Joerg Bohlmann

Professor

Contact

Office Phone Number

604-822-0282

Lab Phone Number

604-822-9673

Email Addresses

bohlmann@msl.ubc.ca

UBC Mailing Address

2185 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T1Z4

Office

Building

MSL

Room Number

321

Lab

Name

Bohlmann Lab

Building

MSL

Room Number

383

Professional

Associated Departments

Depts. of Forest Science and Botany; Associate of the UBC Wine Research Centre

Professional Profile

Distinguished University Scholar and NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellow; Ph.D., Technical University Braunschweig, Germany (1995); Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Washington State University, Pullman, USA (1995-1998); Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute Jena, Germany (1998-2000).

Websites

Research Area

Research and training program of the Bohlmann lab:

Conifer genomics
Forest health genomics
Mountain pine beetle / fungus / pine interactions and genomics
Chemical ecology of conifer / insect interactions

Plant secondary metabolism
Terpenoids, terpene synthases, cytochromes P450
Diterpene resin acids
Terpenoid fragrances
Plant bio-product enzymes
Functional genomics of diterpene pathways
Sandalwood oil biosynthesis

Grapevine genomics
Grapevine & wine chemicals: terpenoids

Technical expertise and technologies of the Bohlmann lab:

Genomics
Bioinformatics for genome and transcriptome analyses
Transcriptome analysis by RNA-seq, qRT-PCR
Metabolite profiling by GCMS and LCMS
cDNA cloning
Recombinant protein expression
Enzyme discovery and enzyme characterization
Mass spectrometry and analysis of small molecules
Laser capture microdissection

Applications of research and discoveries of the Bohlmann Lab through

Collaborations with industry
Collaborations with government
Patenting of new technologies
Licensing of new technologies

Publications

For a complete publication list, please see: All Publications