Publications

Development of Novel Riboswitches for Synthetic Biology in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas

Development of Novel Riboswitches for Synthetic Biology in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas

Development of Novel Riboswitches for Synthetic Biology in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas.

Payam Mehrshahi, Ginnie Trinh D. T. Nguyen, Aleix Gorchs Rovira, Andrew Sayer, Marcel Llavero-Pasquina, Michelle Lim Huei Sin, Elliot J. Medcalf, Gonzalo I. Mendoza-Ochoa, Mark A. Scaife, and Alison G. Smith

ACS Synth. Biol. (2020) 9, 6, 1406–1417

https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.0c00082

The new OpenPlant toolkit for Marchantia, a platform for basic research and plant synthetic biology applications

The new OpenPlant toolkit for Marchantia, a platform for basic research and plant synthetic biology applications

Systematic tools for reprogramming plant gene expression in a simple model, Marchantia polymorpha.

Sauret-Güeto S, Frangedakis E, Silvestri L, Rebmann M, Tomaselli M, Markel K, Delmans M, West A, Patron NJ, Haseloff J.

ACS Synth. Biol. 2020, 9, 4, 864–882

https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.9b00511

A specialized metabolic network selectively modulates Arabidopsis root microbiota

A specialized metabolic network selectively modulates Arabidopsis root microbiota

A specialized metabolic network selectively modulates Arabidopsis root microbiota.

Ancheng C. Huang, Ting Jiang, Yong-Xin Liu, Yue-Chen Bai, James Reed, Baoyuan Qu, Alain Goossens, Hans-Wilhelm Nützmann, Yang Bai, Anne Osbourn.

Science 10 May 2019: Vol. 364, Issue 6440

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau6389

Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of potato starch branching enzymes generates a range of tuber starch phenotypes

Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of potato starch branching enzymes generates a range of tuber starch phenotypes

Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of potato starch branching enzymes generates a range of tuber starch phenotypes.

Tuncel, A., Corbin, K.R., Ahn‐Jarvis, J., Harris, S., Hawkins, E., Smedley, M.A., Harwood, W., Warren, F.J., Patron, N.J. and Smith, A.M.

Plant Biotechnol J (2019) 17: 2259-2271.

https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.1313

The protosteryl and dammarenyl cation dichotomy in polycyclic triterpene biosynthesis revisited: has this ‘rule’ finally been broken?

The protosteryl and dammarenyl cation dichotomy in polycyclic triterpene biosynthesis revisited: has this ‘rule’ finally been broken?

The protosteryl and dammarenyl cation dichotomy in polycyclic triterpene biosynthesis revisited: has this ‘rule’ finally been broken?

Michael J. Stephenson, Robert A. Field and Anne Osbourn.

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2019,36, 1044-1052

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NP00096D

Two members of the DUF579 family are responsible for arabinogalactan methylation in Arabidopsis

Two members of the DUF579 family are responsible for arabinogalactan methylation in Arabidopsis

Two members of the DUF579 family are responsible for arabinogalactan methylation in Arabidopsis.

Henry Temple, Jenny C. Mortimer, Theodora Tryfona, Xiaolan Yu, Federico Lopez‐Hernandez, Mathias Sorieul, Nadine Anders, Paul Dupree

Plant Direct. 2019; 3: 1– 4.

https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.117

Two publications describe focus stacking setup developed through OpenPlant Fund

Two publications describe focus stacking setup developed through OpenPlant Fund

Photographing The Fern Gametophyte Developmental Series – The First Attempt.

Deegan, J.

Pteridologist (2017) 6 (4), 263-265.

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.17067

Macrophotography of Fern Gametophytes Using a Focus Stacking System.

Deegan, J. I., & Deegan, T.

Pteridologist (2018) 6 (5), 357-360.

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.33541

Speed breeding made accessible and democratic

Speed breeding made accessible and democratic

Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding.

Watson A, Ghosh S, Williams MJ, Cuddy WS, Simmonds J, Rey MD, Asyraf Md Hatta M, Hinchliffe A, Steed A, Reynolds D, Adamski NM, Breakspear A, Korolev A, Rayner T, Dixon LE, Riaz A, Martin W, Ryan M, Edwards D, Batley J, Raman H, Carter J, Rogers C, Domoney C, Moore G, Harwood W, Nicholson P, Dieters MJ, DeLacy IH, Zhou J, Uauy C, Boden SA, Park RF, Wulff BBH, Hickey LT.

Nat Plants. 2018 Jan;4(1):23-29.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0083-8

Speed breeding in growth chambers and glasshouses for crop breeding and model plant research.

Ghosh S, Watson A, Gonzalez-Navarro OE, Ramirez-Gonzalez RH, Yanes L, Mendoza-Suárez M, Simmonds J, Wells R, Rayner T, Green P, Hafeez A, Hayta S, Melton RE, Steed A, Sarkar A, Carter J, Perkins L, Lord J, Tester M, Osbourn A, Moscou MJ, Nicholson P, Harwood W, Martin C, Domoney C, Uauy C, Hazard B, Wulff BBH, Hickey LT.

Nat Protoc. 2018 Dec;13(12):2944-2963.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-018-0072-z

Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Crozet P, Navarro FJ, Willmund F, Mehrshahi P, Bakowski K, Lauersen KJ, Pérez-Pérez ME, Auroy P, Gorchs Rovira A, Sauret-Gueto S, Niemeyer J, Spaniol B, Theis J, Trösch R, Westrich LD, Vavitsas K, Baier T, Hübner W, de Carpentier F, Cassarini M, Danon A, Henri J, Marchand CH, de Mia M, Sarkissian K, Baulcombe DC, Peltier G, Crespo JL, Kruse O, Jensen PE, Schroda M, Smith AG, Lemaire SD.

ACS Synth Biol. 2018 Sep 21;7(9):2074-2086.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.8b00251

Colour bio-factories: anthocyanin production in plant cell cultures

Colour bio-factories: Towards scale-up production of anthocyanins in plant cell cultures.

Appelhagen I, Wulff-Vester AK, Wendell M, Hvoslef-Eide AK, Russell J, Oertel A, Martens S, Mock HP, Martin C, Matros A (2018).

Metabolic Engineering. Volume 48, 2018, Pages 218-232

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2018.06.004