Curriculum Vitae
Shanhua, November 25 2013
Personal Data
Name:
Roland Schafleitner
Professional address: AVRDC, 60 Yi min Lao,
Phone: +886 6 583 7801 ext. 380
E-mail: roland.schafleitner@worldveg.org
Citizenship:
Austrian
Professional Preparation
Vienna University
Technical University Vienna
Postdoctoral Institutions
Austrian Research Centers
INRA France
Appointments
Aug. 2010-present:
2003 –July 2010:
2002-2003:
1996-2002:
1993-1996:
1995:
1991-1993:
Molecular Microbiology
Biochemical Technology
Master, 1996
PhD, 2001
Biotechnology
Plant Pathology
2001-2002
2002-2003
Head, Molecular Genetics, AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center,
Taiwan. Main tasks: Development of molecular markers for breeding and
germplasm characterization, supervision of AVRDC’s genetic engineering
laboratory and containment greenhouses.
Plant Biotechnology Research Scientist and Project Manager, Germplasm
Enhancement and Crop Improvement Division, International Potato
Center (CIP), Lima, Peru. Research on heat and drought stress tolerance of
potato.
Postdoctoral Researcher, INRA, Centre de Recherche de Bordeaux,
France. Development of a biocontrol method for chestnut blight.
Biotechnology Research Scientist, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf,
Austria. Development of bioassays and biocontrol methods for chestnut
blight.
Research Associate, Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf, Austria
Research Assistant, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Research Technician, Vienna General Hospital, Austria
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish
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Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Schafleitner R, Kumar S, Lin C-Y, Hegde SG, Ebert A. 2013. The okra (Abelmoschus
esculentus) transcriptome as a source for gene sequence information and molecular markers
for diversity analysis. Gene 517:27–36.
Kadirvel P, de la Peña R, Schafleitner R, Huang S, Geethanjali S, Kenyon L, Tsai W, Hanson P.
2013. Mapping of QTLs in tomato line FLA456 associated with resistance to a virus causing
tomato yellow leaf curl disease. Euphytica 190:297-308.
Nair RM, Schafleitner R, Kenyon L, Srinivasan R, Easdown W, Ebert AW, Hanson P. 2012.
Genetic improvement of mungbean. SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics 44: 177190.
Chen H-M, Ku H-M, Schafleitner R, Bains TS, Kuo CG, Liu C-A, Nair RM. 2012. The major
Quantitative trait locus for Mungbean yellow mosaic Indian virus resistance is tightly linked
in repulsion phase to the major bruchid resistance locus in a cross between mungbean [Vigna
radiata (L.) Wilczek] and its wild relative Vigna radiata ssp. sublobata. Euphytica,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-012-0831-9.
Lefèvre I, Ziebel J, Guignard C, Hausman J-F, Gutièrrez Rosales RO, Bonierbale M, Hoffmann
L, Schafleitner R, Evers D. 2012. Drought Impacts Mineral Contents in Andean Potato
Cultivars. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 198:196–206.
Legay S, Lefèvre I, Lamoureux D, Barreda C, Tincopa R, Gutierrez R, Quiroz R, Hoffmann L,
Hausman J-F, Bonierbale M, Evers D, Schafleitner R. 2011. Carbohydrate metabolism and
cell protection mechanisms differentiate drought tolerance and sensitivity in advanced potato
clones (Solanum tuberosum L.). Functional & Integrative Genomics, 11:275-291.
Schafleitner R, Tincopa LR, Palomino O, Rossel G, Robles RF, Alagon R, Rivera C, Quispe C,
Rojas L, Pacheco JA, Solis J, Cerna D, Kim JY, Hou J, Simon R. 2010. A sweetpotato gene
index established by de novo assembly of pyrosequencing and Sanger sequences and mining
of the assembly for gene-based microsatellite markers. BMC Genomics 11:604.
Evers D, Lefèvre I, Legay S, Lamoureux D, Hausman JF, Gutierrez Rosales RO, Tincopa Marca
LR, Hoffmann L, Bonierbale M, Schafleitner R. 2010. Identification of drought-responsive
compounds in potato through a combined transcriptomic and targeted metabolite approach.
Journal of Experimental Botany 61: 2327-2343
Schafleitner R. 2009. Growing more potato with less water. Tropical Plant Biology 2:111-121.
André CM, Schafleitner R, Legay S, Lefèvre I, Alvarado Aliaga CA, Nomberto G, Hoffmann L,
Hausman J-F, Larondelle Y, Evers D. 2009. Gene expression changes related to the
production of phenolic compounds in potato tubers grown under drought stress.
Phytochemistry 70:1107-1116.
André CM, Schafleitner R, Guignard C, Oufir M, Alvarado Aliaga CA, Nomberto G, Hoffmann
L, Hausman J-F, Evers D, Larondelle Y. 2009. Modification of the health-promoting value of
potato tubers field grown under drought stress: emphasis on dietary antioxidant and
glycoalkaloid contents in 5 native Andean cultivars (Solanum tuberosum L.). Journal of
Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57:599–609.
Vasquez-Robinet C, Mane SP, Ulanov AV, Watkinson JI, Stromberg VK, De Koeyer D,
Schafleitner R, Willmot DB, Bonierbale M, Bohnert HJ, Grene R. 2008. Physiological and
molecular adaptations to drought in Andean potato genotypes. Journal of Experimental
Botany 59: 2109 – 2123.
Mane, S, Vazquez Robinet C, Ulanov A, Schafleitner Roland, Tincopa L, Gaudin A, Nomberto
G, Alvarado C, Solis C, Avila L, Blas Raul, Ortega O, Solis J, Panta A, Rivera C, Samolski I,
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Carbajulca D, Bonierbale M, Pati A, Heath LS, Bohnert HJ, Grene R. 2008. Molecular and
physiological adaptation to prolonged drought stress in the leaves of two Andean potato
genotypes. Functional Plant Biology 35:669-688.
Schafleitner R, Gutierrez RO, Gaudin A, Alvarado CA, Nomberto G, Avila L, Simon R,
Bonierbale M. 2007. Capturing candidate drought tolerance traits in two native Andean
potato clones by transcription profiling of field grown plants under water stress. Plant
Physiology and Biochemistry 45:673-690.
Schafleitner R, Gutierrez R, Espino R, Gaudin A, Pérez J, Martínez M, Domínguez A, Tincopa
L, Alvarado C, Numberto G, Bonierbale M. 2007. Field screening for variation of drought
tolerance in Solanum tuberosum L. by agronomical, physiological and genetic analysis.
Potato Research 50:71-85.
Scurrah M, Amoros W, Burgos G, Schafleitner R, Bonierbale M. 2007. Back to the Future.
Millennium Traits in Native Potato Varieties. Acta Horticulturae 745:369-378.
Schafleitner R, Gaudin A, Gutierrez RO, Alvarado CA, Bonierbale M. 2007. Proline
accumulation and Real Time PCR expression analysis of genes encoding enzymes of proline
metabolism in relation to drought tolerance in Andean potato. Acta Physiologae Plantarum
29: 1861-1664.
Schafleitner R, Wilhelm E. 2002. Isolation of wound-responsive genes from chestnut (Castanea
sativa) microstems by mRNA display and their differential expression upon wounding and
infection with the chestnut blight fungus (Chryphonectria parasitica). Physiological and
Molecular Plant Pathology 61: 339-348.
Schafleitner R, Wilhelm E. 2002. Isolation of wound-inducible genes (serine-threonine kinase,
two calmodulin isoforms and two novel genes) from chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) stems
and expression analysis in the bark tissue. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 40:235-246.
Schafleitner R, Wilhelm E. 2001. Assessment of stress gene expression in chestnut (Castanea
sativa mill.) upon pathogen infection (Cryphonectria parasitica (murr.) barr.) and wounding.
Forest Snow and Landscape Research 76:409-414.
Schafleitner R, Buchala A, Wilhelm E. 1999. Class III chitinase expression and salicylic acid
accumulation in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) after challenge with hypovirulent and
virulent Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr. Phyton 39: 191-196.
Schafleitner R, Wilhelm E. 1999. Chestnut blight: Monitoring the host response with
heterologous cDNA probes. Acta Horticulture 494: 481-486.
Wilhelm E, Arthofer W, Schafleitner R, Krebs B. 1998. Bacillus subtilis an endophyte of
chestnut (Castanea sativa) as antagonist against chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica).
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 52: 105-108.
Schafleitner R, Wilhelm E. 1997. Effect of virulent and hypovirulent Cryphonectria parasitica
(murr.) barr on the intercellular pathogen related proteins and on total protein pattern of
chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 51:323-332.
Wilhelm E, Arthofer W, Schafleitner R, Krebs B. 1997. Bacillus subtilis an endophyte of
chestnut (Castanea sativa) as antagonist against chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica).
In: A.C. Cassells (ed.), Pathogen and Microbial contamination management in
micropropagation, pp. 331-337, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Book chapter
Schafleitner R, Evers D, Jarvis A, Ramirez J, Scurrah M. 2011. Adaptation of the potato crop to
changing climates. In: Yadav S, Redden B, Hatfield JL, Lotze-Campen H (eds.) Crop
Adaptation to Climate Change, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-8138-2016-3.
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