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Lab Leader
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| Jane Langdale
Jane graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc in Applied Biology specializing in microbiology. She then went on to do a PhD in Human Genetics at the University of London and from there to a postdoc at Yale with Tim Nelson. Working in a building with Tim, Ian Sussex and Steve Dellaporta led to an almost inevitable interest in the molecular and genetic basis of plant development. Most of the early work focused on maize but now any plant species is considered depending on the biological question being asked. As these questions gain more of an evolutionary slant, the number of species being grown and studied is ever increasing.
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Post-doctoral researchers
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| Peng Wang
Peng came from the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, having completed his Ph.D. in Botany. In China he studied photosynthetic electron transport, and joined us to work on the chloroplast project. He is looking forward to a closer relationship with his old friend the chloroplast, as he moves from studying the energy aspect to that of development. From May 2009 he is working on the Gates Funded C4 rice project being co-ordinated by IRRI.
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Heather Sanders
Heather completed her Ph.D at Ohio University, combining studies of fossil plants with molecular biology to study the evolutionary origin of leaves. She is now working on the evolution of development of multicellularity and meristems using a variety of new model systems.
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| Denis Saint-Marcoux
Denis did his Ph.D in the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris and worked on the biogenesis of c-type cytochromes in the photosynthetic membrane of Chlamydomonas. He is now discovering the huge field of evo/devo, working on the multicellularity of plants and meristematic cells.
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| Andy Plackett
Andy completed his ph.D. at Rothampstead Research Institute and the University of Nottingham on the role of gibberellin in regulating Arabidopsis reproductive development. He is currently developing transformation technology in the fern Ceratopteris.
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| Laura moody
Laura recently finished her ph.D. at the University of Birmingham studying the evolution of armadillo-like proteins in moss. She is now working on the evolution of multicellularity and apical growth.
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| Mara Schuler
Mara completed her ph.D. at Saarland University in Saarbrücken studying the function of the chelator molecule nicotianamine in metal homeostasis of Arabidopsis thaliana. Mara now works on discovering regulators of kranz anatomy in maize.
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Graduate students
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| Jim Fouracre
Jim is another graduate of The Queen's College, Oxford, and started studying for a DPhil in October 2009. His work relates to engineering the C4 photosynthetic pathway in rice.
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| Eftychios Frangedakis
Eftychios completed an MSc at Imperial College where he worked on the evolution of alpha tubulin gene copies in bdelloid rotifers. He is doing now his DPhil, working on the evolution of developmental mechanisms in land plants.
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Technicians
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| Julie Bull
Defecting from South Building to come and offer us her services, Julie is the lab manager for Jane Langdale's and Nick Harberd's groups.
Other strings to her bow include being a fully trained First Aider, sitting on the Departmental Safety Committee and holding the position of Departmental Harrassment Officer.
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| Mary Saxton
Despite this grumpy looking photo, Mary is a constant happy presence in the lab ensuring everything is in its place and fully stocked!
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Former lab members
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Debbie Alexander (Graduate student 1998-2002)
Debbie is currently a curator at The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), Stanford, USA.
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Armando Bravo-Garcia (Graduate student 2004-2008)
Armando recently received his DPhil and is currently back home in Mexico working in a post-doc position relating to salt tolerance in rice.
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Tom Brutnell (Postdoc 1995-1999)
Tom is an Associate Scientist at The Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, USA. His research focusses on light signal transduction pathways.
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| Rob Ewing (Graduate student 1992-1996)
Rob is an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, USA. His research focusses on bionformatics approaches to understanding protein function.
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| Anne Francis (nee Mellor) (Graduate student 2001-2005)
Anne is currently a co-ordinator for clinical trials in Clinical Pharmacology, Oxford.
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| Jill Harrison (Postdoc 2002-2007)
As of January 2010, Jill has taken up an Royal Society Univeristy Research Fellowship at Cambridge, where she is working on the evolution of plant form in diverse non-model species.
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| Magnus Hertzberg (Postdoc 2001-2002)
Magnus is a Senior Research Scientist at Sweetree Technologies, Sweden.
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| Catherine Kidner (Undergraduate project student 1993)
Catherine is a University Lecturer based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Her research focusses on understanding the evolution of leaf shape.
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| Elizabeth Moylan (Postdoc 2001-2004)
Elizabeth is an assistant editor for BioMed Central working on its open-access journals.
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Laura Rossini (Postdoc 1997-2001)
Laura is a research group leader in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Milan. Her research focusses on cereal transformation and genomics.
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Ruairidh Sawers (Graduate student 1996-2000)
"Rod" now works with Uta Paszkowski, currently at the University of Geneva, developing a genomic approach to arbuscular mycorrhiza in maize.
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| Miltos Tsiantis (Postdoc 1996-2000)
Miltos is now a Reader in Plant Development in this department. His research group focusses on comparative leaf development.
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Mark Waters (Postdoc 2004-2008)
Mark has departed for the University of Western Australia in Perth, where he will take up a position at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology. He is working in Steve Smith's group on the genetics of karrikin perception and action during seed germination.
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| Yuki Yasumura (Graduate student 2000-2004)
Yuki moved to work as a post-doc with Nick Harberd at the John Innes Centre, Norwich and then moved back to Oxford with him when he was appointed to a Professorship in this department. Her research focusses on the evolution of hormone signaling pathways.
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| We have lost touch with, but would love to hear from: Lizzie Cribb, Martin Copley, Susie Corley, Chris Della Vedova, Dave Fitter, Lisa Hall, Dave Martin & Ronelle Roth. |
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