006.
  • Baumann, U.; Caldo, R.; Langridge, P.; Mayo, G.; Schreiber, A.W.; Sutton, T.; Waugh, R.; Wise, R. (2006) Results from the wheat reference experiment: simularities and differences of the transcriptomes of wheat and barley., 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide, Australia, 20-25 August 2006.

Conference posters / abstracts

  • Colas, I.; Macaulay, M.; Mittmann, S.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2019) Using barley mutants to understand meiosis and recombination in cereals., COST INDEPTH SEB Conference, Spain, 8-12 December 2019.
  • Ramsay, L.; Colas, I.; Macaulay, M.; Sandhu, A.; Armstrong, S.; Waugh, R. (2019) Desynaptic8 is a spontaneous mutation in X-Ray Repair Cross Complementing 2 (XRCC2) in barley. , British Meiosis Meeting, Aberystwyth, UK, 17-18 April 2019.
  • Schreiber, M.; Barakate, A.; Uzrek, N.; Colas, I.; Lewandowska, D.; Macaulay, M.; Mittmann, S.; Arrieta, M.; Clavijo, B.; Wright, J.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2018) Developing bioinformatics resources to study meiosis in the barley cultivar Golden Promise., Plant and Animal Genome, Sa Diego, USA, 13-17 January 2018.
  • Barakate, A.; Schreiber, M.; Stephens, J.; Davidson, D.; Uzrek, N.; Macaulay, M.; Colas, I.; Lewandowska, D.; Sourdille, A.; Arrieta, M.; Mittmann, S.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2018) Targeted mutagenesis of meiotic genes in barley (Hordeum vulgare): Understanding and manipulating meiotic crossovers., Monogram 2018, Norwich, UK, 24-26 April 2018.
  • Colas, I.; Mittmann, S.;Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2018) Using barley mutants to understand meiosis and recombination in cereals., British Meiosis Meeting, Brighton, UK, 24-25 April 2018. (Poster)
  • Barakate, A.; Stephens, J.; Colas, I.; Schreiber, M.; Lewandowska, D.; Uzrek, N.; Macaulay, M.; Arrieta, M.; Mittmann, S.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2017) Understanding and manipulating meiotic crossovers in barley (Hordeum vulgare)., British Meiosis Meeting, Dundee, 19-20 April 2017. Poster
  • Lewandowska, D.; Uzrek, N.; Ten Have, S.; Hodge, K.; Colas, I.; Barakate, A.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2017) Proteomic profile of barley male meiocytes at early stages of meiosis., British Meiosis Meeting, Dundee, 19-20 April 2017. Poster.
  • Mittmann, S.; Ramsay, L.; Macaulay, M.; Waugh, R.; Colas, I. (2017) Discovery of novel E3 ubiquitin ligase by fine mapping and characterization of the barley desynaptic mutant des12., British Meiosis Meeting, Dundee, 19-20 April 2017. Poster.
  • Rapazote-Flores, P.; Mayer, C-D.; Hedley, P.E.; Morris, J.; Fuller, J.; Milne, L.; Stephen, G.; Raeside, A.; Bayer, M.; Brown, J.W.S.; Calixto, C.P.G.; de la Vega, J.; Ayling, S.; Sampath, D.; Caccamo, M.; Waugh, R. (2016) Organ specific expression and alternative splicing in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)., Poster, September 2016.
  • Mittmann, S.; Ramsay, L.; Macaulay, M.; Waugh, R.; Colas, I. (2016) Control of meiosis and recombination in barley; Characterization and fine mapping of the barley desynaptic mutant des12., EPSO/FESPB Meeting , Prague, 26-30 June 2016. Poster.
  • Looseley, M.E.; Bayer, M.; Hedley, P.E.; Bull, H.; Booth, A.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Ramsay, L.; Morris, J.; Waugh, R.; Russell, J.R. (2016) A genome wide analysis of key genes controlling diastatic power activity in winter and spring barley., International Barley Genetics Symposium, 12th, Minneapolis, USA, 26-30 June 2016. Poster
  • Baker, K.; Bayer, M.; Cook, N.; Dreissig, S.; Dhillon, T.; Russell, J.; Hedley, P.; Morris, J.; Colas, I.; Waugh, R.; Steffenson, B.; Milne, I.; Stephen, G.; Marshall, D.; Flavell, A.J. (2014) The peri-centromeric heterochromatin of barley is a permissive environment for gene diversity, expression and evolution., Plant and Animal Genome XXII, San Diego, California, USA, 12-16 January 2014.
  • Macaulay, M.; Colas, I.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L. (2014) Mapping and characterization of the barley desynaptic mutants., Plant and Animal Genome XXII, San Diego, California, USA, 12-16 January 2014.
  • Colas, I.; Macaulay, M.; Mittmann, S.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L. (2014) Cytological characterization of the barley desynaptic mutants., Plant and Animal Genome XXII, San Diego, California, USA, 12-16 January 2014.
  • Colas, I.; Macaulay, M.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L. (2013) Fine mapping and characterization of the barley desynpatic des10., EMBO Meiosis Conference, Germany, September 2013.
  • Colas, I.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R. (2013) A review of the barley desynaptic mutants., Monogram 2013, Dundee University, 18 April 2013.
  • Shaw, P.; Thomas, B.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Comadran, J.; Stephen, G.; Milne, I.; Graham, M.; Kennedy, J.; Marshall, D. (2013) Visualizing genetic transmission patterns in plant pedigrees., Plant and Animal Genome XXI, San Diego, CA, USA, 12-16 January 2013, P0974.
  • Thomas, W.T.B.; Barral Baron, G.; Harrap, D.; Booth, A.; Keith, R.; Warden, C.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; Werner, P.; Ramsay, L. (2013) Association genetics on nitrogen use efficiency parameters in winter barley., Plant Genetics and Breeding Technologies, 21 (Abstract)
  • de la Fuente Canto, C.; George, T.S.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R. (2013) Genetics and functions of root architectural traits under drought stress in wild barley., BSSS Rhizosphere Interactions Meeting. Dundee, 18 March 2013 (Abstract).
  • Bull, H.; Druka, A.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2013) Vrs3 and its influence on the lateral florets of barley., Plant Genetics and Breeding Technologies, 46 (Abstract).