Dr Sunita Ramesh

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• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2017	Award	2017 University of Adelaide Women's Research Excellence Award	The University of Adelaide	Australia	$5000
  2016	Award	Excellent Poster Award	—	United States	$50 (US) and a certificate
  2000	Award	Best Presentation / Talk	University of Adelaide	Australia	$50 (AUD)
  1997	Scholarship	Postgraduate Scholarship, CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding	University of Adelaide	Australia	—

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2020	Yool, A. J., & Ramesh, S. (2020). Molecular targets for combined therapeutic strategies to limit glioblastoma cell migration and invasion. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11, 358-1-358-26. DOI Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC5
  2020	Dayer, S., Scharwies, J. D., Ramesh, S. A., Sullivan, W., Doerflinger, F. C., Pagay, V., & Tyerman, S. D. (2020). Comparing hydraulics between two grapevine cultivars reveals differences in stomatal regulation under water stress and exogenous ABA applications. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1-14. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC2
  2020	Kamran, M., Ramesh, S. A., Gilliham, M., Tyerman, S. D., & Bose, J. (2020). Role of TaALMT1 malate-GABA transporter in alkaline pH tolerance of wheat. Plant, Cell and Environment, 43(10), 2443-2459. DOI Scopus1
  2019	Zhao, C., Wang, Y., Chan, K. X., Marchant, D. B., Franks, P. J., Randall, D., . . . Chen, Z. H. (2019). Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(11), 5015-5020. DOI Scopus53 WoS53 Europe PMC21
  2019	Akomeah, B., Quain, M. D., Ramesh, S. A., Anand, L., & Rodríguez López, C. M. (2019). Common garden experiment reveals altered nutritional values and DNA methylation profiles in micropropagated three elite Ghanaian sweet potato genotypes. PLoS ONE, 14(4), 17 pages. DOI
  2018	Ramesh, S., Kamran, M., Sullivan, W., Chirkova, L., Okamoto, M., Degryse, F., . . . Tyerman, S. (2018). Aluminium-activated malate transporters can facilitate GABA transport. The Plant Cell, 30(5), 1147-1164. DOI Scopus35 WoS33 Europe PMC15
  2017	Ramesh, S., Kamran, M., Sullivan, W., Chirkova, L., Okamoto, M., Degryse, F., . . . Tyerman, S. (2017). Split personality of Aluminum Activated Malate Transporter family proteins: facilitation of both GABA and malate transport. DOI Europe PMC1
  2017	Vaduganathan, M., Harrington, R. A., Stone, G. W., Deliargyris, E. N., Steg, P. G., Gibson, C. M., . . . Chandra, P. (2017). Cangrelor With and Without Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69(2), 176-185. DOI Scopus35 WoS37 Europe PMC15
  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 Scopus87 WoS79 Europe PMC39
  2017	Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., Gilliham, M., & Xu, B. (2017). γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 74(9), 1577-1603. DOI Scopus99 WoS93 Europe PMC33
  2015	Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., Xu, B., Bose, J., Kaur, S., Conn, V., . . . Gillham, M. (2015). GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters. Nature Communications, 6(1), 7879-1-7879-9. DOI Scopus179 WoS164 Europe PMC69
  2015	Ramesh, S. A., Tyerman, S. D., Xu, B., Bose, J., Kaur, S., Conn, V., . . . Gilliham, M. (2015). Erratum: GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters (Nature Communications (2015) 6:7879 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8879). Nature Communications, 6(1), 1 page. DOI Scopus4 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  2014	Tian, Q., Zhang, X., Ramesh, S., Gilliham, M., Tyerman, S., & Zhang, W. (2014). Ethylene negatively regulates aluminium-induced malate efflux from wheat roots and tobacco cells transformed with TaALMT1. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(9), 2415-2426. DOI Scopus28 WoS28 Europe PMC20
  2013	Tovkach, A., Ryan, P., Richardson, A., Lewis, D., Rathjen, T., Ramesh, S., . . . Delhaize, E. (2013). Transposon-mediated alteration of TaMATE1B expression in wheat confers constitutive citrate efflux from root apices. Plant Physiology, 161(2), 880-892. DOI Scopus88 WoS86 Europe PMC52
  2012	Kotur, Z., MacKenzie, N., Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., Kaiser, B., & Glass, A. (2012). Nitrate transport capacity of the Arabidopsis thaliana NRT2 family members and their interactions with AtNAR2.1. New Phytologist, 194(3), 724-731. DOI Scopus86 WoS82 Europe PMC51
  2010	Schnurbusch, T., Hayes, J., Hrmova, M., Baumann, U., Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., . . . Sutton, T. (2010). Boron toxicity tolerance in barley through reduced expression of the multifunctional aquaporin HvNIP2;1. Plant Physiology, 153(4), 1706-1715. DOI Scopus110 WoS103 Europe PMC57
  2010	Gruber, B., Ryan, P., Richardson, A., Tyerman, S., Ramesh, S., Hebb, D., . . . Delhaize, E. (2010). HvALMT1 from barley is involved in the transport of organic anions. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(5), 1455-1467. DOI Scopus67 WoS65 Europe PMC38
  2006	Ramesh, S., Kaiser, B., Franks, T., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2006). Improved methods in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of almond using positive (mannose/pmi) or negative (kanamycin resistance) selection-based protocols. Plant Cell Reports, 25(8), 821-828. DOI Scopus62 WoS55 Europe PMC24
  2004	Ramesh, S., Choimes, S., & Schachtman, D. (2004). Over-expression of an Arabidopsis zinc transporter in Hordeum vulgare increases short-term zinc uptake after zinc deprivation and seed zinc content. Plant Molecular Biology, 54(3), 373-385. DOI Scopus125 WoS112 Europe PMC64
  2004	Wirthensohn, M., Ramesh, S., Bertozzi, T., Alberts, E., Mekuria, G., Bennett, C., . . . Sedgley, M. (2004). Virus screening for Australian almonds. Nucis Newsletter, 12, 15-16.
  2003	Ramesh, S., Shin, R., Eide, D., & Schachtman, D. (2003). Differential metal selectivity and gene expression of two zinc transporters from rice. Plant Physiology, 133(1), 126-134. DOI Scopus209 WoS188 Europe PMC101
  2003	Mekuria, G., Ramesh, S., Alberts, E., Bertozzi, T., Wirthensohn, M., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2003). Comparison of ELISA and RT-PCR for the detection of Prunus necrotic ring spot virus and prune dwarf virus in almond (Prunus dulcis). Journal of Virological Methods, 114(1), 65-69. DOI Scopus27 WoS25 Europe PMC9
  2003	Channuntapipat, C., Wirthensohn, M., Ramesh, S., Batlle, I., Arus, P., Sedgley, M., & Collins, G. (2003). Identification of incompatibility genotypes in almond (Prunus dulcis Mill.) using specific primers based on the introns of the S-alleles. Plant Breeding, 122(2), 164-168. DOI Scopus69 WoS70 Europe PMC11
  2000	Tejavathi, D. H., Sita, G. L., & Sunita, A. T. (2000). Somatic embryogenesis in Flax. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 63(2), 155-159. DOI WoS12

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2005	Wirthensohn, M., Channuntapipat, C., Ramesh, S., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2005). Determination of almond S-alleles using PCR primers designed from their introns. In M. Oliveira, & V. Cordeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for Almond and Pistachios (GREMPA), Mirandela, Portugal, 1-5 June, 2003 (pp. 333-340). Mirandela, Portugal: CIHEAM,.
  2003	Mekuria, G., Ramesh, S., Alberts, E., Bertozzi, T., Wirthensohn, M., Collins, G., & Sedgley, M. (2003). Comparison of ELISA and RT-PCR for the detection of PNRSV and PDV in Australian almond trees. In M. Oliveira, & V. Cordeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for Almond and Pistachios (GREMPA) (pp. 193-196). Mirandela, Portugal: Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranénnes.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2016	Byrt, C. S., Zhao, M., Kourghi, M., Bose, J., Henderson, S. W., Qui, J., . . . Tyerman, S. (2016). Charging up water transport with plant aquaporins permeable to ions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Combio2016. Brisbane, Australia.
  2015	Ramesh, S. A., Tyerman, S. D., Xu, B. O., Ryan, P. R., & Gilliham, M. (2015). GABA gated anion channels in plants. Poster session presented at the meeting of COMBIO. Melbourne.
  2015	Ramesh, S. A., Tyerman, S. D., Ryan, P. R., & Gilliham, M. (2015). GABA gated anion channels in plants. They exist and have physiological roles. Poster session presented at the meeting of  XVI International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology (IWPMB) 2013.. Kurashiki, Japan.

• Patents

  Year	Citation
  2013	Gilliham, M. (2013). 2012905651, 2012905651 : GABA Binding Protein. Australia.

Lectures; practicals; tutorials

• Cellular and Systems Neurobiology
• Physiol IIA - Heart, Lung and Neuromuscular System
• Principles of human health and disease
• Physiol IIB - Systems and Homeostasis
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery
• Research and Critical Appraisal, Year 3 MBBS
• Medical and Scientific Attachment, Year 4 MBBS
• Research Placement Course
• Microbiology and Biotechnology II
• Biotechnology in the Food and Wine Industries III
• Research Skills in Applied Biology II

Course Coordinator; Co-Coordinator

• Cellular and Systems Neurobiology
• Research Placement Course
• Research and Critical Appraisal, Year 3 MBBS
• Medical and Scientific Attachment, Year 4 MBBS

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Impeding cellular motility in glioblastoma multiforme models through simultaneous pharmacological inhibition of glioblastoma-enriched signalling proteins	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Alanah Varricchio
  2018	Principal Supervisor	To Study "The role of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) and GABA (Gamma amino butyric acid) in cell death and berry shrivel under drought stress in grape berry development"	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Chethana Gowder Shekharappa

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2014 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	The Role of Aquaporins in Plant Responses to Drought	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Johannes Daniel Scharwies

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• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2017 - 2018	Member	Australian Society for Plant Scientists	Australia
  2015 - 2016	Member	Australian Society for Plant Scientists	Australia

• Position: Lecturer (Thursdays and Fridays), Senior Research Associate (Mon to Wed)
• Phone: 83130556, 83136665
• Email: sunita.ramesh@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace, Waite
• Building: Helen Mayo North, floor 2,Plant Research Centre
• Room: 2
• Org Unit: Adelaide Medical School, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine