Dr Laura Wilkinson
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.
Laura is a plant biologist with expertise in plant reproduction and seed development, and a passion for translational research and plant breeding.
Laura gained a BSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Adelaide in medical genetics and biochemistry before making the jump to plant science, supported by Coopers Brewery and the Playford Memorial Trust for her Honours project on malting barley at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls.
Laura completed a PhD in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Matt Tucker. Her PhD was about how barley plants grow fertile ovules, and the role that the nucellus - aka the plant's version of a placenta - plays in crop fertility and yield. Following her PhD Laura undertook a postdoc at the John Innes Centre (UK), where she researched how environmental cues influence genetic regulation of stem cell fate in brassica crops. In other words, trying to answer the question: how is climate change messing up crop flowering time?
In her role as a Plant Breeding Research Fellow Laura is associated with Australian Grains Technology and sits between academia and industry, researching farming systems to identify future opportunities for breeding programs in Australia.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Plant Breeding Research Fellow University of Adelaide, Australian Plant Breeding Academy 2019 - 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher John Innes Centre -
Language Competencies
Language Competency French Can read and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2019 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2014 The University of Adelaide Australia BSc (Hons) 2013 The University of Adelaide Australia Dip Lang
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Journals
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Shortening the maturity of Soybean using mutant of e1-3 allele to boost the production Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sunny Ahmar
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