Dr Ankit Walia

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Dr Ankit Walia

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Investigating mechanochemical regulation of plant growth dynamics.

Research

Research interests

  • Cytoskeletal regulation
  • Cell wall remodelling
  • Growth transitions
  • Hormone dynamics
  • Mechanochemical feedbacks
  • Crop science

Climate change is intensifying extreme events that threaten global food security. My research investigates the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organismal mechanisms that shape plant growth and development in changing environments.

By uncovering these underlying processes, I aim to identify organizing principles that govern growth dynamics across biological scales. This hypothesis-driven, multi-scale approach advances both fundamental discovery and the translation of knowledge to crops, with relevance to agriculture and climate resilience.

Publications

Selected publications

Differential growth is an emergent property of mechanochemical feedback mechanisms in curved plant organs Journal article 16 December 2024 Developmental Cell Walia A, Carter R, Wightman R, Meyerowitz E, Jönsson H and Jones AM A quantitative signalling biosensor reveals a role for gibberellins in internode specification in the shoot apical meristem Journal article 8 May 2024 Nature Communications Shi Bihai, Benavent FA, Cerutti G, Ampudia-Galvan C, …Walia A…Achard P, Vernoux T. Genetically Encoded Biosensors in Plants: Pathways to Discovery Journal article 1 April 2018 Annual Review of Plant Biology Walia A, Waadt R, and Jones AM Imaging of FRET-based Gibberellin biosensor, nlsGPS1, in higher plants Journal article 12 February 2019 Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) Rizza A, Walia A, Tang B, and Jones CLASP stabilizes microtubule plus ends after severing to facilitate blue light induced microtubule reorientation Journal article 30 October 2019 Journal of Cell Biology Lindeboom JJ, Nakamura M, Saltini M, Hibbel A, Walia A, Ketelaar T, Emmons, AMC, Sedbrook J, Kirk V, Mulder B and Ehrhardt DW In vivo gibberellin gradients visualized in rapidly elongating tissues Journal article 2 October 2017 Nature Plants Rizza A, Walia A, Lanquar V, Frommer WB and Jones AM GCP-WD mediates gamma-TuRC recruitment and the geometry of microtubule nucleation in the acentrosomal interphase arrays of Arabidopsis. Journal article 3 November 2014 Current Biology Walia A, Nakamura M, Moss D, Kirik V, Hashimoto, T and Ehrhardt DW Arabidopsis Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase MPK18 mediates cortical microtubule functions in plant cells Journal article 11 August 2009 The Plant Journal Walia A, Lee JS, Wasteneys GO and Ellis BE Carbon isotope discrimination in Tsuga heterophylla and its relationship to mineral nutrition and growth Journal article 14 April 2010 Tree Physiology Walia A, Guy RD and White JB Overexpression of SIPK in tobacco enhances ozone-induced ethylene formation and blocks ozone-induced SA accumulation Journal article 27 June 2005 Journal of Experimental Botany Samuel MA, Walia A, Mansfield SD and Ellis BE
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