Team

I have been working at the SPBC since mid-April 2024.

My role is to provide both scientific and administrative support to the center during the starting  phase. However, I am mainly responsible for the scientific monitoring of the innovation projects and the cooperation partners involved. One of the major challenges and chances will be to  acquire and apply new knowledge from a wide variety of areas for the SPBC  to handle the different and various tasks/innovation projects. 

So far, I have been able to gain experience in the field of resistance breeding in a wide variety of projects and have dealt with both biotic stress factors (viruses and fungi) and abiotic stress (e.g. drought stress) and their effects on plants. My experience relates to the creation of genetic maps, the calculation of QTL regions, the identification and analysis of candidate genes, the development of different PCR-based molecular markers, the establishment of plant and crossing material as well as the implementation and evaluation of experiments in the greenhouse and in the field. 

Contact

Dr Mathieu Deblieck
Scientific assistant
deblieck(at)spbc-plantbreeding.ch
+41 62 510 53 37​
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm