The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Conjoint Professor Christina Offler
School: School of Environmental and Life Sciences
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Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Erich Kisi;Associate Professor Scott Donne;Doctor Vicki Keast;Associate Professor Alan Brichta;Professor Robert Melchers;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Professor John O'Connor;Professor Seyed Moheimani;Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden;Professor Bruce King;Professor Geoffrey Evans;Associate Professor Richard Dunstan;Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane;Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan;Doctor Severine Roselli;Doctor Minjie Lin;Professor Christopher Grof;Doctor Silvia Frisia;Doctor Rebecca Lim;Doctor Heber Sugo;Doctor Jennifer Forrester;Doctor Olivier Buzzi;Doctor Andrew Fleming;Associate Professor Erica Wanless;Doctor Clovia Holdsworth;Doctor Russell Drysdale;Professor Stephen Fityus;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Doctor De Zhu 2009 1 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences   70000  
Professor Erich Kisi;Associate Professor Scott Donne;Doctor Vicki Keast;Associate Professor Alan Brichta;Professor Robert Melchers;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Professor John O'Connor;Professor Seyed Moheimani;Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden;Professor Bruce King;Professor Geoffrey Evans;Associate Professor Richard Dunstan;Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane;Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan;Doctor Severine Roselli;Doctor Minjie Lin;Professor Christopher Grof;Doctor Silvia Frisia;Doctor Rebecca Lim;Doctor Heber Sugo;Doctor Jennifer Forrester;Doctor Olivier Buzzi;Doctor Andrew Fleming;Associate Professor Erica Wanless;Doctor Clovia Holdsworth;Doctor Russell Drysdale;Professor Stephen Fityus;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Doctor De Zhu 2009 1 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences   650000  
Professor Keith Jones;Professor Eileen McLaughlin;Laureate Professor Robert Aitken;Professor Raymond Rose;Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman;Professor Gordon Burns;Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden;Doctor Nicole Verrills;Associate Professor Brett Nixon;Doctor Shaun Roman;Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan;Doctor Rick Thorne;Professor Michael Calford 2009 1 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging   275000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007, Academic Sinica Taipei, Taiwan, 7/5/2007 - 11/5/2007   2500  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2006 3 Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Induction of Plant Transfer Cells - Discovering Regulatory Networks   322000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2005 1 University of Newcastle Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) 2005 RIBG allocation   16322  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy 2005 3 Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Plant Transfer Cells - Discovering the Mechanisms of Wall Ingrowth Formation   300000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Professor Raymond Rose;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Mr Michael Cole;Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane;Professor John Rodger 2004 1 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Upgrade and expansion of Newcastle Plant Growth Facility   329504  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Mechanisms of wall ingrowth deposition intransfer cells.   9500  
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane;Professor Raymond Rose;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Emeritus Professor John Patrick 2003 1 University of Newcastle Collaborative Research Grant Plants as bioremediators: Employing aquatic macrophytes to address heavy metal contamination   10000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Mr Michael Cole;Professor Michael Mahony;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Mr G Marschke 2002 3 Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd Linkage Projects Partner funding Rebuilding Systainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining.   15000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Professor William Collins;Professor Erich Kisi;Associate Professor Alan Brichta;Laureate Professor Robert Aitken;Emeritus Professor John Patrick 2002 1 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Electron Microscope/X-Ray Unit Equipment Upgrade   337000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Emeritus Professor John Patrick 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Sucrose transport in developing legume seeds - significance and regulation   7740  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Mr Michael Cole;Professor Michael Mahony;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Mr G Marschke;Mr Nigel Fisher 2002 4 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Rebuilding Sustainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining   79829  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Professor V Franceschi;Associate Professor David McCurdy 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant The role of the cytoskeleton in regulating development of plant transfer cells.   12000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Dr T Wang 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Novel approaches to genetically manipulate storage product levels in pea seeds.   13000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2000 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Combio 2000, New Zealand 11-14 December 2000   873  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant The Role of the Cytoskeleton During Differentialtion of Transfer Cells.   7000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2000 3 Australian National University Collaborative Research Scholarships The role of the cytoskeleton in deposition of wall ingrowths in epidermal transfer cells.   36000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 2000 3 CSIRO - Plant Industry Research Grant Graingene Project 3.6: Genetic manipulation of sucrose synthesis and transport in cereals for improved yield.   105000  
Laureate Professor Robert Aitken;Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Professor Raymond Rose;Doctor Timothy Roberts;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones;Doctor John Clulow;Professor John Rostas;Professor Alistair Sim;Professor Gordon Burns;Conjoint Professor Loris Chahl;DR DAVID KAY 1999 1 Australian Research Council Large Equipment Grant Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Facility.   203107  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 3 Australian Research Council Large Grant Sucrose symport in developing pea cotyledons - functional significance and regulation   198000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 3 Australian Research Council Large Grant Regulation of transfer cell development - signal sensing and assembly of the wall ingrowth apparatus   105000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy 1999 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant The role of the cell cytoskeleton during differentiation of transfer cells   7000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 1 University of Newcastle Special Project Grant International Conference on Assimilate Transport and Partitioning.   5000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 1 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Research Grant International Conference on Assimilate Transport and Partitioning.   7900  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 1 Renessen Travel Grant International Conference on Assimilate Transport and Partitioning.   7763  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1999 1 Grains Research & Development Corporation Research Grant International Conference on Assimilate Transport and Partitioning.   5000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1998 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant 3rd Gatersleben Research Conference: Plant Metabolism and Development, Germany 18-22 June 1998   2400  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1998 2 CSIRO - Division of Wildlife & Ecology Control of Pest Populations Tissue Localization of Sugar Transporters in Sugarcane   15000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Emeritus Professor John Patrick 1998 1 Australian Research Council Small Grant DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT FUNCTION OF TRANSFER CELLS IN GRAIN LEGUMES   11500  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Professor Raymond Rose;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Mr Michael Cole 1998 1 Australian Research Council Large Equipment Grant Specialised Environmental Space for Newcastle Plant Growth   250000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1997 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Plant Biology '97; 1997ASPP/CSPP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, CANADA, 2-6 August 1997   1488  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Emeritus Professor John Patrick 1997 1 Australian Research Council Small Grant Development of Transport Function of Transfer Cells in Grain Legumes   13000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1996 3 CRC for Plant Sciences Research Grant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Manipulation of Sucrose Transport into the Developing Cereal Grain   37500  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1996 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Third International Workshop on Basic and Applied Research in Plasmodesmal Biology - Israel - 10-16/3/96   878  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1995 2 Department of Industry, Science & Resources Bilateral S&T Program (Defunct) Molecular biology of sugars and amino acid porters in developing legume seed   8001  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1995 3 Australian Research Council Large Grant 95APP. Molecular biology of sugar and amino acid porters in developing legume seed.   198537  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Professor Raymond Rose;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Mr Michael Cole 1995 1 Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) Laboratory Upgrade   17600  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1995 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant 95 APP Identification of proteins regulating transfer cell development in wheat.   8000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1995 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant International Conference on the Transport of Photoassimilates (Canterbury, UK)   2500  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Regulation of Transfer Cell Initiation and Development   14619  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 2 CSIRO - Research Management Committee Collaborative Research Grant Tissue specific localisation of gene expression in the grape berry.   30420  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Annual Meeting, American Soc of Plant Physiologists - Portland - 30 July-3 August   250  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 3 Australian Research Council Large Grant 94,95,96 GRANT. Control of Transfer Cell Development   123691  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant 1994 app Identification of proteins regulating transfer cell development in wheat   8000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1994 1 University of Newcastle Special Project Grant DITAC Grant Subsidy: Transfer cell development in vicia faba seed.   1100  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1993 2 Department of Industry, Science & Resources Bilateral S&T Program (Defunct) The physiology and molecular biology of transfer cell development and function in Vicia faba seed.   9050  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1993 4 University of Newcastle Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship Regulation of Transfer Cell Initiation and Development   47583  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1993 1 University of Newcastle Visitor Grant Visit by A/Prof Xin-Ding Wang, Assoicate Professor, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology Academia Sinica China. 19-4-93 to 6-8-93.   3000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1992 1 Australian Research Council Large Equipment Grant Transmission Electron Microscope.   136000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1992 1 CSIRO - Research Management Committee Collaborative Research Grant Control Of Accumulation Of Soluble Solids By Tomato Fruit   5000  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1992 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Optimizing Plant Yield Using Physiological And Molecular Approaches   4400  
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler 1991 2 Australian Research Council Large Grant Cellular Pathway Of Short Distance Transfer Of Photosynthates In Fleshy Fruits   68000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Calcium Functions in the Signaling Cascade Leading to Wall Ingrowth Formation in Transfer Cells
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Phloem Unloading of Sucrose: Cloning, Functional Characterisation and Regulation of Novel Membrane Transporters
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Role and molecular mechanism of sucrose transport and metabolism in formation of popping-pod syndrome in asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedialis (L) Verdc.)
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Cell Expansion
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor The Ecology of Reproduction and Propagation in Rare Plants
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor The Vegetation Occurring on Deep-Sand Deposits in the Northern Sydney Basin

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 0.975

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2004 Regulation of transfer cell induction in cotyledons of Vicia faba
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2006 Investigating mechanisms of localized wall ingrowth deposition in transfer cells
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2006 Rebuilding Biodiversity and Microbial Associations in Native Forest Rehabilitation Following Open-Cut Coal Mining
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2006 Sugar Regulation of Transfer Cell Wall Ingrowth Deposition in Faba Bean Cotyledons
PhD (Environmental Sc) 2008 A Palaeoenvironmental History of the Paroo and Warrego Regions, Australia: A Multi-Proxy, Multi-Site Approach
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2010 The Effect of Citric Acid on Plant Growth and Leaf Gas Exchange in Corymbia Maculata and Other Woody Species
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2011 Sustainable Reintroduction of the Nitrogen Cycle Post Coal Mining Utilizing the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2011 Transfer Cell Trans-differentiation in Vicia Faba Cotyledons: Regulatory Roles of Ethylene, Glucose and Reactive Oxygen Species

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Zhou Yuchan, Andriunas Felicity Anne, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’An epidermal-specific ethylene signal cascade regulates trans-differentiation of transfer cells in Vicia faba cotyledons’, New Phytologist, 185 931-943 (2010) [C1]

Pugh Deborah A, Offler Christina Eleanor, Talbot Mark J, Ruan Yong-Ling, ’Evidence for the role of transfer cells in the evolutionary increase of seed and fiber biomass yield in cotton’, Molecular Plant, 3 1075-1086 (2010) [C1]

Edwards Joshua, Martin Anthony, Andriunas Felicity Anne, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’GIGANTEA is a component of a regulatory pathway determining wall ingrowth deposition in phloem parenchyma transfer cells of Arabidopsis thaliana’, The Plant Journal, 63 651-661 (2010) [C1]

Dibley Stephen James, Zhou Yuchan, Andriunas Felicity Anne, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’Early gene expression programs accompanying trans-differentiation of epidermal cells of Vicia faba cotyledons into transfer cells’, New Phytologist, 182 863-877 (2009) [C1]

Zhou Yuchan, Chan Katie, Wang Trevor L, Hedley Cliff L, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Intracellular sucrose communicates metabolic demand to sucrose transporters in developing pea cotyledons’, Journal of Experimental Botany, 60 71-85 (2009) [C1]

Koller Claudia Elisabeth, Patrick John William, Rose Raymond James, Offler Christina Eleanor, Macfarlane Geoffrey Robert, ’Arsenic and heavy metal accumulation by Pteris vittata L. and P-umbrosa R. Br’, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 80 128-133 (2008) [C1]

McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells: Novel examples of localized wall deposition in plant cells’, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 11 653-661 (2008) [C1]

Zhou Yuchan, Qu H, Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’A suite of sucrose transporters expressed in coats of developing legume seeds includes novel pH-independent facilitators’, Plant Journal, 49 750-764 (2007) [C1]

Zhou Yuchan, Setz Nathan Mark, Niemietz C, Qu H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Tyerman S D, Patrick John William, ’Aquaporins and unloading of phloem-imported water in coats of developing bean seeds’, Plant Cell and Environment, 30 1566-1577 (2007) [C1]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Wasteneys G O, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Cellulose synthesis is required for deposition of reticulate wall ingrowths in transfer cells’, Plant and Cell Physiology, 48 147-158 (2007) [C1]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Wasteneys Geoffrey, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Deposition patterns of cellulose microfibrils in flange wall ingrowths of transfer cells indicate clear parallels with those of secondary wall thickenings’, Functional Plant Biology, 34 307-313 (2007) [C1]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Induction of wall ingrowths of transfer cells occurs rapidly and depends upon gene expression in cotyledons of developing Vicia faba seeds’, Protoplasma, 231 15-23 (2007) [C1]

Koller Claudia Elisabeth, Patrick John William, Rose Raymond James, Offler Christina Eleanor, Macfarlane Geoffrey Robert, ’Pteris umbrosa R.Br. as an arsenic hyperaccumulator: accumulation, partitioning and comparison with the established As hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata’, Chemosphere, 66 1256-1263 (2007) [C1]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Role of sugars in regulating transfer cell development in cotyledons of developing Vicia faba seeds’, Protoplasma, 230 75-88 (2007) [C1]

Vaughn K C, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Wall ingrowths in epidermal transfer cells of Vicia faba cotyledons are modified primary walls marked by localized accumulations of arabinogalactan proteins’, Plant and Cell Physiology, 48 159-168 (2007) [C1]

Aoki N, Scofield G N, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, Furbank R T, ’Pathway of sugar transport in germinating wheat seeds’, Plant Physiology, 141 1255-1263 (2006) [C1]

Harrington Gregory Nigel, Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Ritchie R J, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Hexose uptake by developing cotyledons of Vicia faba: physiological evidence for transporters of differing affinities and specificities’, Functional Plant Biology, 32 987-995 (2005) [C1]

Rosche Elke, Blackmore Daniel Graham, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Increased capacity for sucrose uptake leads to earlier onset of protein accumulation in developing pea seeds’, Functional Plant Biology, 32 997-1007 (2005) [C1]

Dibley Stephen James, Gear Michael Lance, Yang Xiao, Rosche Elke, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’Temporal and spatial expression of hexose transporters in developing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit’, Functional Plant Biology, 32 777-785 (2005) [C1]

Aoki N, Scofield G N, Wang Xin-Ding, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Furbank R T, ’Expression and localisation analysis of the wheat sucrose transporter TaSUT1 in vegetative tissues’, Planta, 219 176-184 (2004) [C1]

Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, ’Transfer Cells: Cells Specialized for a Special Purpose’, Annual Review of Plant Biology, 54 431-454 (2003) [C1]

Rosche Elke, Blackmore Daniel Graham, Tegeder M, Richardson T, Schroeder H, Higgins Tjv, Frommer Wb, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Seed-specific overexpression of a potato sucrose transporter increases sucrose uptake and growth rates of developing pea cotyledons’, Plant Journal, 30 165-175 (2002) [C1]

Aoki N, Whitfield P, Hoeren F, Scofield G, Newell K, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Clarke B, Rahman S, Furbank Rt, ’Three sucrose transporter genes are expressed in the developing grain of hexaploid wheat’, Plant Molecular Biology, 50 453-462 (2002) [C1]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Transfer cell wall architecture: a contribution towards understanding localized wall deposition’, Protoplasma, 219 197-209 (2002) [C1]

Furbank R T, Scofield G N, Hirose T, Wang Xin-Ding, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Cellular localisation and function of a sucrose transporter OsSUT1 in developing rice grains’, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28 1187-1196 (2001) [C2]

Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Compartmentation of transport and transfer events in developing seeds’, Journal of Experimental Botany, 52, No. 356 551-564 (2001) [C1]

Patrick John William, Zhang W H, Tyerman S D, Offler Christina Eleanor, Walker N A, ’Role of membrane transport in phloem translocation of assimilates and water’, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28 1-13 (2001) [C1]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Franceschi V R, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Wall ingrowth architecture in epidermal transfer cells of Vicia faba cotyledons’, Protoplasma, 215 191-203 (2001) [C1]

Tegeder M, Offler Christina Eleanor, Frommer W B, Patrick John William, ’Amino acid transporters are localized to transfer cells of developing pea seeds’, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 122 319-325 (2000) [C1]

Offler Christina Eleanor, Thorpe M R, Patrick John William, ’Assimilate transport and partitioning. Integration of structure, physiology and molecular biology’, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 27 473-476 (2000) [C1]

Farley Suzanne Jayne, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Functional transfer cells differentiate in cultured cotyledons of Vicia faba L. seeds’, PROTOPLASMA, 214 102-117 (2000) [C1]

Tegeder Melinda, Thomas Mark Raymond, Hetherington Louise, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Genotypic differences in seed growth rates of Phaseolus vulgaris L. II Factors contributing to cotyledon sink activity and sink size’, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 27 119-128 (2000) [C1]

Bagnall Neil Hayden, Wang Xin-Ding, Scofield G N, Furbank R T, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Sucrose transport-related genes are expressed in both maternal and filial tissues of developing wheat grains’, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 27 1009-1020 (2000) [C1]

Tegeder M, Wang Xin-Ding, Frommer W B, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Sucrose transport into developing seeds of Pisum sativum L’, The Plant Journal, 18 (2) 151-161 (1999) [C1]

Bulbert Matthew William, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Polarized microtubule deposition coincides with wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells of Vicia faba L. cotyledons’, Protoplasma, 201 8-16 (1998) [C1]

Wood Robyn Marjorie, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’The cellular pathway of short-distance transfer of photosynthates and potassium in the elongating stem of Phaseolus vulgaris L. A physiological assessment’, Annals of Botany, 82 337-345 (1998) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Van Bel A J, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Photosynthesis and Partitioning: Sources and Sinks’, Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, London, 724-734 (2003) [B2]

Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Van Bel A J E, ’Seed Development: Nutrient Loading of Seeds’, Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, London, 1240-1250 (2003) [B2]

Review

Throne-Holst Minnie, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Assimilate Transport to Developing Seeds’, The Encyclopedia of Seeds. Science, Technology and Uses (2006) [D2]

Conference Publication

Zhang Huiming, Van Helden Dirk Ferdinand, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’A two-pore calcium channel is a component of the signalling cascade leading to wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells’, Plant Membrane Biology 15th International Workshop, Adelaide 2010: Programme & Abstracts, Adelaide, S.A. (2010) [E3]

Zhang Huiming, Van Helden Dirk Ferdinand, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’Calcium is a component of the signalling cascade leading to wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2010: PVB2010, Columbus, OH (2010) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Zhang Huiming, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Construction of reticulate walll ingrowth labyrinths of transfer cells’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2010: PVB2010, Columbus, OH (2010) [E3]

Jones A, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, Ruan Yong-Ling, ’Examining roles of aquaporins in cell expansion free of symplasmic transport’, 15th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology. Abstracts, Adelaide, Australia (2010) [E3]

Zhang Huiming, Van Helden Dirk Ferdinand, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’Signalling related to solute and hormone transport I’, Plant Membrane Biology 15th International Workshop, Adelaide 2010: Programme & Abstracts, Adelaide, S.A. (2010) [E3]

Zhang Huiming, Van Helden Dirk Ferdinand, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Calcium functions in the signalling cascade leading to wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells’, ComBio 2009, Christchurch, NZ (2009) [E3]

Patrick John William, Dibley Stephen James, Martin Anthony, Ruan Yong-Ling, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Fruit loading of sugars: The quest for a sweeter outcome’, ComBio 2009, Christchurch, NZ (2009) [E3]

Zhang Huiming, Grant F, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Calcium functions in the signalling cascade leading to wall ingrowth formation in transfer cells’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, ACT (2008) [E3]

Edwards J, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’Gigantea regulates transfer cell development in arabidopsis’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, ACT (2008) [E3]

Andriunas Felicity Anne, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’Reactive oxygen species regulate induction of transfer cell wall ingrowths in cotyledons of Vicia faba’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, ACT (2008) [E3]

Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Zhou Yuchan, Offler Christina Eleanor, Grof Christopher Peter, Patrick John William, ’Tissue localisation of novel sucrose transporters cloned from coats of developing pea seeds’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, ACT (2008) [E3]

Offler Christina Eleanor, Dibley Stephen James, Zhou Yuchan, Talbot M J, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’Transfer cells play a role in seed development: How are their ingrowth walls deposited?’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canberra, ACT (2008) [E3]

Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Zhou Yuchan, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’A system for characterising the cytoplasmic face of putative sucrose effluxers cloned from coats of developing legume seeds’, Combined Conference Abstracts - ComBio 2007 Conference, Sydney (2007) [E3]

Offler Christina Eleanor, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Dibley Stephen James, Vaughan Kevin C, Wasteneys Geoffrey, McCurdy David William, ’Cellulose provides the scaffolding for deposition of wall ingrowths in transfer cells’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007. Program and Abstract Book, Taipei, Taiwan (2007) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Niemietz C, Setz N, Qu H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Tyerman S D, Patrick John William, ’Characterisation of aquaporin genes expressed in coats of developing bean seeds’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007. Program and Abstract Book, Taipei, Taiwan (2007) [E3]

Andriunas Felicity Anne, Zhou Yuchan, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’Ethylene is an inductive signal for transfer cell development in cotyledons of faba bean’, Combined Conference Abstracts - ComBio 2007 Conference, Sydney (2007) [E3]

Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Zhou Yuchan, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Novel sucrose transporters cloned from coats of developing legume seeds function as facilitators’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007. Program and Abstract Book, Taipei, Taiwan (2007) [E3]

Offler Christina Eleanor, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, McCurdy David William, ’The role of microtubules in building reticulate and flange wall ingrowths of transfer cells’, Combined Conference Abstracts - ComBio 2007 Conference, Sydney (2007) [E3]

Dibley Stephen James, Zhou Yuchan, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’Transcriptome profiling & transfer cell development’, International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007. Program and Abstract Book, Taipei, Taiwan (2007) [E3]

Dibley Stephen James, Zhou Yuchan, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, McCurdy David William, ’Transcriptome profiling reveals complex and extensive transcriptional regulation accompanying transfer cell development in epidermal cells of vicia faba cotyledon’, Combined Conference Abstracts - ComBio 2007 Conference, Sydney (2007) [E3]

Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Zhou Yuchan, Qu H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’A Suite of Sucrose Transporters Expressed in Coats of Developing Legume Seeds Include Novel PH-Independent Facilitators’, Combined Conference Abstracts, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, QLD (2006) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Qu H, Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’A Suite of Sucrose Transporters Expressed in Coats of Developing Legume Seeds Include Novel PH-Independent Facilitators’, Book of Abstracts, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2006) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Qu H, Dibley Katherine Elizabeth, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’A Suite of Sucrose Transporters Expressed in Coats of Developing Legume Seeds Include Novel PH-Independent Facilitators’, Abstracts, Pullman, WA (2006) [E3]

Dibley Stephen James, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Vaughn K, Wasteneys G O, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Cellulose is required for localized wall ingrowth deposition in transfer cells of Vicia faba cotyledons’, ComBio 2006 Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2006) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Setz Nathan Mark, Niemietz C, Qu H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Tyerman S D, Patrick John William, ’Characterisation of aquaporin genes expressed in coats of developing bean seeds’, Abstracts, Pullman, WA (2006) [E3]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Induction of wall ingrowths of transfer cells occurs rapidly and depends upon gene expression’, Abstracts, Pullman, WA (2006) [E3]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Role of sugar in regulating transfer cell development’, Abstracts, Pullman, WA (2006) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Andriunas Felicity Anne, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, Patrick John William, ’The Role of Ethylene in the Induction of Transfer Cells in Cotyledons of Faba Bean’, Combined Conference Abstracts, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, QLD (2006) [E3]

Aoki N, Scofield G N, Hirose T, Wang Xin-Ding, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Furbank R, ’The Sugar Transport Pathway in Germinating Cereal Seeds’, Book of Abstracts, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2006) [E3]

Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Transfer cells: Special cells - special purpose: Building their wall ingrowths’, Abstracts, Pullman, WA (2006) [E3]

Zhou Yuchan, Setz Nathan Mark, Niemietz N, Qu H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Tyerman S D, Patrick John William, ’Characterisation of aquaporin genes expressed in coats of developing bean seeds’, ComBio, Adelaide (2005) [E3]

Koller C, Patrick John William, Rose Raymond James, Offler Christina Eleanor, Macfarlane Geoffrey Robert, ’Pteris umbrosa as an arsenic hyperaccumulator?’, Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology Annual Conference. Toxicological approaches to predict and assess ecosystem stress, Melbourne (2005) [E3]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Induction of wall ingrowths of transfer cells occurs rapidly and depends upon gene expression’, ComBio Conference Abstracts, Perth (2004) [E3]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Chan Katie, Pais Sato L, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Role of sugars in regulating transfer cell development’, ComBio Conference Abstracts, Perth (2004) [E3]

Aoki N, Scofield G N, Wang Xin-Ding, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, Furbank R T, ’Cellular localiztion of the whet sucrose transporter TaSUT1 in vegetative tissues’, -, - (2003) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Wasteneys G O, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Cellulose microfibrils act as a scaffold for localized cell wall deposition in transfer cells’, Gordon Research Conference of Plant Cell Walls, Kimball Union Academy, New Hampshire, USA (2003) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Wasteneys G O, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Cellulose microfibrils act as a scaffold for localized cell wall deposition in transfer cells’, Australian Society of Plant Scientists 43rd Annual Meeting, Melbourne (2003) [E3]

Owyong K, Wang T L, Hedley C L, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Do sugars regulate sucrose/H+-symporter activity in developing pea seeds’, -, Melbourne (2003) [E3]

Patrick John William, Aoki N, Scofield G N, Furbank R T, Wang Xin-Ding, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Expression studies indicate sugar transporters play key roles in germinating wheat seeds’, -, Melbourne (2003) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, Wasteneys G O, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Cellulose microfibril orientation in transfer cells’, Australian Society of Plant Physiologists 42nd Annual Meeting, Sydney (2002) [E3]

Farley Suzanne Jayne, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’A role for sugars as inductive signals during transfer cell development in cotyledons of Vicia faba’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra, ACT (2001) [E3]

Wardini Trimurti Hesti, Patrick John William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Induction of transfer cell wall ingrowths in epidermal cells of Vicia faba cotyledons’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra, ACT (2001) [E3]

Patrick John William, Niemietz C, Zhang W-H, Offler Christina Eleanor, Tyerman S D, Walker N A, ’Is a sucrose/proton symporter homologue responsible for sucrose efflux from bean seed coats?’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra, ACT (2001) [E3]

Patrick John William, Gear Michael Lance, Rosche Elke, Offler Christina Eleanor, McCurdy David William, ’Spatial and temporal expression of hexose transporter genes in developing tomato fruit’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra ACT (2001) [E3]

Rosche Elke, Offler Christina Eleanor, Patrick John William, ’Sucrose triggers early protein accumulation in transformed pea seeds’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra, ACT (2001) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Wall ingrowth deposition in transfer cells’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra, ACT (2001) [E3]

Talbot Mark Jeffrey, McCurdy David William, Offler Christina Eleanor, ’Wall ingrowth deposition in transfer cells’, 9th International Cell Wall Meeting, Toulouse, France (2001) [E3]

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