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  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian A. Graham is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Plant Science. Their work also covers areas in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Biotechnology.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research
  • Berberine and alkaloids research
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Plant-based Medicinal Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with them, including:

  • Tomasz Czechowski
  • Yi Li
  • David Harvey
  • Tony R. Larson
  • Alison D. Gilday

Their frequently used publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Plants
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers by Ian A. Graham include:

  • Plant metabolic gene clusters in the multi-omics era, 2022, Trends in Plant Science
  • Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly of Artemisia annua reveals the correlation between ADS expansion and artemisinin yield, 2022, Molecular Plant
  • Selection of a subspecies-specific diterpene gene cluster implicated in rice disease resistance, 2020, Nature Plants
  • A chromosome-level Amaranthus cruentus genome assembly highlights gene family evolution and biosynthetic gene clusters that may underpin the nutritional value of this traditional crop, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Superoxide is promoted by sucrose and affects amplitude of circadian rhythms in the evening, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

In recognition of their contributions, Ian A. Graham was made Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Acyl-Lipid Metabolism

    Younghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • Seed Storage Oil Mobilization

    Ian A Graham

  • Trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase 1, which catalyses the first step in trehalose synthesis, is essential for Arabidopsis embryo maturation

    Peter J. Eastmond;Anja J. H. Van Dijken;Melissa Spielman;Aimie Kerr

  • Cold and light control seed germination through the bHLH transcription factor SPATULA

    Steven Penfield;Eve-Marie Josse;Rubini Kannangara;Alison D. Gilday

  • Arabidopsis Seedling Growth, Storage Lipid Mobilization, and Photosynthetic Gene Expression Are Regulated by Carbon:Nitrogen Availability

    Thomas Martin;Oliver Oswald;Ian A. Graham

  • Identification of the 2-Hydroxyglutarate and Isovaleryl-CoA Dehydrogenases as Alternative Electron Donors Linking Lysine Catabolism to the Electron Transport Chain of Arabidopsis Mitochondria

    Wagner L. Araújo;Kimitsune Ishizaki;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Tony R. Larson

  • The Genetic Map of Artemisia annua L. Identifies Loci Affecting Yield of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin

    Ian A. Graham;Katrin Besser;Susan Blumer;Caroline A. Branigan

  • Arabidopsis ABA INSENSITIVE4 Regulates Lipid Mobilization in the Embryo and Reveals Repression of Seed Germination by the Endosperm

    Steven Penfield;Yi Li;Alison D. Gilday;Stuart Graham

  • Acyl-métabolisme des lipides

    Yonghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • Re-examining the role of the glyoxylate cycle in oilseeds

    Peter J. Eastmond;Ian A. Graham

  • Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid production and partitioning to triacylglycerols in four microalgae.

    Thierry Tonon;David Harvey;Tony R. Larson;Ian A. Graham

  • Potential of Jatropha curcas as a source of renewable oil and animal feed

    Andrew J. King;Wei He;Jesús A. Cuevas;Mark Freudenberger

  • Metabolic engineering of hydroxy fatty acid production in plants: RcDGAT2 drives dramatic increases in ricinoleate levels in seed oil.

    Julie Burgal;Jay Shockey;Chaofu Lu;John Dyer

  • The effect of nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency on flavonol accumulation in plant tissues

    A.J. Stewart;W. Chapman;G.I. Jenkins;I. Graham

  • Carbon Catabolite Repression Regulates Glyoxylate Cycle Gene Expression in Cucumber.

    Ian A. Graham;Katherine J. Denby;Christopher J. Leaver

  • Postgerminative growth and lipid catabolism in oilseeds lacking the glyoxylate cycle

    Peter J. Eastmond;Veronique Germain;Peter R. Lange;James H. Bryce

  • A Papaver somniferum 10-Gene Cluster for Synthesis of the Anticancer Alkaloid Noscapine

    Thilo Winzer;Valeria Gazda;Zhesi He;Filip Kaminski

  • Control of germination and lipid mobilization by COMATOSE, the Arabidopsis homologue of human ALDP

    Steven Footitt;Stephen P. Slocombe;Victoria Larner;Smita Kurup

  • Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

    Margarida R G Maia;Lal C Chaudhary;Lal C Chaudhary;Charles S Bestwick;Anthony J Richardson

  • Stress induces peroxisome biogenesis genes

    Eduardo Lopez‐Huertas;Wayne L Charlton;Barbara Johnson;Ian A Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony R. Larson
Tony R. Larson University of York
Alison Baker
Alison Baker University of Leeds
Peter J. Eastmond
Peter J. Eastmond Rothamsted Research
Christopher J. Leaver
Christopher J. Leaver University of Oxford
Karen J. Halliday
Karen J. Halliday University of Edinburgh
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith University of Tasmania
Yi Li
Yi Li University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yinbo Gan
Yinbo Gan Zhejiang University
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research

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