Na Sai
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
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Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2015 - 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Biotechology -
Research Interests
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Journals
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, 12 pages.
Scopus12024 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.
2024 Piechatzek, A., Feng, X., Sai, N., Yi, C., Hurgobin, B., Lewsey, M., . . . Gilliham, M. (2024). GABA does not regulate stomatal CO<inf>2</inf>signalling in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(21), 6856-6871.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12023 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.
Scopus10 WoS3 Europe PMC62022 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.
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.
Scopus152 WoS72 Europe PMC602021 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.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12021 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.
Scopus60 WoS25 Europe PMC302019 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.
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.
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.
Scopus49 WoS35 Europe PMC29
| Date | Type | Title | Funding Body |
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| 2017-2021 | Scholarship | GRDC / ARC COE Plant Energy Biology Scholarship | GRDC |
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