Na Sai

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Na Sai is a PhD student in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.

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Currently, I am working on GABA (gamma-Aminobutyric acid) regulation of gas exchange in barley.

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

2015 - 2016 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Master of Biotechology
Research Interests

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Plant Biology Signal Processing

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

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2015 - 2016	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Master of Biotechology

Journals

Year	Citation
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
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 Scopus30 WoS30 Europe PMC11
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
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 Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC2
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
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 Scopus22 WoS25 Europe PMC11

Date	Type	Title	Funding Body
2017-2020	Scholarship	GRDC / ARC COE Plant Energy Biology Scholarship	GRDC

Email: na.sai@adelaide.edu.au

Na Sai

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