Inés Rebollo

Visiting MSc student

Moved to a PhD in plant breeding at the University of Minnesota with Rex Bernardo

Image
Highlander Ines

 

 

Research at the Highlander Lab

My project is working on applying genomic selection into Uruguay’s rice breeding programme focusing on more genetic gain.

Goals:

  • Evaluate genomic prediction in Uruguay’s rice germplasm and
  • Explore novel methods for genomic prediction to harness genetic diversity from the two rice pools, Indica and Japonica.

Background

I am an Agricultural Engineer from the Universidad de la República (UdeLaR, Uruguay) and a second-year Master's student in Agricultural Sciences with an emphasis in Biostatistics at the same University.

I am specifically interested in:

  • Plant breeding
  • Programming                                                                      
  • Visualisations

Programming language and software:

  • Bash shell scripting                                                          
  • R & RStudio
  • Python

Hobbies and personal interests

I love cooking and reading.