Lynette Taylor
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
The University of Melbourne, Creswick Campus
Water Street, Creswick, VIC 3363, Australia
Email: l.taylor1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Degree
PhD
Thesis title
Functional analysis of genes associated with wood formation
Supervisors
Assoc Prof Gerd BossingerDr Antanas Spokevicius
Dr Simon Southerton
Project Outline
My PhD involves studying the effects of candidate gene expression on the economically important wood quality trait known as cellulose microfibril angle (MFA). Specifically investigating the molecular control of and relationship between cytoskeletal structures and fibre morphology during secondary growth in eucalypts. To do this I have undertaking transgenic approaches using the ISSA methodology and gene expression studies. The gene family under investigation is Alpha and Beta-Tubulins, which are involved in cortical microtubule formation in plants.
Research Group
Tree Developmental Biology and Forest Biotechnology Research Group
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology), Honours (Forest Science)Awards
Australian Agricultural Industries Young Innovators and Scientists Awards, Forest and Wood Products Australia Award 2008Publications
Taylor, L.R., Spokevicius, A.V., MacMillan, C.P., Southerton, S.G. and Bossinger, G. (2007)R1Promoter Studies during Tension Wood Formation using Induced Somatic Sector Analysis (ISSA), poster presented at IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Congress 2007. (pdf 228kb)