Dr Bo Xu

ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (B)

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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My research focuses on ion transport and calcium signalling in the area of plant stress physiology to address fundamental questions in plant biology to provide knowledge that will help improve crop productivity and improve global food security in a changing climate. My work has established the importance of cell-specific solute transport and signalling impacting plant salt tolerance, drought tolerance, and cell-to-cell communication leading to improved resistance to bacterial infection.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2015 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Reasearcher	University of Adelaide
2015 - 2015	WRI Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Würzburg, Wurzburg
2014 - 2015	WRI Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Zurich, Zurich
2014 - 2015	Waite Research Institute (WRI) Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
2010 - 2013 University of Adelaide Australia Ph.D in Sciences

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2010 - 2013	University of Adelaide	Australia	Ph.D in Sciences

Journals

Year	Citation
2023	Sai, N., Bockman, J. P., Chen, H., Watson-Haigh, N., Xu, B., Feng, X., . . . Gilliham, M. (2023). StomaAI: an efficient and user-friendly tool for measurement of stomatal pores and density using deep computer vision. New Phytologist, 238(2), 904-915. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2023	Watts-Williams, S. J., Wege, S., Ramesh, S. A., Berkowitz, O., Xu, B., Gilliham, M., . . . Tyerman, S. D. (2023). The function of the Medicago truncatula ZIP transporter MtZIP14 is linked to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonisation. Plant, Cell and Environment, 46(5), 1691-1704. DOI
2023	Li, L., Xu, B., Tian, D., Wang, A., Zhu, J., Li, C., . . . Song, S. (2023). McAN: A novel computational algorithm and platform for constructing and visualizing haplotype networks. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 24(3), bbad174. DOI Scopus1
2023	Xu, B., Feng, X., Piechatzek, A., Zhang, S., Konrad, K. R., Kromdijk, J., . . . Gilliham, M. (2023). The GABA shunt contributes to ROS homeostasis in guard cells of Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 1-9. DOI
2022	Gilliham, M., & Xu, B. (2022). γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) may directly or indirectly regulate Arabidopsis ALMT9. Plant physiology, 190(3), 1570-1573. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021	Xu, B., Long, Y., Feng, X., Zhu, X., Sai, N., Chirkova, L., . . . Gilliham, M. (2021). GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1952-1-1952-13. DOI Scopus91 WoS72 Europe PMC34
2021	Xu, B., Sai, N., & Gilliham, M. (2021). The emerging role of GABA as a transport regulator and physiological signal. Plant Physiology, 187(4), 2005-2016. DOI Scopus30 WoS25 Europe PMC15
2020	Xu, B., Hrmova, M., & Gilliham, M. (2020). High affinity Na⁺ transport by wheat HKT1;5 is blocked by K⁺. Plant Direct, 4(10), 1-10. DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2018	Xu, B., Waters, S., Byrt, C., Plett, D., Tyerman, S., Tester, M., . . . Gilliham, M. (2018). Structural variations in wheat HKT1;5 underpin differences in Na+ transport capacity. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 75(6), 1133-1144. DOI Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC10
2017	Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., Gilliham, M., & Xu, B. (2017). γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 74(9), 1577-1603. DOI Scopus197 WoS179 Europe PMC74
2017	Li, B., Qiu, J., Jayakannan, M., Xu, B., Li, Y., Mayo, G., . . . Roy, S. (2017). AtNPF2.5 modulates chloride (Cl¯) efflux from roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 2013-1-2013-16. DOI Scopus65 WoS50 Europe PMC31
2017	Xu, B., Cheval, C., Laohavisit, A., Hocking, B., Chiasson, D., Olsson, T., . . . Gilliham, M. (2017). A calmodulin-like protein regulates plasmodesmal closure during bacterial immune responses. New Phytologist, 215(1), 77-84. DOI Scopus72 WoS68 Europe PMC48
2017	Hocking, B., Conn, S., Manohar, M., Xu, B., Athman, A., Stancombe, M., . . . Gilliham, M. (2017). Heterodimerization of Arabidopsis calcium/proton exchangers contributes to regulation of guard cell dynamics and plant defense responses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(15), 4171-4183. DOI Scopus37 WoS31 Europe PMC20
2015	Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., Xu, B., Bose, J., Kaur, S., Conn, V., . . . Gillham, M. (2015). GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters. Nature Communications, 6(1), 7879-1-7879-9. DOI Scopus282 WoS259 Europe PMC111
2014	Byrt, C., Xu, B., Krishnan, M., Lightfoot, D., Athman, A., Jacobs, A., . . . Gilliham, M. (2014). The Na⁺ transporter, TaHKT1;5-D, limits shoot Na⁺ accumulation in bread wheat. The Plant Journal, 80(3), 516-526. DOI Scopus150 WoS140 Europe PMC72
2013	Conn, S., Hocking, B., Dayod, M., Xu, B., Athman, A., Henderson, S., . . . Gilliham, M. (2013). Protocol: optimising hydroponic growth systems for nutritional and physiological analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants. Plant Methods, 9(1), 4. DOI Scopus139 WoS136 Europe PMC80
2012	Munns, R., James, R., Xu, B., Athman, A., Conn, S., Jordans, C., . . . Gilliham, M. (2012). Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene. Nature Biotechnology, 30(4), 360-364. DOI Scopus593 WoS517 Europe PMC267
2011	Gilliham, M., Dayod, M., Hocking, B., Xu, B., Conn, S., Kaiser, B., . . . Tyerman, S. (2011). Calcium delivery and storage in plant leaves: exploring the link with water flow. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(7), 2233-2250. DOI Scopus186 WoS170 Europe PMC65

Conference Items

Year Citation
2015 Ramesh, S. A., Tyerman, S. D., Xu, B. O., Ryan, P. R., & Gilliham, M. (2015). GABA gated anion channels in plants. Poster session presented at the meeting of COMBIO. Melbourne.

Year	Citation
2015	Ramesh, S. A., Tyerman, S. D., Xu, B. O., Ryan, P. R., & Gilliham, M. (2015). GABA gated anion channels in plants. Poster session presented at the meeting of COMBIO. Melbourne.

2012 Grain Research Development Corporation Travel Award

2010 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarship

2009 ACPFG prize for Best Masters Student for 2009

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Co-Supervisor	GABA Signalling in Plants and its Role in Drought Tolerance	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mohammad Karami

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Exploring the Role of GABA in Stomatal CO2 Responses and Carbon Metabolism	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Adriane Piechatzek
2017 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	GABA regulation of gas exchange in barley (Hordeum vulgare)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Na Sai
2016 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	GABA regulation of stomatal function in Arabidopsis thaliana	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Xueying Feng

Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2017 - ongoing - Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -
2012 - ongoing - Australian Society of Plant Science -

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2017 - ongoing	-	Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	-
2012 - ongoing	-	Australian Society of Plant Science	-

Position: ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
Phone: 83137316
Email: b.xu@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: Waite
Building: Plant Research Centre, floor 1
Org Unit: Agricultural Science

Dr Bo Xu

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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