The public PhD defence of David Israel is on Friday 27th Jan 2023 13:15-15:15 EET with opponent Oliver Brendel from INRAE at Nancy, France.
David Israel: The ecophysiology of plasma membrane aquaporins in Arabidopsis thaliana and Fagus sylvatica
Biokeskus 2, auditorio 1041, Viikinkaari 5
This research makes the connection from expression of aquaporins in plant membranes to identify their functional role in plant water use, growth and photosynthesis, under imposed stress and seasonal changes in the environment of both model plants and European beech trees.
David’s research is published in four papers:
Israel D, Lee SH, Robson* TM, Zwiazek* JJ (2022) Plasma membrane aquaporin PIP2;3 facilitates hydrogen peroxide transport into root cells, meaning Arabidopsis knockout mutants lacking this function grow more when under oxidative stress. BMC Plant Biology 22, 566. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03962-6
Israel D, Durand M, Salmon Y, Zwiazek JE, Robson TM, (2023) Genome-wide identification of Fagus sylvatica aquaporins and their comparative spring and late-summer expression profiles. Trees: Structure and Function 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02376-z
Israel D, Khan S, Warren CR, Zwiazek J,* Robson TM* (2021) The contribution of PIP2-type aquaporins to photosynthesis in response to increased vapour pressure deficit. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(13) 5066–5078. erab187, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab187
Wang F, Israel D, Ramírez-Valiente J-A, Sánchez-Gómez D, Aranda I, Aphalo PJ, Robson TM. (2021) Seedlings from marginal and core populations of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) respond differently to imposed drought and shade. Trees Structure and Function, 35, 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02011-9
