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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
24399
World Ranking
3329
National Ranking
100

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Shawn D. Mansfield is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in research intersecting Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Their body of work includes a strong focus on plant science, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology, with additional attention to nature and landscape conservation and agronomy and crop science.

The main topics addressed in Mansfield's research include plant gene expression analysis, lignin and wood chemistry, biofuel production and bioconversion, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, forest ecology and management, plant molecular biology research, and bioenergy crop production and management.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Faride Unda, John Ralph, Yaseen Mottiar, Lisanne de Vries, and Steven D. Karlen.

Mansfield has published extensively in multiple scholarly venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their work are:

  • New Phytologist
  • Holzforschung
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Plant Direct
  • Plant and Cell Physiology

Selected recent papers by Shawn D. Mansfield include:

  • Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • FLA11 and FLA12 glycoproteins fine-tune stem secondary wall properties in response to mechanical stresses, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Tailoring renewable materials via plant biotechnology, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • ToF-SIMS imaging reveals that p-hydroxybenzoate groups specifically decorate the lignin of fibres in the xylem of poplar and willow, 2020, Holzforschung
  • Opportunities and barriers for biofuel and bioenergy production from poplar, 2021, GCB Bioenergy

Shawn D. Mansfield was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Substrate and Enzyme Characteristics that Limit Cellulose Hydrolysis

    Shawn D. Mansfield;Caitriona Mooney;John N. Saddler

  • Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

    Shawn D Mansfield;Hoon Kim;Fachuang Lu;John Ralph

  • The effect of initial pore volume and lignin content on the enzymatic hydrolysis of softwoods

    Caitriona A. Mooney;Shawn D. Mansfield;Maria G. Touhy;John N. Saddler

  • Downregulation of Cinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in Poplar: Multiple-Level Phenotyping Reveals Effects on Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism and Structure

    Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Rebecca Dauwe;Rebecca Dauwe;Kris Morreel;Kris Morreel;Véronique Storme;Véronique Storme

  • Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure

    Heather D. Coleman;Jimmy Yan;Shawn D. Mansfield

  • The Effects on Lignin Structure of Overexpression of Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase in Hybrid Poplar1

    Jaclyn J. Stewart;Takuya Akiyama;Clint C. Chapple;John Ralph

  • Monolignol ferulate transferase introduces chemically labile linkages into the lignin backbone.

    C.G. Wilkerson;C.G. Wilkerson;S.D. Mansfield;Fachuang Lu;Fachuang Lu;S. Withers;S. Withers

  • Global transcript profiling of primary stems from Arabidopsis thaliana identifies candidate genes for missing links in lignin biosynthesis and transcriptional regulators of fiber differentiation.

    Jürgen Ehlting;Nathalie Mattheus;Dana S. Aeschliman;Eryang Li

  • Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification.

    Astrid Patzlaff;Stephanie McInnis;Adrian Courtenay;Christine Surman

  • Designer lignins: harnessing the plasticity of lignification

    Yaseen Mottiar;Ruben Vanholme;Wout Boerjan;John Ralph;John Ralph

  • Cellulase adsorption and an evaluation of enzyme recycle during hydrolysis of steam-exploded softwood residues.

    Yanpin Lu;Bin Yang;David Gregg;John N. Saddler

  • Significant increases in pulping efficiency in C4H-F5H-transformed poplars: improved chemical savings and reduced environmental toxins.

    Shannon K Huntley;Dave Ellis;Margarita Gilbert;Clint Chapple

  • Fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins: specialization for stem biomechanics and cell wall architecture in Arabidopsis and Eucalyptus

    Colleen P. MacMillan;Shawn D. Mansfield;Zbigniew H. Stachurski;Rob Evans

  • Comparative Transcriptome and Secretome Analysis of Wood Decay Fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg;Jill Gaskell;Michael Mozuch;Grzegorz Sabat

  • Non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants compared among laboratories.

    Audrey G. Quentin;Audrey G. Quentin;Elizabeth A. Pinkard;Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan;David T. Tissue

  • Tolerance and adaptation of ethanologenic yeasts to lignocellulosic inhibitory compounds

    Jeffrey D. Keating;Chris Panganiban;Shawn D. Mansfield

  • Geographical and environmental gradients shape phenotypic trait variation and genetic structure in Populus trichocarpa

    Athena D. McKown;Robert D. Guy;Jaroslav Klápště;Jaroslav Klápště;Armando Geraldes

  • RNAi-mediated suppression of p-coumaroyl-CoA 3′-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar impacts lignin deposition and soluble secondary metabolism

    Heather D. Coleman;Ji Young Park;Ramesh Nair;Clint Chapple

  • Rapid analysis of poplar lignin monomer composition by a streamlined thioacidolysis procedure and near-infrared reflectance-based prediction modeling.

    Andrew R. Robinson;Shawn D. Mansfield

  • Involvement of Pinus taeda MYB1 and MYB8 in phenylpropanoid metabolism and secondary cell wall biogenesis: a comparative in planta analysis.

    Claude Bomal;Frank Bedon;Frank Bedon;Sébastien Caron;Shawn D. Mansfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl J. Douglas
Carl J. Douglas University of British Columbia
John N. Saddler
John N. Saddler University of British Columbia
John Ralph
John Ralph Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Yousry A. El-Kassaby
Yousry A. El-Kassaby University of British Columbia
Robert D. Guy
Robert D. Guy University of British Columbia
Malcolm M. Campbell
Malcolm M. Campbell University of Guelph
Quentin C. B. Cronk
Quentin C. B. Cronk University of British Columbia
Richard C. Hamelin
Richard C. Hamelin University of British Columbia
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
George W. Haughn
George W. Haughn University of British Columbia

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