Marina Iovene

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Research Experience

2008-present Researcher at the IBBR-CNR

2009-2012 Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Department of Horticulture, laboratory of Prof. Jiming Jiang

2006-2009 Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Department of Horticulture, laboratories of Prof. Philipp W. Simon and Prof. Jiming Jiang

2006 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy, Department of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, laboratory of Prof. Domenico Carputo

2004-2005 Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Department of Horticulture, laboratory of Prof. P.W. Simon

2001-2005 Graduate student, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy, Department of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, laboratories of Prof. D. Carputo

Education

2006 Ph.D. in Agricultural Biology - Horticulture and genetic crop improvement, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy

2002 M.S. in Plant Biotechnology, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy

2000 B.S. in Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy

Research Area

Plant molecular cytogenetics; karyotype evolution, structural changes and satellite repeats of crops and their wild relatives;use of in vitro culture and wild crop relatives for genetic crop improvement.

Selected Publications

• Cremona G, Iovene M, Festa G, Conicella C, Parisi M (2018) Production of embryo rescued hybrids between the landrace “Friariello” (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) and C. baccatum var. pendulum: phenotypic and cytological characterization. Euphytica, 214: 129. doi.org/10.1007/s10681-018-2211-6
• Iorizzo M, Ellison S, Senalik D, Zeng P, Satapoomin P, Huang J, Bowman M, Iovene M, Sanseverino W, Cavagnaro P, Yildiz M, Macko-Podgórni A, Moranska E, Grzebelus E, Grzebelus, D, Ashrafi H, Zheng Z, Cheng S, Spooner D, Van Deynze A, Simon P (2016). A high-quality carrot genome assembly provides new insights into carotenoid accumulation and asterid genome evolution. Nature Genetics, vol. 48, p. 657-666, ISSN: 1061-4036, doi: 10.1038/ng.3565. Cover story.
• Iovene M, Yu QY, Ming R, and Jiang J (2015) Evidence for emergence of sex-determining gene(s) in a centromeric region in Vasconcellea parviflora. Genetics 199: 413-421. ISSN: 0016-6731, doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.173021
• Iovene M, Zhang T, Lou Q, Buell CR, Jiang J (2013) Copy number variation in potato - an asexually propagated autotetraploid species. The Plant Journal, 75: 80-89.
• Gong Z, Wu Y, Koblížková A, Torres GA, Wang K, Iovene M, Neumann P, Zhang W, Novák P, Buell CR, Macas J, Jiming J (2012) Repeatless and repeat-based centromeres in potato: implications for centromere evolution. Plant Cell, 24: 3559-3574.
• Iovene M, Aversano R, Savarese S, Caruso I, Di Matteo A, Cardi T, Frusciante L, Carputo D (2012) Interspecific somatic hybrids between Solanum bulbocastanum and S. tuberosum and their haploidization for potato breeding. Biologia Plantarum, 56: 1-8.
• The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (2011) Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato. Nature, 475: 189-195. Cover story.
• Torres GA, Gong Z, Iovene M, Hirsch C, Buell CR, Bryan GJ, Novák P, Macas J, Jiang J (2011) Organization and evolution of subtelomeric DNA in the potato genome. G3, 1: 85-92. Cover story.
• Iovene M, Cavagnaro PF, Senalik D, Buell CR, Jiang J, Simon PW (2011) Comparative FISH mapping of Daucus species (Apiaceae family). Chromosome Research, 19: 493-506.
• Lou Q, Iovene M, Spooner D, Buell CR, Jiang J (2010) Evolution of chromosome 6 of Solanum species revealed by comparative fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping. Chromosoma, 119: 435-442.

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

Autopolyploid inheritance and a heterozygous reciprocal translocation shape chromosome genetic behavior in tetraploid blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum )

Mengist MF, Bostan H, De Paola D, Teresi SJ, Platts AE, Cremona G, Qi X, Mackey T, Bassil NV, Ashrafi H, Giongo L, Jibran R, Chagné D, Bianco L, Lila MA, Rowland LJ, Iovene M, Edger PP, Iorizzo M

Year: 2022

Transcriptome Analysis Provides Novel Insights into Salt Stress Response in Two Egyptian Rice Varieties with Different Tolerance Levels

Shehab M, Iovene M, Ciancio A, Colagiero M, Finetti-Sialer M

Year: 2022

Carrot molecular cytogenetics

Iovene M, Grzebelus E

Year: 2019

Production of embryo rescued hybrids between the landrace “Friariello” (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) and C. baccatum var. pendulum: phenotypic and cytological characterization

Cremona G, Iovene M, Festa G, Conicella C, Parisi M

Year: 2018

Recent advance in carrot genomics

Iorizzo M, Ellison S, Van Deynze A, Stoffel K, Ashrafi H, Iovene M, Cavagnaro P, Cheng S, Zheng P, Zheng Z, Senalik D, Spooner DM, Simon PW

Year: 2017

A high-quality carrot genome assembly provides new insights into carotenoid accumulation and asterid genome evolution

Iorizzo M, Ellison S, Senalik D, Zeng P, Satapoomin P, Huang J, Bowman M, Iovene M, Sanseverino W, Cavagnaro P, Yildiz M, Macko-Podgórni A, Moranska E, Grzebelus E, Grzebelus D, Ashrafi H, Zheng Z, Cheng S, Spooner D, Van Deynze A, Simon P

Year: 2016

The carrot genome provides insights into crop origins and a foundation for future crop improvement

Simon P, Iorizzo M, Ellison S, Senalik D, Peng Z, Satapoomin P, Jiaying H, Bowman M, Iovene M, Sanseverino W, Cavagnaro P, Yildiz M, Macko-Podgórni A, Moranska E, Grzebelus E, Grzebelus D, Ashrafi H, Zhijun Z, Shifeng C, Spooner D, Van Deynze A

Year: 2016

Evidence for Emergence of Sex-Determining Gene(s) in a Centromeric Region in Vasconcellea parviflora

Iovene M, Yu Q, Ming R, Jiang J

Year: 2014

Copy number variation in potato - an asexually propagated autotetraploid species

Iovene M, Zhang T, Lou Q, Buell CR, Jiang J

Year: 2013

Repeatless and Repeat-Based Centromeres in Potato: Implications for Centromere Evolution

Gong Z, Wu Y, Koblizkova A, Torres GA, Wang K, Iovene M, Neumann P, Zhang W, Novak P, Buell CR, Macas J, Jiang J

Year: 2012

Interspecific somatic hybrids between Solanum bulbocastanum and S. tuberosum and their haploidization for potato breeding

Iovene M, Aversano R, Savarese S, Caruso I, Di Matteo A, Cardi T, Frusciante L, Carputo D

Year: 2012

Comparative FISH mapping of Daucus species (Apiaceae family)

Iovene M, Cavagnaro PF, Senalik D, Buell CR, Jiang J, Simon PW

Year: 2011

Organization and evolution of subtelomeric DNA in the potato genome

Torres GA, Gong Z, Iovene M, Hirsch C, Buell CR, Bryan GJ, Novák P, Macas J, Jiang J

Year: 2011

Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato

Xu X, Pan S, Cheng S, Zhang B, Mu D, Ni P, Zhang G, Yang S, Li R, Wang J, Orjeda G, Guzman F, Torres M, Lozano R, Ponce O, Martinez D, De la Cruz G, Chakrabarti SK, Patil VU, Skryabin KG, Kuznetsov BB, Ravin NV, Kolganova TV, Beletsky AV, Mardanov AV, Di Genova A, Bolser DM, Martin DM, Li G, Yang Y, Kuang H, Hu Q, Xiong X, Bishop GJ, Sagredo B, Mejía N, Zagorski W, Gromadka R, Gawor J, Szczesny P, Huang S, Zhang Z, Liang C, He J, Li Y, He Y, Xu J, Zhang Y, Xie B, Du Y, Qu D, Bonierbale M, Ghislain M, del Rosario Herrera M, Giuliano G, Pietrella M, Perrotta G, Facella P, O’brien K, Feingold SE, Barreiro LE, Massa GA, Diambra L, Whitty BR, Vaillancourt B, Lin H, Massa AN, Geoffroy M, Lundback S, Dellapenna D, Robin Buell C, Sharma SK, Marshall DF, Waugh R, Bryan GJ, Destefanis M, Nagy I, Milbourne D, Thomson SJ, Fiers M, Jacobs JM, Nielsen KL, Sønderkær M, Iovene M, Torres GA, Jiang J, Veilleux RE, Bachem CW, de Boer J, Borm T, Kloosterman B, van Eck H, Datema E, te Lintel Hekkert B, Goverse A, van Ham RC, Visser RG

Year: 2011

Nuclear and cytoplasmic genome composition of Solanum bulbocastanum (+) S. tuberosum somatic hybrids

Iovene M, Savarese S, Cardi T, Frusciante L, Scotti N, Simon PW, Carputo D

Year: 2007