Dr Na Sai

Research Associate

School of Public Health

College of Health


Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Date Institution name Country Title
2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2015 - 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Biotechology

Year Citation
2025 Nguyen, T. D., Sai, N., Johnson, A. A. T., Lombi, E., Smith, E., Doolette, C. L., . . . Watts‐Williams, S. J. (2025). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase aleurone layer zinc concentration but reduce overall zinc bioavailability in rice grain. Plants, People, Planet, 7(5), 1299-1310.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2024 Xu, B., Long, Y., Feng, X., Zhu, X., Sai, N., Chirkova, L., . . . Gilliham, M. (2024). Author Correction: GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1 page.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2024 Piechatzek, A., Feng, X., Sai, N., Yi, C., Hurgobin, B., Lewsey, M., . . . Gilliham, M. (2024). GABA does not regulate stomatal CO2 signalling in Arabidopsis.. J Exp Bot, 75(21), 6856-6871.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2
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 Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC14
2022 Sai, N., Bockman, J. P., Chen, H., Watson-Haigh, N., Xu, B., Feng, X., . . . Gilliham, M. (2022). SAI: Fast and automated quantification of stomatal parameters on microscope images.
DOI Europe PMC3
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 Scopus202 WoS173 Europe PMC104
2021 Fabres, P. J., Anand, L., Sai, N., Pederson, S., Zheng, F., Stewart, A. A., . . . David, R. (2021). Tissue and regional expression patterns of dicistronic tRNA-mRNA transcripts in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and their evolutionary co-appearance with vasculature in land plants. Horticultural Reviews, 8(1), 137-1-137-15.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
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 Scopus77 WoS66 Europe PMC45
2019 Xu, B., Long, Y., Feng, X., Zhu, X., Sai, N., Chirkova, L., . . . Gilliham, M. (2019). GABA signalling in guard cells acts as a ‘stress memory’ to optimise plant water loss. not yet known.
DOI
2017 Xie, H., Konate, M., Sai, N., Gebremicael Tesfamicael, K., Cavagnaro, T., Gilliham, M., . . . Rodriguez Lopez, C. M. (2017). Environmental Conditions And Agronomic Practices Induce Consistent Global Changes In DNA Methylation Patterns In Grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv Shiraz). BioRxiv.
DOI Europe PMC1
2017 Xie, H., Konate, M., Sai, N., Tesfamicael, K., Cavagnaro, T., Gilliham, M., . . . Lopez, C. (2017). Global DNA methylation patterns can play a role in defining terroir in grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1860-1-1860-16.
DOI Scopus54 WoS48 Europe PMC38

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