Williams, Lorraine E - University of Southampton - Discipline of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Career history 2014-Present: Associate Professor. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 2004-2014: Senior Lecturer. School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 2001-2004: Lecturer. School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 1991-2001: Royal Society University Research Fellow. School of Biological Sciences, Southampton, UK. 1991-1991: Postdoctoral Research Assistant. Department of Biology, University of Southampton, UK. 1989-1991: SERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Department of Biology, University of Southampton, UK. 1988-1989: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. 1987-1988: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Genetics and Pathology, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Hawaii, USA. 1984-1987: Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Biology, University of Southampton, UK. Academic qualifications 1984-1987: PhD Plant Physiology. University of Southampton, UK. 1980-1984: BSc Applied Biology. University of Bath, UK.

研究领域

Membrane transporters are vital for plant growth and development. They play key roles in plant nutrition, signalling, homeostasis, osmoregulation and stress responses. The way in which we view membrane transport in higher plants has radically changed and we now recognise the diversity of transport proteins. Many belong to multi-gene families and individual members often differ in their tissue specific expression pattern, developmental regulation and transport properties. The array of potential transporters for a particular nutrient, together with the presence of isoforms within a transporter family, allows particular cells to respond to developmental and environmental signals in order to carry out efficient transport over a wide concentration range. This is essential in allowing integration of solute transport at the whole plant level. We are in an exciting era in the field of plant membrane transport with still much to do. My area of interest is in exploring membrane proteins which have key roles in plant nutrition. As plants are the basis of all foodstuffs we ingest, this research has important implications for agriculture, human nutrition and health.

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Approach to engineer tomato by expression of AtHMA4 to enhance Zn in the aerial parts - Kendziorek, Maria, Barabasz, Anna, Rudzka, Justyna, Tracz, Katarzyna, Mills, Rebecca F., Williams, Lorraine E. and Antosiewicz, Danuta Maria Published:2014Publication:Journal of Plant PhysiologyVolume:171, (15)Page Range:1413-1422doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2014.04.017PMID:25046762 Editorial. From soil to seed: micronutrient movement into and within the plant - Sperotto, Raul A., Ricachenevsky, Felipe K., Williams, Lorraine E., Vasconcelos, Marta W. and Menguer, Paloma K. Published:2014Publication:Frontiers in Plant ScienceVolume:5, (438)Page Range:1-3doi:10.3389/fpls.2014.00438PMID:25250035 AtHMA4 expression in tobacco reduces Cd accumulation due to the induction of the apoplastic barrier - Siemianowski, O., Barabasz, A., Kendziorek, M., Ruszczynska, A., Bulska, E., Williams, L.E. and Antosiewicz, D.M. Published:2014Publication:Journal of Experimental BotanyPage Range:1-15doi:10.1093/jxb/ert471PMID:24420575 Functional analysis of the rice vacuolar zinc transporter OsMTP1 - Menguer, Paloma K., Farthing, Emily, Peaston, Kerry A., Ricachenevsky, Felipe Klein, Fett, Janette Palma and Williams, Lorraine E. Published:2013Publication:Journal of Experimental BotanyVolume:64, (10)Page Range:2871-2883doi:10.1093/jxb/ert136 Expression of HvHMA2 in tobacco modifies Zn–Fe–Cd homeostasis - Barabasz, Anna, Wilkowska, Anna, Tracz, Katarzyna, Ruszczyńska, Anna, Bulska, Ewa, Mills, Rebecca F., Williams, Lorraine E. and Antosiewicz, Danuta Maria Published:2013Publication:Journal of Plant Physiologydoi:10.1016/j.jplph.2013.03.018PMID:23664582