Grape Genetics Research Unit

USDA, ARS

630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456

315 787 2413 (office)

315 787 2339 (fax)

angela.baldo@ars.usda.gov

Overview

Leveraging bioinfomatics tools to solve problems in agricultural systems.

Collaborating on germplasm diversity characterization and management, breeding, and crop population biology and systematics; research in high-throughput molecular marker prediction and development, data mining, genomic functional predictions, etc.

Education

· BS in Biology 1988 Stanford University

· MS in Biology 1988 Stanford University

· PhD in Genetics 1997 University of Connecticut

Professional Experience 

· Current Computational Biologist, USDA-ARS Geneva, NY

· Computational Biologist, USDA-ARS Ithaca, NY

· Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Selected Publications

· AlleleCoder: a PERL script for coding codominant polymorphism data for PCA analysis - Baldo, A.M., Francis, D., Caramante, M., Robertson, L.D., Labate, J.A. 2011. AlleleCoder: a PERL script for coding codominant polymorphism data for PCA analysis. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization. 10: 1-3.

· Identification of genes differentially expressed during interaction of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars (Malus x domestica) with Erwinia amylovora - Baldo, A.M., Norelli, J.L., Farrell, R., Bassett, C.L., Aldwinckle, H., Malnoy, M. 2010. Identification of genes differentially expressed during interaction of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars (Malus x domestica) with Erwinia amylovora. Biomed Central (BMC) Plant Biology.

· Multilocus sequence data reveal extensive departures from equilibrium in domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) - Labate, J.A., Robertson, L.D., Baldo, A.M. 2009. Multilocus sequence data reveal extensive departures from equilibrium in domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Heredity 103:257-267.

· Parentage Analysis of Freedom Rootstock - Garris, A.J., Cousins, P.S., Ramming, D.W., Baldo, A.M. 2009. Parentage Analysis of Freedom Rootstock. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 60(3):357-361.

· Est, Cosii, and Arbitrary Gene Markers Give Similar Estimates of Nucleotide Diversity in Cultivated Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) - Labate, J.A., Robertson, L.D., Wu, F., Tanksley, S.D., Baldo, A.M. 2009. EST, COSII, and arbitrary gene markers give similar estimates of nucleotide diversity in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Journal of Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 118:1005-1014.

· Nomenclature and Genetic Relationships of Apples and Pears from Terceira Island - Bassil, N.V., Hummer, K.E., Postman, J.D., Fazio, G., Baldo, A.M., Armas, I., Williams, R. 2008. Nomenclature and Genetic Relationships of Apples and Pears from Terceira Island. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2009). 56:339-352.

· Isolation and Linkage Mapping of NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Analogs in Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) and Classification Among 269 Rosaceae NGS-LRR Genes - Samuelian, S.K., Baldo, A.M., Pattison, J.A., Weber, C. 2008. Isolation and Linkage Mapping of NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Analogs in Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) and Classification Among 269 Rosaceae NGS-LRR Genes. Electronic Online First Article http://www.springerlink.com/content/n423jnx741586448.