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Liam Elliott

Liam Elliott has never been good enough at Latin to be able to claim to be a botanist, but can legitimately claim to be a researcher in Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford. He did his undergraduate degree at Cambridge before moving to Oxford to do his PhD, focussing on control of membrane trafficking in plant cells (in a nutshell, how what gets where in a plant cell). His main interests are in how membrane trafficking contributes to growth and division of plant cells but he is broadly excited by most aspects of plant cell and molecular biology, which he will likely be talking about on Botany One.
Liam Elliott
Close Encounters Growth & Development

Well-timed meals: how the impact of herbivory on plants changes depending on when it takes place

by Liam ElliottAugust 21, 2020August 20, 2020
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Computational Models Growth & Development

The model bean? Computational modelling of Coffea growth

The model can reproduce the measured data, and so opens up avenues for applying this original procedure to other experimental data.

by Liam ElliottAugust 7, 2020August 6, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Understanding the connections between plant hormones and cellulose synthesis in plants: still a great unknown!

Wang and colleagues review the relationships between key phytohormone classes and cellulose deposition in plant systems.

by Liam ElliottJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Growth & Development Plants & People

Unravelling how a mysterious substance may boost plant growth

Capstaff and colleagues investigate how soil-derived fulvic acid may boost growth of alfalfa

by Liam ElliottJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

Metalheads! Patterns of extreme mineral accumulation in plants

Examining patterns of mineral accumulation in plants gives clues as to how some plants can accumulate extreme amounts of some minerals

by Liam ElliottJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems Growth & Development

Move over Factor 50! Can increasing their number of chromosomes help protect plants against UV?

Increased chromosome number due to UV is known to occur in lab experiments, but does it happen in real environments?

by Liam ElliottJune 28, 2020June 27, 2020
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

What makes a good invasive species – genetics or plasticity? Insights from Impatiens glandulifera

Understanding what makes invasive plant species so good at invading may help us protect vulnerable plant biodiversity.

by Liam ElliottJune 27, 2020June 27, 2020
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Ecosystems Plants & People

Plastic plants?! Nanoplastics may be bad news for plants too.

More evidence that the damaging potential of small plastics needs to extend to terrestrial environments.

by Liam ElliottJune 26, 2020June 25, 2020
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Growth & Development Taxonomy & Evolution

Going below ground: how some of the diversity in plant root morphology arose

A major transition in plant growth habit may have driven evolution of certain root traits

by Liam ElliottJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020
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Computational Models Growth & Development Plants & People

From computer to field: can in silico modelling can help us to optimise rice for possible droughts?

Advances in computational models may allow us to quickly predict responses of important food crops to environmental stresses in the field, and to identify the genetic basis of these.

by Liam ElliottJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020
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Ecosystems Growth & Development

Is age just a number if you’re a plant? How plant responses to the environment change with age

Trait sensitivity to the environment is most visible during earlier stages of development, after which intraspecific trait variation and relationships may stabilize.

by Liam ElliottJune 13, 2020June 12, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Close Encounters

Feeding (or not feeding) a fungus: plants may not be so good to their fungal partners after all

Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.

by Liam ElliottJune 12, 2020June 22, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Taxonomy & Evolution

Bulking up: do plants make gains in secondary metabolites through genome duplication?

Whole genome duplication is often associated with gains in plant developmental complexity. Does this include secondary metabolites?

by Liam ElliottJune 9, 2020June 10, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Growth & Development Plants & People

Fruits of all colours: how green-stripe tomatoes get their distinctive colour pattern

by Liam ElliottJune 8, 2020June 5, 2020
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In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.

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