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73
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20723
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5895
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141

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellow

Overview

Barry J. Pogson is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, the focus narrows to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics of Pogson's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, with a notable presence in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) where they have 12 publications. Other frequent venues include The Plant Journal (6 publications), Trends in Plant Science (3 publications), Journal of Experimental Botany (3 publications), and New Phytologist (2 publications).

Barry J. Pogson has co-authored extensively with a group of frequent collaborators, including Diep R Ganguly, Marten Moore, Andrew F. Bowerman, Christopher I. Cazzonelli, and Kai Xun Chan.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity, 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • Prospects for Carotenoid Biofortification Targeting Retention and Catabolism, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • A cis-carotene derived apocarotenoid regulates etioplast and chloroplast development, 2020, eLife
  • Enhancing crop yields through improvements in the efficiency of photosynthesis and respiration, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Potential abiotic stress targets for modern genetic manipulation, 2022, The Plant Cell

The scientist has been recognized through awards such as being named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2021 and as an Australian Laureate Fellow in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants

    Nazia Nisar;L i Li;Shan Lu;Nay Chi Khin

  • Vitamin synthesis in plants: tocopherols and carotenoids.

    Dean DellaPenna;Barry J. Pogson

  • Source to sink: regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

    Christopher I. Cazzonelli;Barry J. Pogson

  • Functional analysis of the beta and epsilon lycopene cyclase enzymes of Arabidopsis reveals a mechanism for control of cyclic carotenoid formation.

    Francis X. Cunningham;Barry Pogson;Zairen Sun;Kelly A. McDonald

  • Carotenoid accumulation and function in seeds and non-green tissues.

    Crispin A. Howitt;Barry J. Pogson

  • Reconsidering plant memory: Intersections between stress recovery, RNA turnover, and epigenetics

    Peter A. Crisp;Diep Ganguly;Steven R. Eichten;Justin O. Borevitz

  • Identification of the carotenoid isomerase provides insight into carotenoid biosynthesis, prolamellar body formation, and photomorphogenesis

    Hyoungshin Park;Sarah S. Kreunen;Abby J. Cuttriss;Dean DellaPenna

  • Evidence for a SAL1-PAP Chloroplast Retrograde Pathway That Functions in Drought and High Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Gonzalo M. Estavillo;Peter A. Crisp;Wannarat Pornsiriwong;Markus Wirtz

  • Learning the Languages of the Chloroplast: Retrograde Signaling and Beyond

    Kaixun Chan;Suyin Phua;Peter A Crisp;Ryan P McQuinn

  • The Absence of ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE1a in Arabidopsis Results in Acute Sensitivity to Combined Light and Drought Stress

    Estelle Giraud;Lois H.M. Ho;Rachel Clifton;Adam Carroll

  • Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants.

    Barry Pogson;Kelly A. McDonald;Maria Truong;George Britton

  • Plastid signalling to the nucleus and beyond

    Barry J. Pogson;Nick S. Woo;Britta Förster;Ian D. Small

  • Altered xanthophyll compositions adversely affect chlorophyll accumulation and nonphotochemical quenching in Arabidopsis mutants

    Barry J. Pogson;Krishna K. Niyogi;Olle Björkman;Dean DellaPenna

  • Global changes in gene expression in response to high light in Arabidopsis.

    Jan Bart Rossel;Iain W. Wilson;Barry J. Pogson

  • A rapid, non-invasive procedure for quantitative assessment of drought survival using chlorophyll fluorescence.

    Nick S Woo;Murray R Badger;Barry J Pogson

  • Remodeled Respiration in ndufs4 with Low Phosphorylation Efficiency Suppresses Arabidopsis Germination and Growth and Alters Control of Metabolism at Night

    Etienne H. Meyer;Tiago Tomaz;Adam J. Carroll;Gonzalo Estavillo

  • Photoprotection in a zeaxanthin- and lutein-deficient double mutant of Arabidopsis.

    Krishna K. Niyogi;Connie Shih;Wah Soon Chow;Barry J. Pogson

  • Synthesis and Function of Apocarotenoid Signals in Plants

    Xin Hou;John Y Rivers;Patricia Leon;Ryan P McQuinn

  • Systemic and Intracellular Responses to Photooxidative Stress in Arabidopsis

    Jan Bart Rossel;Philippa Wilson;Dawar Hussain;Nicholas Woo

  • Signaling from the Endoplasmic Reticulum Activates Brassinosteroid Signaling and Promotes Acclimation to Stress in Arabidopsis

    Ping Che;John D. Bussell;Wenxu Zhou;Gonzalo M. Estavillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Wah Soon Chow
Wah Soon Chow Australian National University
James Whelan
James Whelan La Trobe University
Justin O. Borevitz
Justin O. Borevitz Australian National University
Dean DellaPenna
Dean DellaPenna Michigan State University
A. Harvey Millar
A. Harvey Millar University of Western Australia
Ian Small
Ian Small University of Western Australia
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Zhong-Hua Chen
Zhong-Hua Chen University of Adelaide
Murray R. Badger
Murray R. Badger Australian National University
C. Barry Osmond
C. Barry Osmond Australian National University

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