People

Present students in the Macfie lab include the following people:

 

 

Fardausi (Shathi) Akhter

Transpiration, metal uptake and metal distribution in edible plants.

PhD candidate - Began September 2008

Melanie Columbus

Bacterial 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase and cadmium tolerance in plants.

 

PhD candidate - Began May 2009

Past Affiliates

Ian Willick

The responses of PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase) isoforms to Cd stress.

 

MSc student - Began September 2011

Brittany Sadkowski

Drought tolerance in Poa pratensis and the influence of plant nutrition

 

BSc honors, Environmental Science

Photo credit; B. Adeniji

Photo credit; M. Budimir-Hussey

Last updated: Nov. 2011

 

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IMaking cDNA libraries from metal-tolerant plants

IUsing synchrotron radiation to monitor metals in plants

 

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IThe response of durum wheat to cadmium

 

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IOrganic matter influences metal uptake in urban garden soils

IDifferential cadmium accumulation in durum wheat

IPhytochelatins and cadmium-accumulation in durum wheat

IPhytochelatins and Brassica species

 

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 Compost quality and metal uptake in lettuce

 Response of PEPcarboxylase to cadmium

 Compost quality affects metal uptake in lettuce

 Transpiration and Cd uptake in durum wheat

 Ni and Zn accumulation in radish and lettuce

IEffect of cadmium on plant-induced changes in the rhizosphere

IIdentification of Cd-responsive genes in B. juncea

ISuppression of Cd-sensitivity in yeast by cDNA of B. juncea

IPredicting the uptake of metals from soils into edible crops

ILocalization of cadmium and zinc in soybean tissues

IEffects of grazing on Cd-laden plants on two herbivorous insects

IEffects of cadmium on nodulation in soybean

IPhytoremediation potential of soybean

IEffects of cadmium on Triticum turgidum

IUsing CE to separate carboxylic acids

IWhere does the cadmium go during sample preparation?

IMetal-induced changes in branching pattern

ILocalization of cadmium in Brassica juncea

ITolerance of corn to cadmium and zinc: importance of pH

IBrassicaceae and phytoremediation

IMetal-tolerance in Zea mays: developing a test system

ICopper tolerance in Chlorella vulgaris

IEffects of light on clonal expansion on Labrador tea

ICadmium-induced exudations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

 

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 Transpiration and metal uptake in durum wheat

 Predicting metal uptake from soil solution

ISuppression of Cd-sensitivity in yeast by cDNA of B. juncea 

ICd-induced P-deficiency in corn

IMetal stress in Brassicacea

ICadmium tolerance and toxicity

 

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 Effects of Cd on herbivorous insects

 General assistant and waiter of Arabidopsis seeds

 Changes in gene activity in response to Cd

IAbsorption of Cd to plant cell walls

IPlant induced changes in rhizosphere pH

IThe transfer of metals from urban gardens to vegetables

ILocalization of Cd and Zn in plant roots     

ICd and the cell wall - FTIR

IMetal stress in Brassicaceae

IMaking and using a cDNA library 

ILocalization of Cd in Indian mustard    

IAccumulation of metals in green algae

 

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Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Michelle Harrison-Belton                                             

Dr. Steve Naftel                                                           

 

PhD Students

Michelle Sweeney                                                                                 

 

MSc Students

Hollydawn Murray                                                    

Bolaji Adeniji                                                                           

Shirin Bahrami                                                           

Winona Rani Gadapati                                                                                   

 

Undergraduate Thesis Students

Melissa Giamou

Ian Willick

Caitlin Parker

Christina Quinn

Pooja Sharma                                                                                        

Christine Tran                                                            

Mackenzie Budimir-Hussey                                                

Justin Kicks                                                                 

Karen Thompson                                                        

Hollydawn Murray                                                                

Namrata Joshi                                                

Jill Van Wallegham                                                                            

Tracy Shute                                                                                                          

Michelle McCutcheon                                                                        

Kacy Johnson                                                                                                     

Jennifer Heidenheim                                                

Mariam Ghali                                                                                        

Anisa Omar                                                                                             

Michelle Sweeney                                                       

Iain McIntosh                                                                                                     

Michael daSilva                                                                        

Alexa Seal                                                                                                             

Gerard Reyes                                                                            

Michael BeGora                                                          

 

NSERC USRA Summer Students

Amro Mohammad  

Pooja Sharma                                                                                        

Justin Kicks                                                    

Tracy Shute                                                                                                                       

Michael Gretes                                                                                                                             

Michelle Sweeney                                                                                                            

 

Other Summer Students

Joanna Konopka

Ian Willick

Mackenzie Budimir-Hussey                                                             

Trevor Pinchin                                                                                                   
Christine Tran                                                                                                    

Pooja Sharma                                                              

Justin Kicks                                                                                         
Andrew Jacques                                                                                                          
Kacey Johnson                                                                                                           
Maureen Carey                                                                                              
Uma Manchiraju                                                                                            
Michael BeGora                                                                                               

Photo credit; I. Willck

People

Nahed Mahrous

Studying the rhizosphere of plants grown in metal-contaminated soils.

 

MSc student - Began September 2010

iwillick@uwo.ca

nmahrous@uwo.ca

Photo credit; S. Macfie