Marchant, Alan - University of Southampton - Discipline of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Career history 2014-present: Programme Leader (Biology/Zoology). University of Southampton, UK. 2007-present: Lecturer at Biological Sciences. University of Southampton, UK. 2003-2007: Senior Researcher. Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden. 1994-2002: Postdoctoral Researcher. University of Warwick and University of Nottingham, UK. Academic qualifications 1991-1994: PhD. University of Warwick, UK. 1987-1991: BSc Biochemistry. University of Bath, UK.

研究领域

The plant cell wall is important in human nutrition and health as well as forming the raw material for a variety of economic processes such as pulp and paper manufacture, as a construction material in the form of wood and in the production of textiles. Additionally, polysaccharides extracted from cell walls form the basis for a variety of gels, thickeners and adhesives. Increasingly the plant cell wall is being viewed as an important source of biomass for energy production in order to reduce the dependence on non-renewable fossil based fuels. A detailed understanding of processes controlling plant cell wall formation is thus vital in order to improve the potential for biomass production as well as to develop more environmentally friendly processing methods and tailor-made products for specific applications. Despite the undoubted importance of the cell wall both from the perspective of plant development as well as from a human viewpoint, relatively little is current understood about its biosynthesis.

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The application of contrast media for in vivo feature enhancement in X-ray Computed Tomography of soil-grown plant roots - Keyes, Samuel, Gostling, Neil, Cheung, Jessica H., Roose, Tiina, Sinclair, Ian and Marchant, Alan Published:2017Publication:Microscopy and MicroanalysisPage Range:1-48 ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 74 (ERF74) plays an essential role in controlling a respiratory burst oxidase homolog D (RbohD)-dependent mechanism in response to different stresses in Arabidopsis - Yao, Yuan, He, Run Jun, Xie, Qiao Li, Zhao, Xian hai, Deng, Xiao mei, He, Jun bo, Song, Lili, He, Jun, Marchant, Alan, Chen, Xiao-Yang and Wu, Ai-Min Published:2016Publication:New PhytologistPage Range:1-15doi:10.1111/nph.14278 Plant cell wall imaging by metabolic click-mediated labelling of rhamnogalacturonan II using azido 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid- Dumont, Marie, Lehner, Arnaud, Vauzeilles, Boris, Malassis, Julien, Marchant, Alan, Smyth, Kevin, Linclau, Bruno, Baron, Aurelie, Mas Pons, Jordi, Schapman, Damien, Galas, Ludovic, Mollet, Jean-Claude and Lerouge, Patrice Published:2016Publication:The Plant JournalVolume:85, (3)Page Range:437-447doi:10.1111/tpj.13104PMID:26676799 Biochemical and molecular changes associated with heteroxylan biosynthesis in Neolamarckia cadamba (Rubiaceae) during xylogenesis - Zhao, Xianhai, Ouyang, Kunxi, Gan, Siming, Zeng, Wei, Song, Lili, Zhao, Shuai, Li, Juncheng, Doblin, Monika S., Bacic, Antony, Chen, Xiao-Yang, Marchant, Alan, Deng, Xiaomei and Wu, Ai-Min Published:2014Publication:Frontiers in Plant ScienceVolume:5Page Range:602doi:10.3389/fpls.2014.00602PMID:25426124 Conservation of the 2-keto-3-deoxymanno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) biosynthesis pathway between plants and bacteria - Smyth, Kevin and Marchant, Alan Published:2013Publication:Carbohydrate ResearchVolume:380Page Range:70-75doi:10.1016/j.carres.2013.07.006