Professor Julia Davies

 

My group investigates the roles of transport proteins in adaptation, nutrition and growth. We are particularly interested in roots and how they sense, then respond to changes in environmental conditions. For this, we concentrate on the plasma membrane and study the calcium channel proteins that can generate specific calcium signals governing adaptation and growth regulation. We have identified extracellular nucleotides as novel plant cell regulators and are now exploring how they are perceived at the plasma membrane and how this relates to growth and stress responses.

 

 

Natural Sciences Tripos: 1A Biology of Cells, 1A Physiology of Organisms, 1B Plant and Microbial Sciences and Part II Plant Sciences

 

1997-present Head of Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge

1994-1996 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of York

1992-1994 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of York

1991-1992 Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University

1988-1991 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of York

 

1985-1988 PhD in membrane biology, University of Liverpool and Marine Biological Association

1982-1985 BSc Botany, University of Wales

 

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