astronomy

Katrien Devos

Katrien Devos is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Katrien Devos rather than just read about it. In short: Katrien M. Devos is an American plant geneticist who is distinguished research professor at the University of Georgia.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Katrien M. Devos is an American plant geneticist who is distinguished research professor at the University of Georgia. Her research considers the structure, function and evolution of the genomes of grasses. In particular, Devos considers halophytic turfgrasses, cereals and bioenergy crops. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016.

Early life and education Devos became interested in plant genetics during her undergraduate studies. She was a doctoral researcher at Ghent University, where she studied wheat and Triticeae genetic mapping. She moved to the United Kingdom as a postdoctoral researcher, where she used comparative genetics to better understand cereals. In the United Kingdom, she worked in John Innes Centre where she created the concept of crop circles, which considers the relationship between grass genomes.

Research and career In 1996 Devos was awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council David Phillips Fellowship to start her independent scientific career, where she started working on genome evolution. Devos worked with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics to create a millet cultivar for food crops in the developing world. These millet crops were bred to have improved resistance to downy mildew. Devos moved to the University of Georgia in 2003, where has focused on understanding the genetics of grasses. These investigations have included target crops such as wheat, panicum virgatum foxtail millet, eleusine coracana. By sequencing the genome of pearl millet, Devos was able to identify a dwarfing gene, the first gene that causes an agronomic trait that was ever isolated.

Awards and honors 2016 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017 University of Georgia Research Foundation's Creative Research Medal 2017 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Research 2018 CSIRO Distinguished Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2019 Elected Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America

Selected publications

Jinrong Peng; Donald E. Richards; Nigel M. Hartley; et al. (1 July 1999). "'Green revolution' genes encode mutant gibberellin response modulators". Nature. 400 (6741): 256–261. doi:10.1038/22307. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 10421366. Wikidata Q33869122. M D Gale; K M Devos (3 March 1998). "Comparative genetics in the grasses". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (5): 1971–4. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.1971G. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.5.1971. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 33824. PMID 9482816. Wikidata Q24599160. Katrien M Devos; James K M Brown; Jeffrey L Bennetzen (1 July 2002). "Genome size reduction through illegitimate recombination counteracts genome expansion in Arabidopsis". Genome Research. 12 (7): 1075–1079. doi:10.1101/gr.132102. ISSN 1549-5469. PMC 186626. PMID 12097344. Wikidata Q39860924.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Katrien Devos

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Katrien Devos claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Katrien Devos before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Katrien Devos ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Katrien Devos

In research: Katrien Devos appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Katrien Devos in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Katrien Devos is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American women scientists, American soil scientists, American women academics, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Katrien Devos outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Katrien Devos in simple terms?

Katrien M. Devos is an American plant geneticist who is distinguished research professor at the University of Georgia.

Why does Katrien Devos matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Katrien Devos?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Katrien Devos.