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Christina E. Offler is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research is concentrated within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and related interdisciplinary fields including Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics, including:

  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Their publication record features recent papers in various peer-reviewed journals. Notable examples include:

  • "Transfer cells: what regulates the development of their intricate wall labyrinths?" (2020), published in New Phytologist
  • "From mouse to mouse-ear cress: Nanomaterials as vehicles in plant biotechnology" (2021), published in Exploration
  • "Methods for continual production of grapevine plants grown from green cuttings, with repeated budburst induction, in an environmentally controlled greenhouse" (2021), published in Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • "Amino acid transporters mediate autonomous delivery of nanoparticle vehicles into living plants" (2025), published in Nature Communications
  • "Front Cover: From mouse to mouse-ear cress: Nanomaterials as vehicles in plant biotechnology (EXP2 1/2021)" (2021), published in Exploration

Frequently publishing in these venues, they have contributed the majority of their work to:

  • Exploration
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • John W. Patrick
  • Yang Liu
  • Yingfang Zhu
  • Christopher P. L. Grof
  • Chun-Peng Song

The scope of Christina E. Offler's research integrates molecular and cellular plant biology with applications in nanotechnology and plant biotechnology. This interdisciplinary approach addresses both fundamental biological processes such as plant nutrient uptake and transfer cell development, as well as applied aspects like nanoparticle-mediated delivery systems and plant propagation techniques.

Best Publications

  • Compartmentation of transport and transfer events in developing seeds

    John W. Patrick;Christina E. Offler

  • Transfer cells: cells specialized for a special purpose.

    Christina E. Offler;David W. McCurdy;John W. Patrick;Mark J. Talbot

  • Post-sieve element transport of photoassimilates in sink regions

    J.W. Patrick;C.E. Offler

  • Sucrose transport into developing seeds of Pisum sativum L.

    Mechthild Tegeder;Xin-Ding Wang;Wolf B.. Frommer;Christina E.. Offler

  • Pathway of Sugar Transport in Germinating Wheat Seeds

    Naohiro Aoki;Graham N. Scofield;Xin-Ding Wang;Christina E. Offler

  • Amino Acid Transporters Are Localized to Transfer Cells of Developing Pea Seeds

    Mechthild Tegeder;Christina E. Offler;Wolf B. Frommer;John W. Patrick

  • Post-Sieve Element Transport of Sucrose in Developing Seeds

    JW Patrick;CE Offler

  • Seed‐specific overexpression of a potato sucrose transporter increases sucrose uptake and growth rates of developing pea cotyledons

    Elke Rosche;Daniel Blackmore;Mechthild Tegeder;Terese Richardson

  • Growth Regulators Have Rapid Effects on Photosynthate Unloading from Seed Coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L.

    Paul E. Clifford;Christina E. Offler;John W. Patrick

  • A suite of sucrose transporters expressed in coats of developing legume seeds includes novel pH-independent facilitators

    Yuchan Zhou;Hongxia Qu;Katherine E. Dibley;Christina E. Offler

  • Role of membrane transport in phloem translocation of assimilates and water

    John W. Patrick;Wenhao Zhang;Stephen D. Tyerman;Christina E. Offler

  • Cellular Structures, Plasma Membrane Surface Areas and Plasmodesmatal Frequencies of Seed Coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L. In Relation to Photosynthate Transfer

    CE Offler;JW Patrick

  • Cell specific expression of three genes involved in plasma membrane sucrose transport in developingVicia faba seed

    G. N. Harrington;V. R. Franceschi;C. E. Offler;J. W. Patrick

  • Three sucrose transporter genes are expressed in the developing grain of hexaploid wheat.

    Naohiro Aoki;Paul Whitfeld;Frank Hoeren;Graham Scofield

  • Regulation of fruit and seed response to heat and drought by sugars as nutrients and signals.

    Yong-Hua Liu;Christina Eleanor Offler;Yong-Ling Ruan

  • Expression and localisation analysis of the wheat sucrose transporter TaSUT1 in vegetative tissues.

    N. Aoki;G. N. Scofield;X.-D. Wang;J. W. Patrick

  • Cell Wall Invertase Promotes Fruit Set under Heat Stress by Suppressing ROS-Independent Cell Death

    Yong-Hua Liu;Christina E. Offler;Yong-Ling Ruan

  • Wall Ingrowths in Epidermal Transfer Cells of Vicia faba Cotyledons are Modified Primary Walls Marked by Localized Accumulations of Arabinogalactan Proteins

    Kevin C. Vaughn;Mark J. Talbot;Christina E. Offler;David W. McCurdy

  • Pathway of Photosynthate Transfer in the Developing Seed of Vicia faba L: A Structural Assessment of the Role of Transfer Cells in Unloading from the Seed Coat

    C. E. Offler;J. W. Patrick

  • Intracellular sucrose communicates metabolic demand to sucrose transporters in developing pea cotyledons

    Yuchan Zhou;Katie Chan;Trevor L. Wang;Cliff L. Hedley

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Patrick
John W. Patrick University of Newcastle Australia
Mechthild Tegeder
Mechthild Tegeder Washington State University
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Yong-Ling Ruan
Yong-Ling Ruan University of Newcastle Australia
Vincent R. Franceschi
Vincent R. Franceschi Washington State University
Stephen D. Tyerman
Stephen D. Tyerman University of Adelaide
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
Geoffrey O. Wasteneys
Geoffrey O. Wasteneys University of British Columbia
Hans Weber
Hans Weber Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

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