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Jon K. Pittman is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers multiple main topics such as Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, Radioactive Contamination and Transfer, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Jon K. Pittman has published several papers recently, including:

  • Models of microalgal cultivation for added-value products - A review, 2020, Biotechnology Advances
  • Optimisation of microalgal cultivation via nutrient-enhanced strategies: the biorefinery paradigm, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • Organic complexation of U(VI) in reducing soils at a natural analogue site: Implications for uranium transport, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Increased metal tolerance and bioaccumulation of zinc and cadmium in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii expressing a AtHMA4 C-terminal domain protein, 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Improved saccharification of Chlorella vulgaris biomass by fungal secreted enzymes for bioethanol production, 2021, Algal Research

Their frequent co-authors include Lynn Foster, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Constantinos Theodoropoulos, Clare H. Robinson, and Jelena Danilović Luković.

Pittman has published regularly in scientific journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Algal Research, Chemosphere, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • THE POTENTIAL OF SUSTAINABLE ALGAL BIOFUEL PRODUCTION USING WASTEWATER RESOURCES

    Jon K. Pittman;Andrew P. Dean;Olumayowa Osundeko

  • Protein Phylogenetic Analysis of Ca2+/cation Antiporters and Insights into their Evolution in Plants

    Laura Emery;Simon Whelan;Kendal D. Hirschi;Jon K. Pittman

  • Shaping the calcium signature.

    Martin R. McAinsh;Jon K. Pittman

  • Emerging mechanisms for heavy metal transport in plants.

    Lorraine E Williams;Jon K Pittman;J.L Hall

  • Using FTIR spectroscopy for rapid determination of lipid accumulation in response to nitrogen limitation in freshwater microalgae

    Andrew P. Dean;David C. Sigee;Beatriz Estrada;Jon K. Pittman

  • Managing the manganese: molecular mechanisms of manganese transport and homeostasis.

    Jon K. Pittman

  • Up-regulation of a H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) as a strategy to engineer drought-resistant crop plants

    Sunghun Park;Jisheng Li;Jon K. Pittman;Jon K. Pittman;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • A role for the AtMTP11 gene of Arabidopsis in manganese transport and tolerance

    Emmanuel Delhaize;Benjamin D. Gruber;Jon K. Pittman;Rosemary G. White

  • The monosaccharide transporter gene, AtSTP4, and the cell-wall invertase, Atbetafruct1, are induced in Arabidopsis during infection with the fungal biotroph Erysiphe cichoracearum.

    Vasileios Fotopoulos;Martin J. Gilbert;Jon K. Pittman;Alison C. Marvier

  • The Protein Kinase SOS2 Activates the Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ Antiporter CAX1 to Integrate Calcium Transport and Salt Tolerance

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Jian Kang Zhu;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi

  • The Arabidopsis cax1 Mutant Exhibits Impaired Ion Homeostasis, Development, and Hormonal Responses and Reveals Interplay among Vacuolar Transporters

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Bronwyn J. Barkla;Toshiro Shigaki

  • Functional association of Arabidopsis CAX1 and CAX3 is required for normal growth and ion homeostasis.

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Toshiro Shigaki;Jinesh Lachmansingh

  • Increased Calcium Levels and Prolonged Shelf Life in Tomatoes Expressing Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ Transporters

    Sunghun Park;Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Kil Sun Yoo

  • Microbial degradation of four biodegradable polymers in soil and compost demonstrating polycaprolactone as an ideal compostable plastic

    Asma Said Khalid Al Hosni;Jon Pittman;Geoffrey Robson

  • ECA3, a Golgi-Localized P2A-Type ATPase, Plays a Crucial Role in Manganese Nutrition in Arabidopsis

    Rebecca F. Mills;Melissa Louise Doherty;Rosa L. López-Marqués;Thilo Weimar

  • Elucidating the mechanisms of assembly and subunit interaction of the cellulose synthase complex of Arabidopsis secondary cell walls.

    Ivan I. Atanassov;Jon K. Pittman;Simon R. Turner

  • Vacuolar Ca2+ uptake

    Jon K. Pittman

  • Characterization of CAX4, an Arabidopsis H+/Cation Antiporter

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Toshiro Shigaki;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi

  • CAX-ing a wide net: Cation/H(+) transporters in metal remediation and abiotic stress signalling.

    J. K. Pittman;K. D. Hirschi

  • Root development under metal stress in Arabidopsis thaliana requires the H+/cation antiporter CAX4.

    Hui Mei;Ning Hui Cheng;Jian Zhao;Sunghun Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Kendal D. Hirschi
Kendal D. Hirschi Baylor College of Medicine
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Clare H. Robinson
Clare H. Robinson University of Manchester
Jian Zhao
Jian Zhao Hunan Agricultural University
Jonathan R. Lloyd
Jonathan R. Lloyd University of Manchester
Bronwyn J. Barkla
Bronwyn J. Barkla Southern Cross University
Rita Tewari
Rita Tewari University of Nottingham
Christian Doerig
Christian Doerig RMIT University
Francis R. Livens
Francis R. Livens University of Manchester
Geoffrey D. Robson
Geoffrey D. Robson University of Manchester

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