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
  2019	Zhao, C., Wang, Y., Chan, K., Marchant, D., Franks, P., Randall, D., . . . Chen, Z. (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 Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC5
  2019	Akomeah, B., Quain, M., Ramesh, S., Anand, L., & Rodríguez López, C. (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 Scopus10 WoS11 Europe PMC6
  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 Scopus52 WoS48 Europe PMC24
  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 Scopus49 WoS45 Europe PMC16
  2015	Ramesh, S., Tyerman, S., 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 Scopus3 WoS5 Europe PMC3
  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 Scopus113 WoS107 Europe PMC49
  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 Scopus25 WoS26 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 Scopus70 WoS69 Europe PMC43
  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 Scopus66 WoS63 Europe PMC38
  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 Scopus89 WoS86 Europe PMC51
  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 Scopus61 WoS59 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 Scopus61 WoS54 Europe PMC21
  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 Scopus117 WoS101 Europe PMC63
  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 Scopus172 WoS150 Europe PMC89
  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 Scopus26 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 Scopus67 WoS67 Europe PMC9
  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
  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
  2017	Co-Supervisor	Volatile signaling in grapevines under water stress	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Suzanne Laura Balacey

• 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