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Assistant Professor of Viticulture/Plant Omics
Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the UBC Michael Smith Laboratories
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Plant Biological Sciences, 1995
M.S. University of Minnesota, Forest Resources, 1990
B.S. Michigan State University, Forestry, 1988
Wine Research Centre
The University of British Columbia
241 - 2205 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604-822-5708
Fax: 604-822-5143
Email: stlund@interchange.ubc.ca
My laboratory studies regulatory and metabolic networks of gene expression during ripening in soft fruits for viticulture and human health applications. Modern ‘omics’ approaches allow us to not only examine individual genes and proteins, but now further define regulatory networks and metabolic pathways by employing medium to high throughput laboratory procedures and sophisticated computer-based bioinformatics and statistical analysis tools. We are currently working to better understand the interaction of the grapevine genome, the vineyard environment, and viticultural practices in order to develop molecular-based tools to assist growers in management decision making in the vineyard each season. We are also using comparative biochemical genomics to advance our understanding of the antioxidant capacities imparted by vitamin C and anthocyanin flavonoids with the goal of developing molecular tools for marker assisted breeding in raspberry and engineering improved anthocyanin compositional chemistry in wine grapes.
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