Fields of Research

Plant physiology
Crop and pasture improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Microbial ecology
Crop and pasture biochemistry and physiology
Agrochemicals and biocides (incl. application)
Central nervous system
Receptors and membrane biology
Food sciences
Microbiology
Plant cell and molecular biology
Agro-ecosystem function and prediction
Biological physics
Food packaging, preservation and processing
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
Bacteriology
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Crop and pasture nutrition
Plant biology
Neurosciences
Animal physiology - biophysics
Agricultural land management
Plant pathology
Food sustainability
Sustainable agricultural development
Animal physiology - cell
Agricultural land planning
Behavioural ecology
Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
Signal transduction
Animal production
Crop and pasture post harvest technologies (incl. transportation and storage)
Plant biochemistry
Cell development, proliferation and death
Plant developmental and reproductive biology
Cancer diagnosis
Pharmaceutical sciences
Optical technology
Animal physiology - systems
Cancer cell biology
Haematological tumours
Haematology
Non-genetically modified uses of biotechnology
Separation science
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
Analytical biochemistry
Evolutionary biology
Cell metabolism
Industrial microbiology (incl. biofeedstocks)
Cell neurochemistry
Agricultural marine biotechnology

Research Objectives

Barley
Other plant production and plant primary products
Food safety
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Rice
Clinical health
Wheat
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Grains and seeds
Field grown vegetable crops
Environmentally sustainable plant production
Fisheries - aquaculture
Horticultural crops
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from plant production
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Maize
Non-dairy milk
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from animal production
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies
Grain legumes
Industrial crops
Processed fruit and vegetable products (incl. juices)
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Canola
Climate adaptive plants
Alcoholic beverages
Management of water consumption by plant production
Human pharmaceutical treatments
Water services and utilities
Aquaculture rock lobster
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)

Career Best Publications

Ion transport and osmotic adjustment in Escherichia coli in response to ionic and non-ionic osmotica; Environmental Microbiology
Ion transport and osmotic adjustment in plants and bacteria; BioMolecular Concepts
Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular changes of H⁺, Ca²⁺, K⁺, and NH₄⁺ in Escherichia coli using ion-selective microelectrodes; Journal of Microbiological Methods
Non-invasive microelectrode ion flux measurements to study adaptive responses of microorganisms to the environment; FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Osmotic adjustment and requirement for sodium in marine protist thraustochytrid; Environmental Microbiology
Prolonged Aβ treatment leads to impairment in the ability of primary cortical neurons to maintain K+ and Ca²+ homeostasis; Molecular Neurodegeneration
Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to acid stress and glucose availability monitored by measurements of intracellular pH and viable counts; International Journal of Food Microbiology
Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to Acid Stress and Glucose Availability Revealed by a Novel Combination of Fluorescence Microscopy and Microelectrode Ion-Selective Techniques; Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Salinity-induced ion flux patterns from the excised roots of Arabidopsis sos mutants; Planta
Xylem ionic relations and salinity tolerance in barley; The Plant Journal

Research Publications

2022 College Research Excellence Award
2022 College Research excellence Award
Listeria innocua and Lactobacillus bulgaricus employ different strategies to cope with acid stress; BioMicro World 2005
Listeria innocua and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus employ different strategies to cope with acid stress; International Journal of Food Microbiology
Nax loci affect SOS1-like Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger expression and activity in wheat; Journal of Experimental Botany
Piriformospora indica improves salinity stress tolerance in Zea mays L. plants by regulating N⁺ and K⁺ loading in root and allocating K⁺ in shoot; Plant Growth Regulation
A comparative analysis of cytosolic Na⁺ changes under salinity between halophyte quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and glycophyte pea (Pisum sativum); Environmental and Experimental Botany
A comparative analysis of stomatal traits and photosynthetic responses in closely related halophytic and glycophytic species under saline conditions; Environmental and Experimental Botany
A high-quality genome assembly of quinoa provides insights into the molecular basis of salt bladder-based salinity tolerance and the exceptional nutritional value; Cell Research
A major QTL controlling the tolerance to manganese toxicity in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.); Molecular Breeding
A new major-effect QTL for waterlogging tolerance in wild barley (H. spontaneum); Theoretical and Applied Genetics
A Novel Application of Non-invasive Microelectrode Ion Flux Measuring Technique in Food Microbiology
A novel approach to fight lysteriosis; Microbiology Australia
A novel non-invasive microelectrode technique and its application to membrane transport activity measurements of Thraustochytrium sp.; The Millennium for Microbiology
A thermodynamic approach for modelling cation homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; International Workshop in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
A thermodynamic model of monovalent cation homeostasis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; PLoS Computational Biology
Ability of leaf mesophyll to retain potassium correlates with salinity tolerance in wheat and barley; Physiologia Plantarum
Acid and NaCl limits to growth of Listeria monocytogenes and influence of sequence of inimical acid and NaC1 levels of inactivation kinetics; Journal of Food Protection
An early ABA-induced stomatal closure, Na⁺ sequestration in leaf vein and K⁺ retention in mesophyll confer salt tissue tolerance in Cucurbita species; Journal of Experimental Botany
Annexin 1 regulates the H₂O₂-induced calcium signature in Arabidopsis thaliana roots; The Plant Journal
Antioxidant enzymatic activity and osmotic adjustment as components of the drought tolerance mechanism in Carex duriuscula; Plants
Assessing the suitability of various screening methods as a proxy for drought tolerance in barley; Functional Plant Biology
Back to the wild: on a quest for donors toward salinity tolerant rice; Frontiers in Plant Science
Barley responses to combined waterlogging and salinity stress: separating effects of oxygen deprivation and elemental toxicity; 11th Conference of the International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis
Barley responses to combined waterlogging and salinity stress: separating effects of oxygen deprivation and elemental toxicity; Frontiers in Plant Science
Calcium Efflux as a Component of the Hypersensitive Response of Nicotiana benthamiana to Pseudomonas syringae; Plant and Cell Physiology
Calcium sensor kinase activates potassium uptake systems in gland cells of Venus flytraps; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
Calcium-dependent hydrogen peroxide mediates hydrogen-rich water-reduced cadmium uptake in plant roots; Plant Physiology
Cation transporters in cell fate determination and plant adaptive responses to a low-oxygen environment; Journal of Experimental Botany
Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H⁺ fluxes in root growth; Nature
Cell-based phenotyping reveals QTL for membrane potential maintenance associated with hypoxia and salinity stress tolerance in barley; Frontiers in Plant Science
Cell-type-specific H⁺-ATPase activity in root tissues enables K⁺ retention and mediates acclimation of barley (Hordeum vulgare) to salinity stress; Plant Physiology
Changes in expression level of OsHKT1;5 alters activity of membrane transporters involved in K⁺ and Ca²⁺ acquisition and homeostasis in salinized rice roots; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Chloroplast-generated ROS dominate NaCl^-induced K⁺ efflux in wheat leaf mesophyll; Plant Signalling and Behavior
Comparative analysis of root Na+ relation under salinity between Oryza sativa and Oryza coarctata; Plants
Comparing essentiality of SOS1-Mediated Na+ exclusion in salinity tolerance between cultivated and wild Rice species; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Comparing kinetics of xylem ion loading and its regulation in halophytes and glycophytes; Plant and Cell Physiology
Computational modeling and quantitative physiology reveal central parameters for brassinosteroid-regulated early cell physiological processes linked to elongation growth of the Arabidopsis root; eLife
Conditioning of roots with hypoxia increases aluminum and acid stress tolerance by mitigating activation of K⁺ efflux channels by ROS in barley: insights into cross-tolerance mechanisms; Plant and Cell Physiology
Cyclic mononucleotides modulate potassium and calcium flux responses to H₂O₂ in Arabidopsis roots; FEBS Letters
Cyclopropane fatty acids (CFA) improve Escherichia coli survival in acidified minimal media by reducing membrane permeability to H+ and increasing H+ extrusion; XII International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology (IUMS 2008)
Cyclopropane fatty acids improve Escherichia coli survival in acidified minimal media by reducing membrane permeability to H+ and enhanced ability to extrude H+; Research in Microbiology
Develolpment of a rapid screening method for Mn²⁺ tolerance in barley; 11th Conference of the International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis
Developing a high-throughput phenotyping method for oxidative stress tolerance in barley roots; Plant Methods
Developing and validating a high-throughput assay for salinity tissue tolerance in wheat and barley; Planta
Development of suberized barrier is critical for ion partitioning between senescent and non-senescent tissues in a succulent halophyte Sarcocornia quinqueflora; Environmental and Experimental Botany: An International Journal
Difference in root K⁺ retention ability and reduced sensitivity of K⁺-permeable channels to reactive oxygen species confer differential salt tolerance in three Brassica species; Journal of Experimental Botany
Differential activity of plasma and vacuolar membrane transporters contributes to genotypic differences in salinity tolerance in a halophyte species, Chenopodium quinoa; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Dissecting blue light signal transduction pathway in leaf epidermis using a pharmacological approach; Planta
Distinct evolutionary origins of intron retention splicing events in NHX1 antiporter transcripts relate to sequence specific distinctions in Oryza species; Frontiers in Plant Science
Durum and bread wheat differ in their ability to retain potassium and leaf mesophyll: implications for salinity stress tolerance; Plant and Cell Physiology
Effect of calcium on root development and root ion fluxes in salinised barley seedlings; Functional Plant Biology
Effect of divalent cations on ion fluxes and leaf photochemistry in salinized barley leaves; Journal of Experimental Botany
Effect of divalent cations on net ion fluxes from leaf mesophyll under saline conditions; ComBio 2003
Effect of secondary metabolites associated with anaerobic soil conditions on ion fluxes and electrophysiology in barley roots; 14th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology
Effect of Secondary Metabolites Associated with Anaerobic Soil Conditions on Ion Fluxes and Electrophysiology in Barley Roots; Plant Physiology
Effects of potassium availability on growth and development of barley cultivars; Agronomy
Effects of sequences of NaC1 and acid treatments on survival of L. monocytogenes; FoodMicro 2006
Effects of Verapamil and Gadolinium on Caffeine-Induced Contractures and Calcium Fluxes in Frog Slow Skeletal Muscle Fibers; Journal of Membrane Biology
Electrical signalling and cytokinins mediate effects of light and root cutting on ion uptake in intact plants; Plant, Cell and Environment
Endomembrane Ca²⁺-ATPases play a significant role in virus-induced adaptation to oxidative stress; Plant Signalling & Behavior
Evaluating predictive values of various physiological indices for salinity stress tolerance in wheat; Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
Evaluating relative contribution of osmotolerance and tissue tolerance mechanisms toward salinity stress tolerance in three Brassica species; Physiologia Plantarum
Evaluation of salt tolerance and contributing ionic mechanism in nine Hami melon landraces in Xinjiang, China; Scientia Horticulturae
Evidence for multiple receptors mediating RALF-triggered Ca²⁺ signaling and proton pump inhibition; The Plant Journal
Evolutionary significance of NHX family and NHX1 in salinity stress adaptation in the genus Oryza; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Exogenously applied 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) ameliorates detrimental effects of salinity by reducing K⁺ efflux via depolarization-activated K⁺ channels; Plant and Cell Physiology
Exposure of colonic epithelial cells to oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress causes rapid potassium efflux and calcium influx; Cell Biochemistry and Function
Extracellular Ca²⁺ ameliorates NaCl-induced K⁺ loss from Arabidopsis root and leaf cells by controlling plasma membrane K⁺-permeable channels; Plant Physiology
Extracellular spermine triggers a rapid intracellular phosphatidic acid response in arabidopsis, involving PLDδ activation and stimulating ion flux; Frontiers in Plant Science
Factors determining stomatal and non-stomatal (residual) transpiration and their contribution towards salinity tolerance in contrasting barley genotypes; Environmental and Experimental Botany
Fish gill damage by harmful microalgae newly explored by microelectrode ion flux estimation techniques; Harmful Algae
Functional genomics of osmotic adjustment in microorganisms: An integrated approach; 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology
GABA operates upstream of H⁺-ATPase and improves salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis by enabling cytosolic K⁺ retention and Na⁺ exclusion; Journal of Experimental Botany
GORK channel: a master switch of plant metabolism?; Trends in Plant Science
Homology modeling identifies crucial amino-acid residues that confer higher Na⁺ transport capacity of OcHKT1;5 from Oryza coarctata Roxb; Plant and Cell Physiology
Hydrogen peroxide-induced root Ca²⁺ and K⁺ fluxes correlate with salt tolerance in cereals: towards the cell-based phenotyping; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Hydrogen-rich water promotes elongation of hypocotyls and roots in plants through mediating the level of endogenous gibberellin and auxin; Functional Plant Biology
Hydroxyl radical scavenging by cerium oxide nanoparticles improves Arabidopsis salinity tolerance by enhancing leaf mesophyll potassium retention; Environmental Science: Nano
Hypoxia-induced increase in GABA content is essential for restoration of membrane potential and preventing ROS-induced disturbance to ion homeostasis; Plant Communications
Identification of aerenchyma formation-related QTL in barley that can be effective in breeding for waterlogging tolerance; Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Identification of new QTL for salt tolerance from rice variety Pokkali; Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
Identification of QTL related to ROS formation under hypoxia and their association with waterlogging and salt tolerance in barley; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Impact of calcium and compatible solutes on growth, development and nutrient acquisition of salinised barley roots; ComBio 2003
In silico modelling of cation homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; International Workshop in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Insect haptoelectrical stimulation of Venus flytrap triggers exocytosis in gland cells; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Ion flux measurements using the MIFE technique; Plant Mineral Nutrients: Methods and Protocols
Ion Flux Profiles and Ultradian Oscillatory Activity Associated with Cell Cycle of Thraustochytrium Sp.; Com Bio 2000
Ion selective microelectrode flux measurements in microbiological research; IXth International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology
Ion transport and osmotic adjustment in Escherichia coli in response to ionic and non-ionic osmotica; Environmental Microbiology
Ion transport and osmotic adjustment in plants and bacteria; BioMolecular Concepts
Ion transport in broad bean leaf mesophyll under saline conditions; Planta
Ion-flux mediated turgor regulation in Neurospora Crassa: Role of a mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathway; ISME-2006
Ionic homeostasis and osmoregulation in bacterial cells; 14th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology
Ionic homeostasis in E. coli in response to osmotic challenge: Stress specific regulation; FoodMicro 2006
K+ transport in salinised plant tissues; Proceedings of 13th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology
K+-flux measurements across the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using potassium selective electrodes and Microelectrode Flux Estimation
K+-flux measurements using potassium selective electrodes and Microelectrode Ion Flux Estimation technique (MIFE); 26th SMYTE (Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics)
K⁺ retention in leaf mesophyll, an overlooked component of salinity tolerance mechanism: a case study for barley; Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Kbg and Kv1.3 channels mediate potassium efflux in the early phase of apoptosis in Jurkat T lymphocytes; American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology
Kinetics of net H⁺, Ca²⁺, K⁺, Na⁺, NH⁴⁺ and Cl^- fluxes associated with recovery of plasma membrane transporters in Vicia faba tissues from chilling; Physiologia Plantarum
Kinetics of xylem loading, membrane potential maintenance, and sensitivity of K⁺-permeable channels to reactive oxygen species: physiological traits that differentiate salinity tolerance between pea and barley; Plant, Cell and Environment
Leaf mesophyll K⁺ and Cl^- fluxes and reactive oxygen species production predict rice salt tolerance at reproductive stage in greenhouse and field conditions; Plant Growth Regulation
Linking osmotic adjustment and stomatal characteristics with salinity stress tolerance in contrasting barley accessions; Functional Plant Biology
Linking oxidative and salinity stress tolerance in barley: can root antioxidant enzyme activity be used as a measure of stress tolerance?; Plant and Soil
Linking oxygen availability with membrane potential maintenance and K⁺ retention of barley roots: implications for waterlogging stress tolerance; Plant, Cell and Environment
Linking salinity stress tolerance with tissue-specific Na⁺ sequestration in wheat roots; Frontiers in Plant Science
Linking waterlogging tolerance with Mn²⁺ toxicity: a case study for barley; Plant Biology
Lipid kinases PIP5K7 and PIP5K9 are required for polyamine-triggered K⁺ efflux in Arabidopsis roots; The Plant Journal
Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular changes of H⁺, Ca²⁺, K⁺, and NH₄⁺ in Escherichia coli using ion-selective microelectrodes; Journal of Microbiological Methods
Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular concentration changes of H⁺ and Ca²⁺ of Escherichia coli in batch and film cultures using non-invasive ion-selective microelectrodes; The Millennium for Microbiology
Mechanisms underlying turgor regulation in the estuarine alga Vaucheria erythrospora (Xanthophyceae) exposed to hyperosmotic shock; Plant, Cell and Environment
Media reports about 'The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula counts prey-induced action potentials to induce sodium uptake'
Melatonin improves rice salinity stress tolerance by NADPH oxidase-dependent control of the plasma membrane K⁺ transporters and K⁺ homeostasis; Plant Cell and Environment
Membrane transport activity and ultradian ion flux oscillations associated with cell cycle of Thraustochytrium sp; Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
Membrane transporters mediating root signalling and adaptive responses to oxygen deprivation and soil flooding; Plant, Cell and Environment
Membrane-Transport Activity in Bean Leaves and Roots at Low Ambient Temperatures; Com Bio 2000
Meta-analysis of major QTL for abiotic stress tolerance in barley and implications for barley breeding; Planta
Microelectrode Ion Flux Estimation (MIFE) technique in microbiology - A cutting edge approach to study bacterial stress responses; Microbiology Australia
Microhair on the adaxial leaf surface of salt secreting halophytic Oryza coarctata Roxb. show distinct morphotypes: Isolation for molecular and functional analysis; Plant Science
MIFE technique-based screening for mesophyll K⁺ retention for crop breeding for salinity tolerance; Bio-protocol
Mn²⁺ tolerance in barley; The 16th Australian BarleyTechnical Symposium
Molecular mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice; Crop Journal
Monitoreo y farmacología de los flujos de potasio a través de la membrana plasmática durante apoptosis; XLVIII Congreso Nacional De la Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiológicas
Na⁺ extrusion from the cytosol and tissue-specific Na⁺ sequestration in roots confer differential salt stress tolerance between durum and bread wheat; Journal of Experimental Botany
Near-isogenic lines developed for a major QTL on chromosome arm 4HL conferring Fusarium crown rot resistance in barley; Euphytica
Nitric Oxide in Drought Stress Signalling and Tolerance in Plants; Nitric Oxide Action in Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants
Non-invasive microelectrode ion flux measurements to study adaptive responses of microorganisms to the environment; FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Non-invasive microelectrode ion flux measurements to study bacterial adaptive responses to environment; BioMicro World 2005
Non-invasive microelectrode ion flux measurements to study plant adaptive responses to adverse soils; Genetic Solutions for Hostile Soils (Workshop Proceedings)
Noninvasive Microelectrode Ion Flux Estimation Technique (MIFE) for the Study of the Regulation of Root Membrane Transport by Cyclic Nucleotides; Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Plants: Methods and Protocols
Novel approach to screen bacteria for their chill resistance; XII International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology (IUMS 2008)
Organic vs inorganic; Communicative & Integrative Biology
Oscillations in plant membrane transport: model predictions, experimental validation, and physiological implications; Journal of Experimental Botany
Oscillatory activity and ion flux profiles associated with growth and nutritional status of the marine eukaryote Thraustochytrium sp.; The Millennium for Microbiology
Osmotic adjustment and requirement for sodium in marine protist thraustochytrid; Environmental Microbiology
Oxidative stress protection and stomatal patterning as components of salinity tolerance mechanism in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa); Physiologia Plantarum
Participación de canales de K+ durante la muerte celular programada inducida por antiCD95 y estaurosporina en linfocitos T Jurkat; Primer Congreso Nacional de Transducción de Señales
Physiological and molecular mechanisms mediating xylem Na⁺ loading in barley in the context of salinity stress tolerance; Plant Cell and Environment
Physiological indices for salinity stress tolerance in barley; 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium
Plant Breeding for Flood Tolerance: Advances and Limitations; Genetic Manipulation in Plants for Mitigation of Climate Change
Plant ionic relation and whole-plant physiological responses to waterlogging, salinity and their combination in barley; Functional Plant Biology
Plasma membrane Ca²⁺ transporters mediate virus-induced acquired resistance to oxidative stress; Plant, Cell and Environment
Plasma membrane H+ and K+ transporters are involved in the weak-acid preservative response of disparate food spoilage yeasts; Microbiology
Potassium retention in leaf mesophyll as an element of salinity tissue tolerance in halophytes; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Prolonged Aβ treatment leads to impairment in the ability of primary cortical neurons to maintain K+ and Ca²+ homeostasis; Molecular Neurodegeneration
Proto Kranz-like leaf traits and cellular ionic regulation are associated with salinity tolerance in a halophytic wild rice; Stress Biology
Quantifying contribution of SOS1 and GORK plasma membrane transporters towards salinity tolerance in barley by the MIFE technology; The 16th Australian Barley Technical Symposium
Quantifying kinetics of net ion fluxes from plant tissues by non-invasive microelectrode measuring MIFE technique; Plant Salt Tolerance: Methods and Protocols
Redox-active Cu(II)–Aβ causes substantial changes in axonal integrity in cultured cortical neurons in an oxidative-stress dependent manner; Experimental Neurology
Reduced apoplastic barriers in tissues of shoot-proximal rhizomes of Oryza coarctata are associated with Na⁺ sequestration; Journal of Experimental Botany
Reduced apoplastic barriers in tissues of shoot-proximal rhizomes of Oryza coarctata are associated with Na+ sequestration; Journal of experimental botany
Relations betweeen physiological traits and grain yield in barley unders saline condition; The 16th Australian Barley Technical Symposium
Residual transpiration as a component of salinity stress tolerance mechanism: a case study for barley; BMC Plant Biology
Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to acid stress and glucose availability monitored by measurements of intracellular pH and viable counts; International Journal of Food Microbiology
Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to Acid Stress and Glucose Availability Revealed by a Novel Combination of Fluorescence Microscopy and Microelectrode Ion-Selective Techniques; Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to acid stress and glucose availability as revealed by a combined study using the microelectrodes and fluorescence imaging microscopy; 2001 ASM Annual Scientific Meeting
Revealing mechanisms of salinity tissue tolerance in succulent halophytes: A case study for Carpobrotus rossi; Plant Cell and Environment
Revealing the role of the calcineurin B-like protein-interacting protein kinase 9 (CIPK9) in rice adaptive responses to salinity, osmotic stress, and K⁺ deficiency; Plants
Revealing the roles of GORK channels and NADPH oxidase in acclimation to hypoxia in Arabidopsis; Journal of Experimental Botany
Role of a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade in Ion Flux-Mediated Turgor Regulation in Fungi; Eukaryotic Cell
Root K+ homeostasis and signalling as a determinant of salinity stress tolerance in cultivated and wild rice species; Environmental and Experimental Botany
Root vacuolar Na⁺ sequestration but not exclusion from uptake correlates with barley salt tolerance; The Plant Journal
Rutin, a flavonoid with antioxidant activity, improves plant salinity tolerance by regulating K⁺ retention and Na⁺ exclusion from leaf mesophyll in quinoa and broad beans; Functional Plant Biology
Salinity effect on bioelectric activity, growth, Na+ accumulation and chlorophyll fluorescence of maize leaves: a comparative survey and prospects for screening; Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
Salinity effect on chlorophyll fluorescence and light-induced bioelectrogenesis of corn leaves: a comparative survey; 37th Meeting of Australian Society of Plant Physiologists
Salinity effects on guard cell proteome in Chenopodium quinoa; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Salinity-induced accumulation of organic osmolytes in barley and wheat leaves correlates with increased oxidative stress tolerance: in planta evidence for cross-tolerance; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Salinity-induced calcium signaling and root adaptation in Arabidopsis require the calcium regulatory protein annexin1; Plant Physiology
Salinity-induced H+ and K+ fluxes from Arabidopsis sos mutant roots; ComBio 2005
Salinity-induced ion flux patterns from the excised roots of Arabidopsis sos mutants; Planta
Sequential depolarization of root cortical and stelar cells induced by an acute salt shock - implications for Na⁺ and K⁺ transport into xylem vessels; Plant, Cell and Environment
Sodium sequestration confers salinity tolerance in an ancestral wild rice; Physiologia Plantarum
Studying Membrane Transport Processes by Non-invasive Microelectrodes: Basic Principles and Methods; Plant Electrophysiology : Methods and Cell Electrophysiology
Temperature influences waterlogging stress-induced damage in Arabidopsis through the regulation of photosynthesis and hypoxia-related genes; Plant Growth Regulation
Tg2576 cortical neurons that express human Aβ are susceptible to extracellular Aβ-induced, K⁺ efflux dependent neurodegeneration ; PL o S One
The ability to regulate voltage-gated K⁺-permeable channels in the mature root epidermis is essential for waterlogging tolerance in barley; Journal of Experimental Botany
The evolution of plant proton pump regulation via the R domain may have facilitated plant terrestrialization; Communications Biology
The loss of RBOHD function modulates root adaptive responses to combined hypoxia and salinity stress in Arabidopsis; Environmental and Experimental Botany
The Native Copper- and Zinc- Binding Protein Metallothionein Blocks Copper-Mediated Aβ Aggregation and Toxicity in Rat Cortical Neurons; P L o S One
The role of K+ outward rectifiers in plant adaptive responses to salinity and in ameliorative effects of Ca²+ on NaCl-stressed plants; 13th International Plant Membrane Biology Workshop
The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula counts prey-induced action potentials to induce sodium uptake; Current Biology
Thraustochytrids can be grown in low-salt media without affecting PUFA production; Marine Biotechnology
Tissue-and genetic-specific ion flux responses from salinised plant roots: lessons from sos mutants; Genomics in the Barossa South Australia
Tissue-specific regulation of Na⁺ and K⁺ transporters explains genotypic differences in salinity stress tolerance in rice; Frontiers in Plant Science
Tissue-specific respiratory burst oxidase homolog-dependent H₂O₂ signaling to the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase confers potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Cucurbitaceae; Journal of Experimental Botany
Tissue-specificity of ROS-induced K⁺ and Ca²⁺ fluxes in succulent stems of the perennial halophyte Sarcocornia quinqueflora in the context of salinity stress tolerance; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Transcriptional stimulation of rate-limiting components of the autophagic pathway improves plant fitness; Journal of Experimental Botany
Técnica MIFE en monitoreo y farmacología de flujos de potasio en las fases tempranas de apoptosis en linfocitos. Physiological mini-review, 2006, vol. 2, # 4, pp. 65-66; XXII Latin American and First Ibero-American Congress of Physiological Sciences
Understanding physiological and morphological traits contributing to drought tolerance in barley; Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
Understanding the mechanistic basis of adaptation of perennial Sarcocornia quinqueflora species to soil salinity; Physiologia Plantarum
Understanding the mechanistic basis of ameliorating effects of hydrogen rich water on salinity tolerance in barley; Environmental and Experimental Botany
Understanding the role of physiological and agronomical traits during drought recovery as a determinant of differential drought stress tolerance in barley; Agronomy
Understanding the role of root‑related traits in salinity tolerance of quinoa accessions with contrasting epidermal bladder cell patterning; Planta
Unravelling the physiological basis of salinity stress tolerance in cultivated and wild rice species; Functional Plant Biology
Waterlogging tolerance in barley is associated with faster aerenchyma formation in adventitious roots; Plant and Soil
What makes a plant science manuscript successful for publication?; Functional Plant Biology
Whole-plant responses to salinity and their amelioration by externally supplied calcium: A case study for pea and barley; ComBio 2002
Xylem ionic relations and salinity tolerance in barley; The Plant Journal

Research Projects

2008 R2 - Neuroscience 2009 the 38th International Congress of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Collaboration between the University of Tasmania and KVL research into bacterial response to pH stress; Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University of Copenhagen (KVL)
Developing high throughput technologies for assessing pre-harvest sprouting; Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)
Developing molecular and physiological markers for marker-assisted barley breeding for waterlogging tolerance; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Developing Salt Tolerant Rice for Food Security in India and Australia; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)
Effect of Food-Processing-Related Treatments on Survival of Pathogenic Bacterium Listeria Monocytogenes; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
I can see clearly now: An Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Imaging facility; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Modelling mechanisms of migraine in vitro: a platform for testing anti-migraineous drugs in normoxic and hypoxic conditions; Brain Foundation (BrainF)
Quantifying the Relative Contribution of Physiological Traits Contributing to Salinity Tolerance in Barley and Wheat; Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)
Quarantined ion chromatography mass spectrometry (IC-MS) facility; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Real Time Observation of the Effect of Environmental Stresses on the Food Borne Pathogen, Listeria Monocytogenes; Department of Industry, Tourism & Resources (DITR)
Reducing environmental footprint by improving phosphorous use efficiency; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Transpirational control and oxidative stress tolerance traits as components of salinity stress tolerance in cereals; Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)

Research Candidate Supervision

Developing Molecular and Physiological Markers for Barley Breeding for Waterlogging Tolerance by Targeting Root Ionic Homeostasis
Electrophysiology of Waterlogging Stress Tolerance in Barley
Elucidating the Role of Compatible Solutes in Tolerance to Oxidative Stress
Fine Mapping of Aerenchyma Formation Under Waterlogging Stress in Barley
Investigating Genetic Variability in Potassium Retention and Sodium Exclusion Traits in the Context of Differential Salinity Tolerance in Barley and Wheat
Oxidate Stress Tolerance as a Component of the Tissue Tolerance Mechanism in Wheat and Barley
Physiological and Genetic Aspects of Manganese Tolerance in Barley in the Context of Waterlogging Stress Tolerance
Physiological Traits Conferring Osmotic Adjustment in Plants and Their Contribution to Differential Salinity Tolerance in Wheat and Barley
QTL Analysis for Drought Tolerance Associated with Shoot, Root and Physiological Traits in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Role of Nitric Oxide in Barley Plant to Drought and Salinity
Salinity stress tolerance in wheat and barley- Separating stomata and cuticular transpiration components and quantifying their relative contribution towards salinity stress tolerance
Understanding Apoptosis and Programmed Cell Death in Plants
Understanding Physiology of Combined Salinity and Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereals