Current Lab Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr Baoxiu Qi
Graduate Students
- Pradeepiak Saputhathri
- Lihua Zhang
Collaborators
- Professor Steve Neill, UWE, Bristol
- Dr John Hancock, UWE, Bristol
- Dr Radhika Desikan, UWE, Bristol
- Professor Nick Smirnoff, University of Exeter
Dr Richard Hooley
Profile
Current Research
Plant growth is subject to regulation by a developmental programme that can be modified by environmental cues acting through endogenous signalling molecules that include plant hormones. The research of my group seeks to identify and functionally characterise genes involved in the perception and signalling of these molecules. Current projects include:
- Determining the function of G protein signalling pathway components
- Investigating the role of proteasome components in hormone and light signalling
Goals
To enhance understanding of the molecular basis of signal transduction in plants and to exploit this information to improve crop quality and productivity.
Publications
Qi, B., Doughty, J. and Hooley, R., 2013. Forthcoming. A Golgi and tonoplast localized S-acyl transferase is involved in cell expansion, cell division, vascular patterning and fertility in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist
Desikan, R., Horak, J., Chaban, C., Mira-Rodado, V., Witthoft, J., Elgass, K., Grefen, C., Cheung, M.-K., Meixner, A. J., Hooley, R., Neill, S. J., Travers Hancock, J. and Harter, K., 2008. The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells. PLoS ONE, 3 (6), e2491.
