Dr. Mary Jane Beilby

Curriculum vitae

 Personal details

Date of birth 20 January 1948
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Nationality Australian

Contact address

Biophysics Department
School of Physics
The University of NSW
Sydney 2052
Ph. (02) 9385 55463
fax (02) 9385 54484
e-mail: mjb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au

 Academic qualifications

degree                                      institution                           date of conferment
B. Sc. Hons. class II            University of  NSW                          22 April 1971
Division I (Physics)

 Ph. D.                                University of  NSW                          27 April 1978
 

Employment history

1977-1979: Technical Officer (upgraded to Research Associate upon obtaining my.Ph. D.),
School of Biological Sciences, Biophysics Group, University of Sydney.
Topic: Chloride and Amine transport systems in Chara corallina

 1980-1986: Research Fellow, School of Botany, University of Cambridge, England
Topic: Mechanism of transport in Characean cells

 1986-1991: Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Biophysics Group, University of Sydney.
Topic: Mechanism of solute transport across the membranes of charophyte plant cells: characterisation and kinetic studies

April 1992: appointed Lecturer in Physics, University of NSW
July 1994: Tenure granted
July 1995: promoted to Senior Lecturer

Research background

 I am interested in the electrical properties of biomembranes, particularly ion specific channels and pumps. My experimental material up to date has been the giant-celled freshwater algae Characeae and the marine organism Ventricaria (Valonia) ventricosa. The experimental techniques involved manufacture of microelectrodes, computer-controlled voltage clamp and data acquisition, impedance measurements, voltage current curves, radioactive flux measurement, manipulation of the cell compartments such as manufacture of cytoplasm-enriched fragments and perfusion, fluorescence microscopy and mathematical modelling. I am able to apply many of these techniques rigorously thanks to my physics background.

I have been very fortunate to have a long continuous research career, which enabled me to gain deep insight into the electrophysiology of plant cells, as well as meet most of the workers in the field in Australia and overseas. I have contributed to most aspects of plant electrophysiology in last 20 years. My work spans the research into the action potential (see refereed papers 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15,), amine transport (6, 7), punchthrough and the Double Fixed Charge Model (2,8), chloride transport (9), proton pump (12, 13, 14, 16, 24, 29, 31, 39, 42), K+ channels (17, 18, 19, 20, 40), high pH channels (28,29, 42), Na+ symport (25), tonoplast properties (21), manipulation of cell compartments (22, 26, 27, 29, 33), effects of zero turgor on plant membrane electrophysiology (31, 34), turgor regulation in charophytes (32, 35, 36, 37, 39) and in marine organism Ventricaria ventricosa (38, 44) and characteristics of mechanosensitive channels (41, 43).

Central to my research is development of computer-controlled electrophysiological apparatus, which enables me to measure current-voltage profiles and complex impedance of membranes with high speed and accuracy (13, 23). The prototype has been built jointly with my husband in Cambrige, England. After our departure to Sydney, the apparatus was used for another 5 years by several researchers and provided data for another 10 publications. The system was re-built at University of Sydney and now transferred to UNSW. The system is enormously versatile and is being continuously updated.

After taking up my position as Lecturer in School of Physics, I have become interested in salt-tolerant species of Characeae, Lamprothamnium. These plants can live in media ranging from freshwater to twice the concentration of seawater. Monitoring the I/V profile of the cells at the time of hypotonic stress established that the Cl- channels open in the first 15 min followed by the K+ channels. The time courses of the channel opening are independent of each other and the turgor pressure adjustment (32). At present we are exploring the effect of sulphated polysaccharide gel on the surface of the older Lamprothamnium cells on the electrophysiology of the turgor regulation(35-37). I am also modeling the current-voltage (I/V) profiles of the membrane transporters in charophytes (39, 40) and higher plants (42). My new projects involves putative K+ pump at the tonoplast of marine alga Valonia (Ventricaria) ventricosa(38, 44) and mechanosensitive channels in charophytes (41, 43).

 I am interested in employing new multimedia technologies to present my research results and to revolutionize teaching. In my Study Leave (16. Feb 1998 - 30 October 1998) I have mastered the multimedia techniques (such as HTML language, animations, advanced graphics packages) and constructed my webpage.

 Publication summary

Refereed papers

Refereed conference papers

Chapters in books

Chief editor of symposium

Oral and poster presentations (1992 - 2004)

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Refereed papers in journals

1. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1976a, The action potential in Chara corallina: Effect of temperature. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 3: 275-289

2. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1976b, Effect of temperature on punchthrough in electrical characteristics of the plasmalemma of Chara corallina.
Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 3: 819-826

3. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1979a, The action potential in Chara corallina: II. Two activation-inactivation transients in voltage clamps of the plasmalemma. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 6: 323-335

4. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1979b, The action potential in Chara corallina: III. The Hodgkin-Huxley parameters for the plasmalemma.
Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 6: 337-353

 5. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1979c, The action potential in Chara corallina: IV. Activation enthalpies of the Hodgkin-Huxley gates.
Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 6: 355-365

6. Walker NA, Beilby MJ and Smith FA, 1979, Amine uniport at the plasmalemma of charophyte cells: I. Current-voltage curves, saturation kinetics, and effects of unstirred layers. J. Membrane Biol. 49: 21-55

7. Walker NA, Smith FA and Beilby MJ, 1979, Amine uniport at the plasmalemma of charophyte cells: II. Ratio of matter to charge transported and permeability of the free base. J. Membrane Biol. 49: 283-296

8. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1980, The double-fixed-charge membrane: electromechanical stress and the effects of temperature on punchthrough.
Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 7: 595-608

9. Beilby MJ and Walker NA, 1981, Chloride transport in Chara: I. Kinetics and current-voltage curves for a probable proton symport. J. Exp. Bot. 32: 43-54

10. Beilby MJ, 1981, Excitation-revealed changes in cytoplasmic Cl- concentration in "Cl--starved" Chara cells. J. Membrane Biol. 62: 207-218

11. Beilby MJ, 1982, Cl- channels in Chara. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London B 299: 435-445

12. Smith JR and Beilby MJ, 1983, Inhibition of electrogenic transport associated with the action potential in Chara. J. Membrane Biol. 71: 131-140

13. Beilby MJ and Beilby BN, 1983, Potential dependence of the admittance of Chara plasmalemma. J. Membrane Biol. 74: 229-245

14. Beilby MJ and MacRobbie EAC, 1984, Is calmodulin involved in electrophysiology of Chara corallina? J. Exp. Bot. 35: 568-580

15. Beilby MJ, 1984, Calcium and plant action potentials. Plant Cell Environ. 7: 415-421 (commissioned review)

16. Beilby MJ, 1984, Current-voltage characteristics of the proton pump at Chara plasmalemma. I. pH dependence.
J. Membrane Biol. 81: 113-125

 17. Beilby MJ, 1985, Potassium channels at Chara plasmalemma. J. Exp. Bot. 36: 228-239

18. Beilby MJ, 1986a, Potassium channels and different states of Chara plasmalemma. J. Membrane Biol. 89: 241-249

19. Beilby MJ, 1986b, Factors controlling the K+ conductance in Chara. J. Membrane Biol. 93: 187-193

20. Beilby MJ and Blatt MR, 1986, Simultaneous measurements of cytoplasmic K+ concentration and the plasma membrane electrical parameters in single membrane samples of Chara corallina. Plant Physiol. 82: 417-422

21. Tester M, Beilby MJ and Shimmen T, 1987, Electrical characteristics of the tonoplast of Chara corallina: A study using permeabilised cells.
Plant Cell Physiol. 28: 1555- 1568

22. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, 1989, Cytoplasm-enriched fragments of Chara: structure and electrophysiology. Protoplasma 148:150-163

23. Beilby MJ, 1990, Current-voltage curves for plant membrane studies: A critical analysis of the method. J. Exp. Bot. 41: 165-182

24. Blatt MR, Beilby MJ and Tester M, 1990, Voltage dependence of the Chara proton pump revealed by current-voltage measurement during rapid metabolic blockade with cyanide. J. Membrane Biol. 114: 205-223

25. McCulloch SR, Beilby MJ and Walker NA, 1990, Transport of potassium in Chara australis: II. Kinetics of a symport with sodium.
J. Membrane Biol. 115: 129-143

26. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, 1991, Reassertion of physiology and morphology in cytoplasm-enriched fragments of Nitella.
Comptes - Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 313: 265-271

27. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA., 1991, Electrophysiology of cytoplasm-enriched fragments of Nitella: Effect of vacuole formation and nodal conductance. Comptes - Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 313: 327-332

28. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA , 1992, The Chara plasmalemma at high pH: p.d..-dependence of the conductance at rest and during excitation. J Membrane Biol., 125:25-39

29. Beilby M.J., Mimura T. and Shimmen T., 1993, The proton pump, high pH channels, and excitation: voltage clamp studies of intact and perfused cells of Nitellopsis obtusa. Protoplasma 175: 144-152

30. Andresen, L, Ngu, A, Beilby, M, Gibbons, V, Stanton, J, Bates, A, Pearce, G and Broderick, A (1995) Exploring the meaning of autonomy: the participant-led workshop. Research and Development in Higher Education 17: Higher Education in Transition M. Pearson (ed)

31. Beilby M. J. and Walker N. A., 1996, Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of Chara membranes: I. The Effect of ATP removal and zero turgor. J Membrane Biol., 149: 89-101

32. Beilby M.J. and Shepherd V.A., 1996, Turgor regulation in Lamprotamnium papulosum: I. I/V analysis and parmacological dissection of the hypotonic effect. Plant Cell Environ 19: 837-847

33. Beilby M.J., Mimura T. and Shimmen T. , 1997, Perfusion of charophyte cells: a critical analysis of the method. J. Exp. Bot. 48: 157 - 172

34. McCulloch S. R. and Beilby M. J., 1997, The electrophysiology of plasmolysed cells of Chara australis. J. Exp. Bot. 48: 1383 - 1392

35. Beilby MJ, Cherry CA and Shepherd VA, 1999, Dual turgor regulation response to hypotonic stress in Lamprothamnium papulosum. Plant, Cell and Environment 22: 347 - 360

36. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ and Heslop D, 1999, Ecophysiology of the hypotonic response in the salt-tolerant alga Lamprothamnium papulosum. Plant, Cell and Environment 22: 333 - 346

37. Shepherd VA and Beilby MJ, 1999, The effect of an extracellular mucilage on the response to osmotic shock in the charophyte alga Lamprothamnium papulosum. J Membrane Biol., 170: 229-242

38. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA, 1999, Transport systems of Ventricaria ventricosa: I/V analysis of both membranes in series as a function of [K+]o. J Membrane Biol., 171: 63 - 73

39. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, 2001, Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of charophyte membranes. II. The effect of salinity on membranes of Lamprothamnium papulosum. J Membrane Biol., 181: 77 - 89

40. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, 2001, Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of charophyte membranes. III. K+ of Lamprothamnium. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28: 541 – 550

41. Shepherd VA, Shimmen T and Beilby MJ, 2001, Mechanosensory ion channels in Chara: The influence of cell turgor pressure on touch-activated receptor potentials and action potentials Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28: 551 – 566

42. Tyerman SD, Beilby MJ, Whittington J, Juswono U, Newman I and Shabala S, 2001, Oscillations in proton transport revealed from simultaneous measurements of net current and net proton fluxes from isolated root protoplasts: MIFE meets patch-clamp Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28: 591 – 604

43. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ and Shimmen T, 2002, Mechanosensory ion channels in charophyte cells: the response to touch and salinity stress. European Biophysics Journal, 31: 341 – 355

44. Bisson MA and Beilby MJ, 2002, Transport systems of Ventricaria ventricosa: Hypotonic and hypertonic turgor regulation. Journal of Membrane Biology 190: 43 - 56

45. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ and Bisson MA, 2004, When is a cell not a cell? A theory relating coenocytic structure to the unusual electrophysiology of Ventricaria ventricosa (Valonia ventricosa) Protoplasma, in print

in progress
  1. S Westermann and MJ Beilby, Hyperpolarizing Effect in Chara. To be submitted to Journal of Membrane Biology.
  2. MJ Beilby and VA Shepherd, Ca++- activated Cl- channels of salt-tolerant charophyte Lamprothamnium. To be submitted to Journal of Membrane Biology
  3. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ, Mechanosensory ion channels in Chara: The influence of Na+ and Ca2+ concentration on touch-activated receptor potentials and action potentials. To be submitted to Plant Cell Environ

Refereed conference abstracts

1. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1980, Electro-mechanical effects in membranes: their role in the dependence of punchthrough on temperature. pp. 611-12. In Plant Membrane Transport: Current Conceptual Issues, eds. R. M. Spanswick, W. J. Lucas and J. Dainty, Elsevier, North Holland.

2. Beilby MJ and Coster HGL, 1980, The Hodgkin-Huxley description of excitation in Chara corallina. pp. 613-14. In Plant Membrane Transport: Current Conceptual Issues, eds. R. M. Spanswick, W. J. Lucas and J. Dainty, Elsevier, North Holland.

3. Beilby MJ, Smith FA and Walker NA, 1980, The processes transporting CH3NH2 and across the Chara plasmalemma. pp. 601-2. In Plant Membrane Transport: Current Conceptual Issues, eds. R. M. Spanswick, W. J. Lucas and J. Dainty, Elsevier, North Holland.

4. Beilby MJ and Walker NA, 1980, Chloride influx into Chara plasmalemma. pp. 601-2. In Plant Membrane Transport: Current Conceptual Issues, eds. R. M. Spanswick, W. J. Lucas and J. Dainty, Elsevier, North Holland.

5. Beilby MJ, 1984, Conductance-voltage profile of Chara proton pump. pp. 201-202. In Membrane Transport in Plants, eds. W. J. Cram, K. Janacek, R. Rybova and K. Sigler.

6. Beilby MJ and Beilby BN, 1984, The excitation in Chara: low frequency dispersion. pp. 203. In Membrane Transport in Plants, eds. W. J. Cram, K. Janacek, R. Rybova and K. Sigler.

7. Smith JR and Beilby MJ, 1984, Capacitance and conductance of Chara during the action potential. pp 231. In Membrane Transport in Plants, eds. W. J. Cram, K. Janacek, R. Rybova and K. Sigler.

8. Beilby MJ, 1985, The role of Ca++ in Chara K+ state. Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Calcium in Plant Development. NATO Advanced Workshop.

9. Beilby MJ, 1985, The role of Ca++ in the excitation of the single membrane samples of Chara. Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Calcium in Plant Development. NATO Advanced Workshop.

10. Beilby MJ, 1989, Transport systems at Chara plasmalemma. pp 31-34. In Plant Membrane Transport: The Current Position, eds. J. Dainty,
M. I. de Michelis, E. Marre and F. Rasi-Caldogno, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

11. Beilby MJ, 1990, The I/V technique and the different states of Chara plasmalemma. pp 61-66, In Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi, eds. MJ Beilby, NA Walker and JR Smith, Sydney University, Sydney

12. Tester M, Shimmen T, Beilby MJ and MacRobbie EAC, 1990, The transport of ions across the tonoplast of charophytes: A study using permeabilised cells. pp 112-115, In Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi, eds. MJ Beilby, NA Walker and JR Smith, Sydney University, Sydney

13. Cherry CA and Beilby MJ, 1996, Two parallel mechanisms for hypotonic turgor regulation in Lamprothamnium papulosum. International Membrane Science and Technology conference, Sydney 12 - 14 November

14. Shepherd VA and Beilby MJ, 1996, Cellular structures with relation to electrophysiology during hypotonic challenge in the giant alga Lamprothamnium papulosum. International Membrane Science and Technology conference, Sydney 12 - 14 November

15. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA. 1996, I/V caracteristics of Valonia ventricosa as a function of [K+]o. International Membrane Science and Technology conference, Sydney 12 - 14 November

16. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ and Best S, 2003, Cytoplasmic domains in an organism with self-repairing membranes. Proceedings of the International Membrane Science and Technology Conference. Vol. 1. Full refereed papers. Editor A.G. Fane. UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Australia

Chapters in books

1. Beilby MJ, 1982, Cl- channels in Chara, in The Binding and Transport of Anions in Living Tissues, The Royal Society of London, pp 435 - 445.

2. Beilby MJ, 1989, Electrophysiology of giant algal cells. Methods in Enzymology 174: 403-443 (commissioned review)

  Symposia edited

  1. Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi, 1990, eds. MJ Beilby, NA Walker and JR Smith, Sydney University, Sydney

Oral and poster conference presentations 1992-2003

 1. Beilby MJ, Walker NA, Mimura T and Shimmen T, 1992, Electrical characteristics of cells with and without ATP: I/V and G/V profiles in steady state. 9th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Monterey, California, July 19-24

2. Beilby MJ, Mimura T and Shimmen T, 1992, Comparison of data from intact and perfused cells of Chara and Nitellopsis. 9th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Monterey, California, July 19-24

3. Beilby, M. J., 1993, Lamprothamnium: Voltage current analysis. Invited speaker (could not attend, presented as a poster) to Characeae Symposium, Otsu, Japan, September 1993

4. Beilby, M. J., 1993, Lamprothamnium: Voltage current analysis. 17th Annual Meeting of Australian Society for Biophysics, December 10 - 12, ANU, Canberra

5. Beilby, M. J. and Shepherd, V. A., 1994, Electrophysiology of turgor regulation: I/V analysis and pharmacological dissection of the hypotonic effect in Lamprothamnium papulosum. Poster presented at Gordon Conference, Tilton, New Hampshire, USA, August 1994

6. Beilby, M. J. and Shepherd, V. A., 1994, Hypotonic effect in Lamprothamnium papulosum: channel characterisation. Invited speaker: 18th Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, The Pan Pacific Hotel, Broadbeach, Queensland, September 25-26

7. Beilby M.J., Shepherd V.A. and Cherry C.A. 1995, Turgor regulation in Lamprothamnium papulosum: the hypotonic effect . Poster presented at 10th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology in Regensburg, August 6 - 11

8. Chilcott TC, Coster HGL, Beilby MJ and Simons R, 1995, Determination of the mechanism of the proton transport in the Fo -ATP synthase.Poster presented at 10th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology in Regensburg, August 6 - 11

 9. Beilby MJ and Walker NA , 1995, Modelling the current -voltage characteristics of Chara plasmalemma. Poster presented at 10th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology in Regensburg, August 6 - 11

10. McCulloch S. and Beilby MJ, 1995 , Effect of plasmolysis on the electrophysiology of Chara.Poster presented at 10th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology in Regensburg, August 6 - 11

11. Beilby MJ and Cherry CA. 1996, Two parallel mechanisms for hypotonic turgor regulation in Lamprothamnium papulosum. 20th Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Hobart, Tasmania, July 4-6

12. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA. 1996, I/V caracteristics of Valonia ventricosa as a function of [K+]o. 20th Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Hobart, Tasmania, July 4-6

13. Beilby MJ, Shepherd VA and Cherry CA, 1998, The role of intra- and extra-cellular structures in the hypotonic response of the salt tolerant charophyte Lamprothamnium papulosum. 11th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Cambridge 9 - 14 August

14. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA. 1998, Modelling the K+ pump at the tonoplast of Valonia ventricosa.11th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Cambridge 9 - 14 August

15. Shepherd VA, Beilby MJ, Cherry CA and Bisson MA, 1998, Formation and early development of aplanospores of Ventricaria (Valonia) ventricosa. 22th Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Canberra, ACT, December 4-6

16. Shepherd VA and Beilby MJ, 1998, Degradation of Extracellular mucilage with heparinase transforms the response to hypotonic challenge in Lamprothamnium papulosum. 22th Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Canberra, ACT, December 4-6

17. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, Modelling the I/V profiles of Lamprothamnium papulosum. 23rd Annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Gold Coast, Queensland, 29 September - 3 October 1999

18. Beilby MJ and Bisson MA, Turgor regulation in Ventricaria Ventricosa. Meeting of Plant Centre for Membrane Biology, Port Lincoln, 20 - 22 November 1999.

19. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, Modeling K+ state of Lamprothamnium Ventricosa. Meeting of Plant Centre for Membrane Biology, Port Lincoln, 3 - 5 December 2000

20. Modeling current-voltage (I/V) characteristics of salt-tolerant charophyte Lamprothamnium in steady state and at the time of turgor regulation. Talk, 12th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Madison USA, August 2001

21. Shepherd, VA. Beilby, MJ., Cherry, CA and Bisson, M, The unusual cellular structures of Ventricaria. Poster, 12th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Madison USA, August 2001

22. Shepherd, VA. Shimmen T and Beilby MJ, Mechanosensory ion channels in Chara- the role of cell turgor pressure. Poster, 25th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics , Katoomba, Australia, September 2001

23. Shepherd, VA. Shimmen T and Beilby MJ, Mechanosensory ion channels in Chara and the role of cell turgor pressure. Talk, ComBio 2001, Canberra, Australia, October 2001

24. Shepherd, VA. Beilby, MJ., Cherry, CA and Bisson, M, Unusual cellular structures in Ventricaria. Poster, ComBio 2001, Canberra, Australia, October 2001

25. Bisson MA and Beilby MJ, I/V curves associated with turgor regulation in Ventricaria. Poster, 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics , University of Melbourne, Australia, December 2002

26. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA, Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of Ca++-activated Cl- channels of salt-tolerant charophyte Lamprothamnium. Poster, 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics , University of Melbourne, Australia, December 2002

27. Shepherd, VA. Beilby MJ, Bisson MA and Cherry-Gaedt CA, Structured cytoplasm and the unusual electrophysiology of Ventricaria ventricosa. Poster, 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics , University of Melbourne, Australia, December 2002

28. Beilby MJ and Shepherd VA. Current-voltage analysis of the dominant membrane transporters of the salt-tolerant charophyte Lamprothamnium. Talk, Symposium on Membrane Science and Technology Prince of Songkla University, Samila Beach Hotel, Songkla, Thailand, January 2003

Research Grants (1993-2003)

 

  
                Year 

  
         Type of grant

       Funding received 
 

1993                                                       

ARC Electrophysiology of Plant cells under salinity stress

                     16,000

1995/97                                                  

ARC Field effect gating mechanisms in membrane transport proteins: a study of correlation between structure and function (with Coster and Chilcott)

                     201,800

1995                                                       

ARC Electrophysiology of Plant cells under salinity stress

                    22,000

1995

Infrastructure NSW (with Coster, Smith)

                     9,000

1996/ 98

ARC Molecular basis of salt tolerance in alga Lamprothamnium

                    151,718

     1996                                                        

ARC Patch-clamping the tonoplast membrane of salt-tolerant charopyte Lamprothamnium papulosum

                    24,000

1997

Infrastructure NSW (with Coster, Curmi, Smith and Walker)

                     80,000

1998

ARC : Alternative survival strategy of members of Bryopsidophycae algae

                    5,000

1999-01

ARC: Interaction of extra- and intra-cellular compartments with ion channels involved in turgor regulation in charophyte Lamprothamnium

                   102,083

1999

Infrastructure NSW (with Coster, Smith)

                    24,000

2000    

ARC: The electrophysiology and structure of marine alga Ventricaria ventricosa at the time of turgor regulation

                   25,000

2000

Australian Academy of Science Travel grant: Role of mechanosensory ion channels in cell salinity tolerance

(To Dr. Shepherd, Research Associate on Large ARC)

7,000

 2000                 

Australian Academy of Sciences Travel Grant to Europe: Turgor regulation in marine alga Ventricaria ventricosa

                    6,575

2001 

Small ARC: The mechanism of hypertonic turgor regulation in charophyte Lamprothamnium. ventricosa

 

12,465

2002

VC's strategic development fund Goldstar maintenance award:

Salt stress and tolerance: detectors and effectors

(with Prof. Walker)

 

 

$15,000

+$5,000 from the School

2003

FRG: Role of extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton in plant cell development

$18,000

2003 

Australian Academy of Science Travel grant: Role of mechanosensory ion channels in cell salinity tolerance

(to Dr. Shepherd)

$6,000 (6 weeks)       

2004            

FRG: The role of ion channels, vacuolar compartment and extracellular matrix in plant mechanoperception

       $11,000