
Dr Caterina Selva
ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My work so far has focused on the study of flower development, specifically on the regulatory networks involved in the formation of reproductive organs. My interest lies in the application of molecular biology techniques to understand how modulation of these networks can be used to alter the floral architecture for application in crop hybrid breeding.
My work so far has focused on the study of flower development, specifically on the regulatory networks involved in the formation of reproductive organs. My interest lies in the application of molecular biology techniques to understand how modulation of these networks can be used to alter the floral architecture for application in crop hybrid breeding.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide 2019 - 2020 Research Assistant The University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2020 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia - 2016 Scholarship Australian Government Research Training PhD Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia - 2016 Scholarship ACPFG Supplementary Scholarship Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics Australia - 2015 Scholarship Scholarship for Young Promising Students Università degli Studi di Milano Italy - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read and understand spoken Italian Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Spanish; Castilian Can read and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2016 - 2020 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD - Plant Genetics 2012 - 2014 Università degli Studi di Milano Italy Master's Degree - Molecular Cell Biology 2009 - 2012 Università degli Studi di Milano Italy Bachelor Degree - Biology -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Selva, C., Shirley, N., Houston, K., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., Li, G., & Tucker, M. R. (2022). HvLEAFY controls the early stages of floral organ specification and inhibits the formation of multiple ovaries in barley. The Plant Journal, 108(2), 509-527.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC22020 Selva, C., Riboni, M., Baumann, U., Wurschum, T., Whitford, R., & Tucker, M. R. (2020). Hybrid breeding in wheat: how shaping the floral biology can offer new perspectives. Functional Plant Biology, 47(8), 47-8.
Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC42019 Jia, Y., Selva, C., Zhang, Y., Li, B., McFawn, L. A., Broughton, S., . . . Li, C. (2019). Uncovering the evolutionary origin of blue anthocyanins in cereal grains.. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 101(5), 1057-1074.
Scopus22 WoS25 Europe PMC92014 Mantegazza, O., Gregis, V., Chiara, M., Selva, C., Leo, G., Horner, D. S., & Kater, M. M. (2014). Gene coexpression patterns during early development of the native Arabidopsis reproductive meristem: Novel candidate developmental regulators and patterns of functional redundancy. Plant Journal, 79(5), 861-877.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2021 Selva, C. (2021). Let's Fight Food Waste. Poster session presented at the meeting of Presented as part of the Australian session in Food for Earth 2021 (FAO & Future Food Institute). 2018 Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2018). Floral development in barley: characterization of multiovary mutants. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction. Japan. 2017 Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2017). The benefits of sterility: characterizing multiovary mutants for hybrid seed production. Poster session presented at the meeting of Combined biosciences - ComBio. Australia. -
Theses
Year Citation 2020 Selva, C. (2020). Understanding flower development in barley (Hordeum vulgare) through characterization of multiovary (mov) mutants and their potential use in hybrid breeding. (PhD Thesis).
Mentored the Small Group Discovery Experience in the Foundations in Plant Science course (2017)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Co-Supervisor Investigation of the role of oomycete cell wall polysaccharides in susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Amena Khatun
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Secretary Association of Italian Researchers in Australasia (ARIA) n.a. Australia 2018 - 2019 Vice-President Postgraduate Association for Waite Students (PAWS) The University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA) Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Australia -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2020 - 2020 Understanding flower development in barley (Hordeum vulgare) through characterisation of mov1 multiovary mutant Symposium Down Under: Mechanisms controlling plant reproduction The University of Adelaide Australia
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