13 ERA-CAPS: Plant root diffusional barriers: Genesis and implications for nutrient efficiency and stress tolerance
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Aberdeen
Department Name: Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Abstract
Plant roots perform the critical function of controlling the uptake of water and essential mineral nutrients from the soil. This function is required by all land plants for their normal growth and development. Specialized cells in the root called the endodermis play a key role in controlling the transport of water and mineral nutrients from the roots to the leaves. These specialized cells have important cell wall modifications that acts as barriers to block the uncontrolled entry of water and mineral nutrients into the plant. Despite the importance of these barriers the molecular processes that control their development remain relatively unknown. By closely inspecting plants that contain mutations in genes thought to be involved in the development of these barriers the project team hopes to build a model that explains the mechanisms involved in the development of these barriers along with their function in water and nutrient uptake by the root as well as their role in preventing infection of roots by pathogens. Global food security is an issue of major international significance. The human population is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050, increasing world demand for cereal by at least 1,000 million tons, a 50% increase on current levels. This increase needs to be achieved against a predicted decline in global crop production due to climate change causing reduced precipitation in many parts of the world where crops are currently grown. The root is the central plant organ required for water and mineral nutrient uptake from the soil by plants. More efficient water and mineral nutrient uptake by plants is needed to drive the increasing food production required to meet the challenge of increasing global crop production by 50% over the next 40 years. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying root function will be central to the development of crops with the improved root systems needed to achieve such increased productivity to ensure global food security.
Technical Summary
We have designed an ambitious interdisciplinary research programme integrating molecular plant science with analytical chemistry, whole plant physiology and modelling. This programme aims to deliver a complete understanding of the biology of Casparian strips and suberin, across scales, from molecules to the whole plant. Such information will enable a molecularly directed manipulation of Casparian strips and suberin, providing new pathways for the development of crop varieties with improved nutrient and water use efficiencies, and enhanced resistance to root pathogens, salinity and water stress. Such traits are essential if we are to develop crops that are more resilient to the predicted impacts of climate change on soil fertility, and to improve yields in a more sustainable manner to deliver the yield gains required to meet future population growth. By employing genomic, molecular genetic, chemical, biochemical and cell biological approaches we will discover and characterize the genes and molecular mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Genetic resources characterized and developed through this mechanistic investigation will be leveraged to understand, at the root and whole plant level, the role of these physical and chemical barriers in mineral nutrient and water uptake, and root parasitic nematode infection. The ecological and adaptive function of these barriers to agriculturally relevant abiotic stresses such as water, mineral nutrient (deficiency and excess) and salinity will also be established. Building on this new understanding, mathematical models integrating molecular mechanistic knowledge with physiological processes at the tissue and whole plant level will also be built, providing predicative capacity to connect barrier properties with whole plant function.
Planned Impact
The beneficiaries of this research span the full spectrum of stack holders in the global agricultural enterprise, including private sector seed companies and public sector plant breeders, commercial and subsistence farmers, agricultural commodity traders, consumers and the wider general public.
Results from the research will have a significant positive impact on agricultural and horticultural crop yields through improved mineral nutrient and water use efficiencies and enhanced stress tolerance (e.g. salinity, flooding, drought, nutrient deficiencies, trace element toxicities and root pathogens). Such improvements will provide direct commercial benefits to seed companies by allowing the development and sale of cultivars better adapted to current and future changing environmental conditions. Commercial farmers will benefit economically through improved and sustainable yields with less inputs (fertilizers, water and pesticides) and through the ability to utilize new cultivars to adapt their agricultural practices to changing climatic conditions. Further, such improvements in agricultural and horticultural crops will also benefit subsistence farmers with limited access to inorganic fertilizers (primarily nitrogen, phosphate and potassium, secondarily sulphur and magnesium) and pesticides, helping to reduce the cost burden such inputs impose by improving their value/cost ratio. Improved water use efficiency and stress tolerance will also improve yields for subsistence farmers cultivating marginal lands. In addition, reduced utilization of fertilizers, achieved through improved mineral nutrient use efficiencies, will limit the environmental and ecological damage their production and excess use causes, benefiting the general public through enhanced quality of life.
Results from the research will also impact food quality by helping to increase the content of essential mineral nutrients and reduce toxic trace elements in food crops. For most of the world's population plants are the major source of essential minerals such as calcium, potassium, manganese, iron and zinc, and therefore efforts to improve the mineral nutrient content of staple foods such as rice, maize and cassava will have a positive impact on public health both in the UK and internationally. Plants are also the primary entry point for a variety of toxic minerals into the food chain such as arsenic and cadmium, and being able to limit there accumulation in food would also have a positive impact on public health both in the UK and internationally.
The ability to generate improved plant-based feedstocks for lignocellulosic biofuels through improvements in both the agronomic properties of the crop (improved mineral nutrient, water use efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance) and its chemical composition (lignin) will economically benefit seed companies and farmers in the UK through the creation of opportunities to generate, sell and cultivate new crops. Such improved biofuels feedstock would also be cultivated on more marginal agricultural lands competing less with food crops, helping to minimize the impact on overall food production.
By providing improved agricultural and horticultural crops for food production the proposed research will help move the UK and international agricultural systems towards more sustainable food production, providing improved food security against the backdrop of a changing earth's climate and surface chemistry. Further, the improved plant-based feedstocks for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels that will be enabled by this research will help transition the UK and global fossil fuel-based economies to more sustainable energy practices.
Results from the research will have a significant positive impact on agricultural and horticultural crop yields through improved mineral nutrient and water use efficiencies and enhanced stress tolerance (e.g. salinity, flooding, drought, nutrient deficiencies, trace element toxicities and root pathogens). Such improvements will provide direct commercial benefits to seed companies by allowing the development and sale of cultivars better adapted to current and future changing environmental conditions. Commercial farmers will benefit economically through improved and sustainable yields with less inputs (fertilizers, water and pesticides) and through the ability to utilize new cultivars to adapt their agricultural practices to changing climatic conditions. Further, such improvements in agricultural and horticultural crops will also benefit subsistence farmers with limited access to inorganic fertilizers (primarily nitrogen, phosphate and potassium, secondarily sulphur and magnesium) and pesticides, helping to reduce the cost burden such inputs impose by improving their value/cost ratio. Improved water use efficiency and stress tolerance will also improve yields for subsistence farmers cultivating marginal lands. In addition, reduced utilization of fertilizers, achieved through improved mineral nutrient use efficiencies, will limit the environmental and ecological damage their production and excess use causes, benefiting the general public through enhanced quality of life.
Results from the research will also impact food quality by helping to increase the content of essential mineral nutrients and reduce toxic trace elements in food crops. For most of the world's population plants are the major source of essential minerals such as calcium, potassium, manganese, iron and zinc, and therefore efforts to improve the mineral nutrient content of staple foods such as rice, maize and cassava will have a positive impact on public health both in the UK and internationally. Plants are also the primary entry point for a variety of toxic minerals into the food chain such as arsenic and cadmium, and being able to limit there accumulation in food would also have a positive impact on public health both in the UK and internationally.
The ability to generate improved plant-based feedstocks for lignocellulosic biofuels through improvements in both the agronomic properties of the crop (improved mineral nutrient, water use efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance) and its chemical composition (lignin) will economically benefit seed companies and farmers in the UK through the creation of opportunities to generate, sell and cultivate new crops. Such improved biofuels feedstock would also be cultivated on more marginal agricultural lands competing less with food crops, helping to minimize the impact on overall food production.
By providing improved agricultural and horticultural crops for food production the proposed research will help move the UK and international agricultural systems towards more sustainable food production, providing improved food security against the backdrop of a changing earth's climate and surface chemistry. Further, the improved plant-based feedstocks for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels that will be enabled by this research will help transition the UK and global fossil fuel-based economies to more sustainable energy practices.
Organisations
- University of Aberdeen (Lead Research Organisation)
- INRA (UMR-MISTEA) Montpellier, France (Collaboration)
- University of Lausanne (Collaboration)
- University of Copenhagen (Collaboration)
- Leibniz Association (Collaboration)
- Wageningen University & Research (Collaboration)
- University of Bonn (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
David Salt (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Wang P
(2019)
Surveillance of cell wall diffusion barrier integrity modulates water and solute transport in plants.
in Scientific reports
Salas-González I
(2021)
Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Reyt G
(2021)
Two chemically distinct root lignin barriers control solute and water balance
in Nature Communications
Reyt G
(2020)
Uclacyanin Proteins Are Required for Lignified Nanodomain Formation within Casparian Strips.
in Current biology : CB
Persson DP
(2016)
Multi-Element Bioimaging of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots.
in Plant physiology
Pascut FC
(2021)
Non-invasive hydrodynamic imaging in plant roots at cellular resolution.
in Nature communications
Li B
(2017)
Role of LOTR1 in Nutrient Transport through Organization of Spatial Distribution of Root Endodermal Barriers.
in Current biology : CB
Kamiya T
(2015)
The MYB36 transcription factor orchestrates Casparian strip formation.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Huang XY
(2016)
Plant Ionomics: From Elemental Profiling to Environmental Adaptation.
in Molecular plant
Geldner N
(2014)
Focus on roots.
in Plant physiology
Durr J
(2019)
Two Receptor-Like Kinases Required for Arabidopsis Endodermal Root Organisation Shape the Rhizosphere Microbiome
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Durr J
(2021)
A Novel Signaling Pathway Required for Arabidopsis Endodermal Root Organization Shapes the Rhizosphere Microbiome.
in Plant & cell physiology
Duan F
(2018)
Root zone-specific localization of AMTs determines ammonium transport pathways and nitrogen allocation to shoots.
in PLoS biology
Chen A
(2019)
The Intensity of Manganese Deficiency Strongly Affects Root Endodermal Suberization and Ion Homeostasis.
in Plant physiology
Barberon M
(2016)
Adaptation of Root Function by Nutrient-Induced Plasticity of Endodermal Differentiation.
in Cell
Description | We have identified the transcription fact that controlled the development of the Casparian strip in the endodermis of plant roots. We have also identified SGN3 as playing a key role in detecting damage to the Casparian strip and signalling a response by the plant which includes the deposition of ectopic lignin and suberin, a reduction in root hydraulic conductivity and ABA signalling leading reduced transpiration. Using the a combination of esb1 sgn3 and esb1 aba1 double mutants coupled to various physiological measurements we have show that these responses help to counteract ion-leakage by enhancing the ion concentration in the xylem by reducing xylem flow. These responses are essential for plants to cope with defective Casparian strips. This allows use to understand how plants balance plasticity in endodermal cell wall barriers (Casparain strips and suberin) with mineral nutrient and water uptake. Further, we have identified new components of the molecular machinery that builds Casparian strips, these include the two new dirigent proteins DIR9 and DIR18, and uclacyanin1 & 2 (UCC1/UCC2) all of which appear to be involved in structured lignin deposition at the Casparian strip domain. We have shown that the copper-containing protein, Uclacyanin1 (UCC1), is sub-compartmentalized within the CS. UCC1 forms a central CS nanodomain in comparison with other CS-located proteins that are found to be mainly accumulated at the periphery of the CS. We found that loss-of-function of two uclacyanins (UCC1 and UCC2) reduces lignification specifically in this central CS nanodomain, revealing a nano-compartmentalized machinery for lignin polymerization. This loss of lignification leads to increased endodermal permeability and, consequently, to a loss of mineral nutrient homeostasis. |
Exploitation Route | The Casparian strip provide a physical barrier to diffusion of solutes and water across the endodermis allowing the plant to control the movement of water and mineral nutrients in and out of the root. Manipulation of this barrier provide the opportunity to affect such processes in crops to improve water and mineral nutrient use efficiency, and water and salinity stress. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
Description | The identification of the transcription factor MYB36 is now allowing us to determine the molecular components required for the positioning and biosynthesis of the Casparian strip. We have also identified a chemically specific role for the dirigent-protein ESB1 in the biosynthesis of lignin-based Casparian strips, and a role for UCC1/2 in the nono-scale deposition of lignin within Casparian strips. We have also established the existence of two chemically distinct forms of lignin at the endodermis. This opens up a new way to control lignin structure, potentially impacting various uses of lignin including paper making and biofuels. |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
Description | Responsive Mode |
Amount | £514,378 (GBP) |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2016 |
End | 08/2019 |
Description | The Leverhulme Trust |
Amount | £225,631 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2014 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | responsive mode |
Amount | £514,378 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N023927/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 12/2020 |
Title | Ionomics HUB |
Description | To support high-throughput ionomic research we have developed an information management system that utilizes systems engineering approaches to integrate work flow control, data storage and analysis, and web-based access. This system models the physical work flow in the laboratory and divides it into stages, based on the activity, information needs and data generated. In this way it can provide both work flow support and capture the contextual information (e.g. genotype, tissue-type, soil-type, light intensity, fertilization) called metadata necessary to reproduce the experiment and interpret the data. All metadata and ICP-MS analytical data are associated in the database. The system is designed to not only be an ionomic workflow and data storage system but also to serve as an on-demand search engine to allow rapid retrieval of data and its associated metadata. However, to truly enable the efficient connection of genotype to phenotype in this post-genomic era it is critical to design systems that take advantage of both large-scale datasets and web-enabled communication tools to empower the plant research community to efficiently probe gene function on a genomic and comparative genomic scale. With this in mind the iHUB was developed and launched in 2007. The iHUB is an open access, collaborative workspace designed to maximize both community access to ionomic resources, and knowledge extraction from these resources. Specifically, the iHUB delivers tools to allow the easy access, sharing and annotation of publically available ionomic data on over 250,000 samples, as well as tools such as the Ionomics Atlas to enable new ways to mine such data. The iHUB is founded on the ionomics database developed for A. thaliana which currently contains ionomic data on knockout alleles of 3,113 genes, natural accessions including the 360 HapMap population, the 80 re-sequenced Eurasian regional set, the MAGIC population and several diallelic RIL populations, and multiple EMS and FN mutants. In addition, the iHUB also provides access to ionomic data from the 11,942 strains of the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) full genome knockout and over expression collections and prototypes for rice, soybean, maize and Brassica. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2007 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The database currently has 12,723 unique users with 81% of visitors returning from 1,742 cities in 105 different countries. Currently 54 published papers cite iHUB. |
URL | http://www.ionomicshub.org |
Description | ERA-CAPS Root Barriers |
Organisation | INRA (UMR-MISTEA) Montpellier, France |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Molecular plant physiology including Casparian strip development |
Collaborator Contribution | David E Salt (project leaders) at the University of Aberdeen is the overall coordinator for the consortium. The work of the consortium is split into five main work packages being performed at six institutions by eight groups. Work packages 1 and 2 at Aberdeen and Bonn will deliver a molecular mechanistic understanding of the genes and biochemical processes involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Mutant resources developed in work package 1 and 2 will be provided to labs performing work packages 3, 4 and 5 at the IPK, Copenhagen, Wageningen, INRA and Bonn, in order to develop a fuller understanding of physiological roles of the Casparian strip and suberin barriers. |
Impact | Held the first partnership meeting in Aberdeen in May 2014 to start the project. Each group has hired a postdoc or grad student as part of the project. A core set of A. thaliana mutants has been established and shared with each group. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ERA-CAPS Root Barriers |
Organisation | Leibniz Association |
Department | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Molecular plant physiology including Casparian strip development |
Collaborator Contribution | David E Salt (project leaders) at the University of Aberdeen is the overall coordinator for the consortium. The work of the consortium is split into five main work packages being performed at six institutions by eight groups. Work packages 1 and 2 at Aberdeen and Bonn will deliver a molecular mechanistic understanding of the genes and biochemical processes involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Mutant resources developed in work package 1 and 2 will be provided to labs performing work packages 3, 4 and 5 at the IPK, Copenhagen, Wageningen, INRA and Bonn, in order to develop a fuller understanding of physiological roles of the Casparian strip and suberin barriers. |
Impact | Held the first partnership meeting in Aberdeen in May 2014 to start the project. Each group has hired a postdoc or grad student as part of the project. A core set of A. thaliana mutants has been established and shared with each group. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ERA-CAPS Root Barriers |
Organisation | University of Bonn |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Molecular plant physiology including Casparian strip development |
Collaborator Contribution | David E Salt (project leaders) at the University of Aberdeen is the overall coordinator for the consortium. The work of the consortium is split into five main work packages being performed at six institutions by eight groups. Work packages 1 and 2 at Aberdeen and Bonn will deliver a molecular mechanistic understanding of the genes and biochemical processes involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Mutant resources developed in work package 1 and 2 will be provided to labs performing work packages 3, 4 and 5 at the IPK, Copenhagen, Wageningen, INRA and Bonn, in order to develop a fuller understanding of physiological roles of the Casparian strip and suberin barriers. |
Impact | Held the first partnership meeting in Aberdeen in May 2014 to start the project. Each group has hired a postdoc or grad student as part of the project. A core set of A. thaliana mutants has been established and shared with each group. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ERA-CAPS Root Barriers |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Molecular plant physiology including Casparian strip development |
Collaborator Contribution | David E Salt (project leaders) at the University of Aberdeen is the overall coordinator for the consortium. The work of the consortium is split into five main work packages being performed at six institutions by eight groups. Work packages 1 and 2 at Aberdeen and Bonn will deliver a molecular mechanistic understanding of the genes and biochemical processes involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Mutant resources developed in work package 1 and 2 will be provided to labs performing work packages 3, 4 and 5 at the IPK, Copenhagen, Wageningen, INRA and Bonn, in order to develop a fuller understanding of physiological roles of the Casparian strip and suberin barriers. |
Impact | Held the first partnership meeting in Aberdeen in May 2014 to start the project. Each group has hired a postdoc or grad student as part of the project. A core set of A. thaliana mutants has been established and shared with each group. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ERA-CAPS Root Barriers |
Organisation | Wageningen University & Research |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Molecular plant physiology including Casparian strip development |
Collaborator Contribution | David E Salt (project leaders) at the University of Aberdeen is the overall coordinator for the consortium. The work of the consortium is split into five main work packages being performed at six institutions by eight groups. Work packages 1 and 2 at Aberdeen and Bonn will deliver a molecular mechanistic understanding of the genes and biochemical processes involved in the biosynthesis of Casparian strips and suberin. Mutant resources developed in work package 1 and 2 will be provided to labs performing work packages 3, 4 and 5 at the IPK, Copenhagen, Wageningen, INRA and Bonn, in order to develop a fuller understanding of physiological roles of the Casparian strip and suberin barriers. |
Impact | Held the first partnership meeting in Aberdeen in May 2014 to start the project. Each group has hired a postdoc or grad student as part of the project. A core set of A. thaliana mutants has been established and shared with each group. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Niko Geldner Université de Lausanne |
Organisation | University of Lausanne |
Department | Department of Plant Molecular Biology |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Salt group works very closely with the group of Niko Geldner on the molecular biology and function of root diffusional barriers at the endodermis, including Casparian strips and suberin. We share reagents and analytical expertise in ICP-MS and mineral nutrient homeostasis. |
Collaborator Contribution | The group of Niko Geldner shares reagents, protocols and expertise in cell biology including confocal microscopy. |
Impact | 1: Li B, Kamiya T, Kalmbach L, Yamagami M, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Sawa S, Danku JM, Salt DE, Geldner N, Fujiwara T. Role of LOTR1 in Nutrient Transport through Organization of Spatial Distribution of Root Endodermal Barriers. Curr Biol. 2017 Mar 6;27(5):758-765. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.030. PubMed PMID: 28238658. 2: Barberon M, Vermeer JE, De Bellis D, Wang P, Naseer S, Andersen TG, Humbel BM, Nawrath C, Takano J, Salt DE, Geldner N. Adaptation of Root Function by Nutrient-Induced Plasticity of Endodermal Differentiation. Cell. 2016 Jan 28;164(3):447-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.021. PubMed PMID: 26777403. 3: Kamiya T, Borghi M, Wang P, Danku JM, Kalmbach L, Hosmani PS, Naseer S, Fujiwara T, Geldner N, Salt DE. The MYB36 transcription factor orchestrates Casparian strip formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10533-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1507691112. PubMed PMID: 26124109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4547244. 4: Geldner N, Salt DE. Focus on roots. Plant Physiol. 2014 Oct;166(2):453-4. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.900494. PubMed PMID: 25288635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4213078. 5: Pfister A, Barberon M, Alassimone J, Kalmbach L, Lee Y, Vermeer JE, Yamazaki M, Li G, Maurel C, Takano J, Kamiya T, Salt DE, Roppolo D, Geldner N. A receptor-like kinase mutant with absent endodermal diffusion barrier displays selective nutrient homeostasis defects. Elife. 2014 Sep 16;3:e03115. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03115. PubMed PMID: 25233277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4164916. 6: Hosmani PS, Kamiya T, Danku J, Naseer S, Geldner N, Guerinot ML, Salt DE. Dirigent domain-containing protein is part of the machinery required for formation of the lignin-based Casparian strip in the root. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Aug 27;110(35):14498-503. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308412110. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 1;110(40):16283. PubMed PMID: 23940370; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3761638. |
Start Year | 2011 |
Title | Transcription factors and uses thereof |
Description | Use of the MYB36 transcription factor to modify barriers to diffusion at the root endodermis for altered nutrient and water uptake in plants. |
IP Reference | GB1505884.5 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | none |
Description | 2nd Workshop on Plant Development & Drought Stress, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Give a talk on role of Casparian strip on water and ion transport at the 2nd Workshop on Plant Development & Drought Stress, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, USA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | AAAS 2017 annual meeting, Boston, 17th Feb, 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Session on 'Arsenic in Food' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session15234.html |
Description | Biometals Conference, Dresden, Germany 10 - 15th July, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Bob Hirshon, Host/Producer, AAAS Science Update on talk/news radio stations nationwide, and on the national program "America in the Morning.", Feb 2017. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed about arsenic in food for talk/news radio |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Botanical Colloquium University of Bonn |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Botanical Colloquium University of Bonn, Germany 14th Jan, 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Casparian strip as a transport gateway, IPNC, Copenhagen |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk on the Casparian strip as a transport gateway, IPNC, Copenhagen |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Elected member of GARNet advisory committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | GARNet is a BBSRC sponsored network that aims to make sure the UK Arabidopsis and wider plant research community remains competitive and productive at the national and international level by helping researchers make the best use of available funding, tools and resources. GARNet represents UK Arabidopsis researchers via a committee of elected members. GARNet acts as information hub for the community via its newsletter, mailing list and rich content found on the web site (http://www.garnetcommunity.org.uk/), and provides a point of contact for researchers and funding agencies. Working with other groups, GARNet helps to promote interactions between fundamental and applied plant sciences. GARNet also works to increase opportunities for UK Arabidopsis scientists at the international level. GARNet also organizes training workshops and conferences. GARNet is a member organisation of the UK Plant Sciences Federation, a group that brings together the UK plant science community to create a coordinated approach to research, industry, education and outreach. GARNet helps to enable the UK Arabidopsis research community to produce world class research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.garnetcommunity.org.uk/ |
Description | GARNet 'Natural Variation as a Tool for Gene Discovery', Cambridge, UK 12 - 13th Dec, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop on use of natural plant genetic variation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://garnetnatvar2016.weebly.com/ |
Description | GARNet 'Natural Variation as a Tool for Gene Discovery', Cambridge, UK 12 - 13th Dec, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Organised the workshop on natural genetic variation in plants |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://garnetnatvar2016.weebly.com/ |
Description | GARNish iHUB article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | sparked discussions Possible increased usage of the iHUB (www.ionomicshub.org) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.garnetcommunity.org.uk/newsletters |
Description | Gatsby Plant Science Network Mentor |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Sparked interest in Plant Science in the undergraduate community. I have had several students contact me about attending the Plant Science Summer School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.gatsby.org.uk/en/Plant-Science.aspx |
Description | ICAR workshop 'Ionomics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, workshop 'Ionomics: bringing systems analysis of plant mineral nutrition from Arabidopsis to crops', Paris, 5th July, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai, China |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai, China, 15th May, 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Integrating large data into the Plant Sciences, Totnes, Devon, 21 - 22nd April, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interviewed on BBC 4 radio Farming Today |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Improved understanding of the public to issues surrounding plant mineral nutrition I responded to a phone call from a member of the public interested in the comments I made on Radio 4 Farming Today. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q |
Description | Invited Speaker, CNRS Institute of Plant Sciences, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Reinforced existing collaborations and built new contacts |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.isv.cnrs-gif.fr/veranglais/ |
Description | Invited Speaker, Gatersleben Lecture, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research - IPK Gatersleben, Germany |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Reinforced my existing collaboration with Prof Nico von Wiren and also led to an invitation to give the Key Note at the Plant Nutrition Conference, German Society of Plant Nutrition, Halle Sept 2014. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/ |
Description | Invited Speaker, University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences seminar series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Developed a new collaboration with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/about/ |
Description | Invited speaker University of Cambridge, Plant Science Department |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Developed some potential new collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/seminars |
Description | Invited speakers University of Amsterdam, 'Green Life Sciences' seminar series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Contacted by a potato breeding company interested in my work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.graduateschool-eps.info/index.php/education-program-mainmenurood-119/seminars/246-seminar... |
Description | Invited talk Metallomics2019, Warsaw, Poland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Metallomics2019, Warsaw, Poland, 1 - 2nd July 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk at Purdue University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 20 - 23rd May 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, March 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Key Note, BNASS / Trace Spec conference, University of Aberdeen |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/bnass-tracespec-2014/ |
Description | Key Note, Gatsby Plant Science Summer School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. I was invited to become a member of the Gatsby Plant Science Network and the mentor for the University of Aberdeen which now provide Aberdeen undergraduates with access to the Summer School and undergraduate and postgraduate fellowships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/outreach/gatsbyplants |
Description | Keynote lecture, 2nd Asia-Pacific Plant Phenotyping Conference, Nanjing, China 23 - 25th March, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Key note talk on ionomic phenotyping |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Keynote lecture, Soil and Water Bioremediation, Pisa, Italy, 9th June, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Keynote, ICOBTE, Nanjing, China |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote, ICOBTE, Nanjing, China, 5 - 10th May 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Max Planck Institute of Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany, 24th Oct, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Okayama University, Japan 22 - 26th August, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Organizer of the 2nd iHUB workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Organizer of the 2nd iHUB workshop, Nanjing Agricultural University May 18 - 20, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Pennsylvania State University, Department of Plant Sciences, State College, USA, 11th Oct, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at Penn State Plant Science Department |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers, Nantes, 3rd Sept, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Plenary lecture, Plant Nutrition Conference, German Society of Plant Nutrition, University of Halle, Germany |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/pflanzenernaehrung/dgp2014/ |
Description | Press conference AAAS annual meeting on Session 'Arsenic in Food: From Soil to Plate to Policy', 17th Feb 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press briefing at AAAS |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Give a talk on Casparian strip biogenesis at School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Spotlight on Aberdeen GARNish |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Raised awareness of Plant Science at the University of Aberdeen May have increased the number of undergraduates and postgraduates considering Plant Science at Aberdeen |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.garnetcommunity.org.uk/newsletters |
Description | The Genome Analysis Center |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Genome Analysis Center (TGAC) Science Symposium, 16th Sept, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | The Rank Prize Funds Cereal Genomics to Address Grand Challenges |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Rank Prize Funds Cereal Genomics to Address Grand Challenges, Grasmere, UK, 18 - 21st May, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 14th Feb, 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7th April, 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Wageningen University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Wageningen University, graduate school Experimental Plant Sciences, 27th Oct, 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | iHUB international meeting, Nanjing Agricultural University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | iHUB international meeting, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, 12 - 14th May, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |