Dr Jiaen Qiu

Research Fellow

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science

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


Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Mortlock Fellow University of Adelaide
2016 - 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher The University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
The University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Plant Science

Year Citation
2025 Qiu, J., McGaughey, S. A., Byrt, C. S., & Tyerman, S. D. (2025). Post-translational modification acts as a digital like switch influencing AtPIP2;1 water and cation permeability. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 22552-1-22552-15.
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2023 Groszmann, M., De Rosa, A., Chen, W., Qiu, J., McGaughey, S. A., Byrt, C. S., & Evans, J. R. (2023). A high-throughput yeast approach to characterize aquaporin permeabilities: Profiling the Arabidopsis PIP aquaporin sub-family. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1078220-1-1078220-19.
DOI Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC17
2023 Hoai, P. T. T., Qiu, J., Groszmann, M., De Rosa, A., Tyerman, S. D., & Byrt, C. S. (2023). Arabidopsis plasma membrane intrinsic protein (AtPIP2;1) is implicated in a salinity conditional influence on seed germination. Functional Plant Biology, 50(8), 633-648.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC6
2022 Qiu, J., Henderson, S. W., Tester, M., Roy, S. J., & Gilliham, M. (2022). SLAH1, a homologue of the slow type anion channel SLAC1, modulates shoot Cl- accumulation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana (vol 67, pg 4495, 2016). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 73(18), 1 page.
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2021 Tyerman, S. D., McGaughey, S. A., Qiu, J., Yool, A. J., & Byrt, C. S. (2021). Adaptable and multifunctional ion-conducting aquaporins. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 72(1), 1-34.
DOI Scopus85 WoS76 Europe PMC57
2021 Groszmann, M., De Rosa, A., Chen, W., Qiu, J., McGaughey, S., Byrt, C., & Evans, J. (2021). Permeability profiling of all 13 Arabidopsis PIP aquaporins using a high throughput yeast approach.
DOI Europe PMC2
2021 Wege, S., Qiu, J., Byrt, C., Houston, K., Waugh, R., Gilliham, M., & Hrmova, M. (2021). A single residue deletion in the barley HKT1;5 P189 variant restores plasma membrane localisation but not Na⁺ conductance. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1863(10), 183669-1-183669-11.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2020 Hoai, P. T. T., Tyerman, S. D., Schnell, N., Tucker, M., McGaughey, S. A., Qiu, J., . . . Byrt, C. S. (2020). Deciphering aquaporin regulation and roles in seed biology. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(6), 1763-1773.
DOI Scopus26 WoS24 Europe PMC18
2020 Houston, K., Jiaen, Q., Wege, S., Oakey, H., Hrmova, M., Qu, Y., . . . Waugh, R. (2020). Barley sodium content is regulated by natural variants of the Na+ transporter HvHKT1;5. Communications Biology, 3(1), 258-1-258-9.
DOI Scopus33 WoS29 Europe PMC20
2020 Qiu, J., McGaughey, S. A., Groszmann, M., Tyerman, S. D., & Byrt, C. S. (2020). Phosphorylation influences water and ion channel function of AtPIP2;1. Plant, Cell & Environment, 43(10), 2428-2442.
DOI Scopus55 WoS55 Europe PMC47
2020 Tran, S. T. H., Imran, S., Horie, T., Qiu, J., McGaughey, S., Byrt, C. S., . . . Katsuhara, M. (2020). A survey of barley pip aquaporin ionic conductance reveals Ca²⁺-sensitive hvpip2;8 Na⁺ and k⁺ conductance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(19), 1-20.
DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC18
2019 Amarasinghe, S. L., Watson-Haigh, N. S., Byrt, C., James, R., Qiu, J., Berkowitz, O., . . . Baumann, U. (2019). Transcriptional variation is associated with differences in shoot sodium accumulation in distinct barley varieties. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 166, 103812-1-103812-15.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2018 McGaughey, S., Qiu, J., Tyerman, S., & Byrt, C. S. (2018). Regulating root aquaporin function in response to changes in salinity. Annual Plant Reviews Online, 1(2), 1-36.
DOI Scopus25 WoS21
2017 Byrt, C., Zhao, M., Kourghi, M., Bose, J., Henderson, S., Qiu, J., . . . Tyerman, S. (2017). Non-selective cation channel activity of aquaporin AtPIP2;1 regulated by Ca²⁺ and pH. Plant, Cell and Environment, 40(6), 802-815.
DOI Scopus177 WoS158 Europe PMC131
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 Scopus85 WoS65 Europe PMC44
2017 Pornsiriwong, W., Estavillo, G., Chan, K., Tee, E., Ganguly, D., Crisp, P., . . . Pogson, B. (2017). A chloroplast retrograde signal, 3’phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphate, acts as a secondary messenger in abscisic acid signaling in stomatal closure and germination. eLife, 6, e23361-1-e23361-34.
DOI Scopus136 WoS123 Europe PMC99
2017 Kourghi, M., Nourmohammadi, S., Pei, J., Qiu, J., McGaughey, S., Tyerman, S., . . . Yool, A. (2017). Divalent cations regulate the ion conductance properties of diverse classes of aquaporins. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(11), 2323-1-2323-19.
DOI Scopus63 WoS62 Europe PMC50
2016 Li, B., Byrt, C., Qiu, J., Baumann, U., Hrmova, M., Evrard, A., . . . Roy, S. (2016). Identification of a stelar-localized transport protein that facilitates root-to-shoot transfer of chloride in arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 170(2), 1014-1029.
DOI Scopus102 WoS89 Europe PMC70
2016 Qiu, J., Henderson, S., Tester, M., Roy, S., & Gilliham, M. (2016). SLAH1, a homologue of the slow type anion channel SLAC1, modulates shoot Cl⁻ accumulation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(15), 4495-4505.
DOI Scopus92 WoS80 Europe PMC50
2015 Henderson, S., Wege, S., Qiu, J., Blackmore, D., Walker, A., Tyerman, S., . . . Gilliham, M. (2015). Grapevine and Arabidopsis cation-chloride cotransporters localize to the Golgi and trans-Golgi network and indirectly influence long-distance ion transport and plant salt tolerance. Plant Physiology, 169(3), 2215-2229.
DOI Scopus75 WoS65 Europe PMC42

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Unveiling Genetic Control of the Maternal-Filial Interface in Barley Grain Development Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Weiber Lo
2025 Co-Supervisor Function of silicon transporters in wheat in response to drought and herbivory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lulu Wang
2025 Co-Supervisor Function of silicon transporters in wheat in response to drought and herbivory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lulu Wang
2025 Co-Supervisor Unveiling Genetic Control of the Maternal-Filial Interface in Barley Grain Development Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Weiber Lo
2023 Co-Supervisor Finding the Missing Links in Salt and Water Transport in Plants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Zhale Hekmati
2023 Co-Supervisor Finding the Missing Links in Salt and Water Transport in Plants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Zhale Hekmati

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating the Role of Arabidopsis Plasma Membrane Intrinsic Protein Atpip2;1 in Seed Germination Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Hoai Phan
2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor The Role of GABA in Plant Salinity and Hypoxia Responses Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ying Meng

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