Matt and Steve have both been listed as Highly Cited Authors by the American Society for Plant Biology for their articles published in Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell between 2009 and 2013. They are 2 of only 10 scientists listed for Australia; 6 of the others from Australia are also members of the ARC […] Read More...
News & Events
GABA signalling in plants
July 29, 2015GABA is best known as a neurotransmitter helping animals to walk, talk, think and breath. However, GABA is also known in the plant world as a key carbon:nitrogen metabolite that increases in concentration massively in plant tissues in response to stress – so when plants encounter drought, salinity, acid soils, anoxia, pathogens or extreme temperatures. Also […] Read More...
Launch of Plant Signalling and Transport website
Welcome to the new webpages, and world wide windows into the Gilliham and Tyerman groups at the University of Adelaide. Over the next few weeks our lab members will be fully populating the site. Read More...
Our lab sows a new crop of Tall Poppies
July 28, 2015
We are very proud of current DECRA Fellow Dr Caitlin Byrt and ex-postdoc Dr Simon Conn (2007-2011) who were last night awarded a prestigious South Australian Young Tall Poppy Award for Excellence in Scientific Endeavour and Communication. Well done to you both on a much deserved award. Since leaving our lab, where he made breakthroughs […] Read More...
A new soy source for crop salt tolerance
January 10, 2015Our collaborative research project with researchers at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been published in the Plant Journal as a feature article. Identification of genes that improve crop salt tolerance is essential for the effective utilization of saline soils by agriculture. Our findings identify a gene that has great potential […] Read More...
Early Career Research Medal For Dr Caitlin Byrt
December 12, 2014>>Press Release: December 12th 2014<< Dr Caitlin Byrt, a Postdoctoral Associate researcher at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology’s University of Adelaide node has become the inaugural recipient of the Edith Emily Dornwell Early Career Research Medal. span is bold text Dr Byrt’s research expertise is in plant physiology. Her […] Read More...
The Australian Research Council Centre Of Excellence In Plant Energy Biology Is Officially Launched
August 5, 2014>>Press Release: August 5th 2014<< The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology was showcased at an official launch held at the University of Western Australia (UWA) on Monday evening, the 4th of August. Dignitaries, including Senator for Western Australia Chris Back, ARC Chief Executive Officer Professor Aidan Byrne, UWA Vice […] Read More...
Ancestral salt pump gene brought out of retirement
July 1, 2012Our paper on improving the salt tolerance of wheat was published by Nature Biotechnology in March. It is the first study to show a considerable improvement in the salinity tolerance of a cereal crop in the field through the manipulation of a particular gene – we demonstrated a 25% increase in grain yield compared to […] Read More...