Mark Tester

 

Federation Fellow

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

Contact Information

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
University of Adelaide
Waite Campus
Glen Osmond,
South Australia 5064 Australia

 

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

Hartley Grove, Urrbrae

Postal PMB 1, Glen Osmond SA 5064

p +61 8 8303 7159    f  +61 8 8303 7102

e mark.tester@acpfg.com.au

 

 

 

Qualifications

 

BSc(Hons) (Adelaide), PhD (Cantab)

 

 

 

 

Expertise and Research Interests

 

Membrane transport (electrophysiology, radioactive tracer fluxes).

Salinity tolerance

Plant nutrition, and plant control of nutrient accumulation

 

Other Expertise

Contributed to the GM debate

 

 

 

Memberships

Fellow, Institute of Biology

American Society of Plant Biologists

Society for Experimental Biology

Australian Society of Plant Scientists

 

 

 

Publications

Refereed Publications

(a) Primary Papers

1. Tester, M., Smith, F.A. & Smith, S.E. (1985) Phosphate inflow into Trifolium subterraneum L.: effects of photon irradiance and mycorrhizal infection. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 17: 807-810

2. Smith, S.E., Tester, M., & Walker, N.A. (1986) The development of mycorrhizal root systems in Trifolium subterraneum L.: growth of roots and the uniformity of spatial distribution of mycorrhizal infection units in young plants. The New Phytologist 103: 117-131

3. Tester, M., Smith, S.E., Smith, F.A. & Walker, N.A. (1986) Effects of photon irradiance on the growth of shoots and roots, on the rate of initiation of mycorrhizal infection and on the growth of infection units in Trifolium subterraneum L. The New Phytologist 103: 375-390

4. Smith, S.E., Walker, N.A. & Tester, M. (1986) The apparent width of the rhizosphere of Trifolium subterraneum L. for vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal infection: effects of time and other factors. The New Phytologist 104: 547-558

5. Tester, M., Paton, D.C., Reid, N. & Lange, R.T. (1987) Seed dispersal by birds and densities of shrubs under trees in arid South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 1-5

6. Tester, M., Beilby, M.J. & Shimmen, T. (1987) Electrical characteristics of the tonoplast of Chara corallina: a study using permeabilised cells. Plant & Cell Physiology 28: 1555-1568

7. Tester, M. (1988) Pharmacology of K+ channels in the plasmalemma of the green alga, Chara corallina. Journal of Membrane Biology 103: 159-169

8. Tester, M. (1988) Blockade of potassium channels in the plasmalemma of Chara corallina by tetraethylammonium, Ba2+, Na+ and Cs+. Journal of Membrane Biology 105: 77-85

9. Tester, M. (1988) Potassium channels in the plasmalemma of Chara corallina are multi-ion pores: voltage-dependent blockade by Cs+ and anomalous permeabilities. Journal of Membrane Biology 105: 87-94

10. Knowles, B.H., Blatt, M.R., Tester, M., Horsnell, J.M., Carroll, J., Menestrina, G. & Ellar, D.J. (1989) A cytolytic d-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis forms cation selective channels in planar lipid bilayers. FEBS Letters 244: 259-262

11. Tester, M. & Blatt, M.R. (1989) Direct measurement of K+ channels in thylakoid membranes by incorporation of vesicles into planar lipid bilayers. Plant Physiology 91: 249-252

12. Blatt, M.R., Beilby, M.J. & Tester, M. (1990) Voltage dependence of the Chara proton pump revealed by current-voltage measurement during rapid metabolic blockade with cyanide. Journal of Membrane Biology 114: 205-223

13. Tester, M. & MacRobbie, E.A.C. (1990) Cytoplasmic Ca2+ affects the gating of potassium channels in the plasma membrane of Chara corallina: a whole cell study using Ca2+ channel effectors. Planta 180: 569-581

14. Thiel, G. & Tester, M. (1990) Ferri- and ferrocyanide salts change the current-voltage relations of Chara corallina: no correlation with the transmembrane redox system. Journal of Experimental Botany 41: 1559-1565

15. Zorec, R., Tester, M., Macek, P. & Mason, W.T. (1990) Cytotoxicity of equinatoxin II from the sea anemone Actinia equina involves ion channel formation and an increase in intracellular calcium activity. Journal of Membrane Biology 118: 243-249

16. Brodey, C.L., Rainey, P.B., Tester, M. & Johnstone, K. (1991) Bacterial blotch disease of the cultivated mushroom is caused by an ion channel forming lipodepsipeptide toxin. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 4: 407-411

17. White, P.J. & Tester, M. (1992) Potassium channels from the plasma membrane of rye roots characterized following incorporation into planar lipid bilayers. Planta 186: 188-202

18. Zorec, R. & Tester, M. (1992) Cytoplasmic calcium stimulates exocytosis in a plant secretory cell. Biophysical Journal 63: 864-867

19. Reid, R.J., Tester, M. & Smith, F.A. (1993) Effects of salinity and turgor on calcium influx in cells of Chara. Plant, Cell & Environment 16: 547-554

20. Piñeros, M. & Tester, M. (1993) Plasma membrane Ca2+ channels in roots of higher plants and their role in aluminium toxicity. Plant & Soil 155/156: 119-122

21. Garnett, T.P., Tester, M. & Nable, R.O. (1993) The control of boron accumulation by two genotypes of wheat. Plant & Soil 155/156: 305-308

22. Zorec, R. & Tester, M. (1993) Rapid pressure driven exocytosis-endocytosis cycle in a single plant cell: Capacitance measurements in aleurone protoplasts. FEBS Letters 333: 283-286

23. Tester, M. & Zorec, R. (1994) Control of exocytosis in a plant secretory cell by cytosolic Ca2+ and hydrostatic pressure. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 710: 254-262

24. Bruce, A., Smith, S.E. & Tester, M. (1994) The development of mycorrhizal infection in cucumber: effects of P supply on root growth, formation of entry points and growth of infection units. The New Phytologist 127: 507-514

25. Quinn, D.M., Atkinson, H.M., Bretag, A.H., Tester, M., Trust, T.J., Wong, C.Y.F. & Flower, R.L.P. (1994) Carbohydrate-reactive, pore-forming outer membrane proteins of Aeromonas hydrophila. Infection and Immunity 62: 4054-4058      (and 1995: Infection and Immunity 63: 1146)

26. Reid, R.J., Tester, M. & Smith, F.A. (1995) Calcium/aluminium interactions in the cell wall and plasma membrane of Chara. Planta 195: 362-368

27. Piñeros, M. & Tester, M. (1995) Characterization of a voltage-dependent Ca2+-selective channel from wheat roots. Planta 195: 478-488

28. Hutchison, M.L., Tester, M. & Gross, D.C. (1995) Role of biosurfactant and ion channel-forming activities of syringomycin in transmembrane ion flux: a model for the mechanism of action in the plant-pathogen interaction. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 8: 610-620

29. Rengel, Z., Piñeros, M. & Tester, M. (1995) Transmembrane calcium fluxes during Al stress. Plant & Soil 171: 125-130

30. Roberts, S.K. & Tester, M. (1995) Inward and outward K+-selective currents in the plasma membrane of protoplasts from maize root cortex and stele. Plant Journal 8: 811-825

31. Reid, R.J., Brookes, J.D., Tester, M. & Smith, F.A. (1996) The mechanism of zinc uptake in plants. Characterisation of the low-affinity system. Planta 198: 39-45

32. Roberts, S.K. & Tester, M. (1997) A patch-clamp study of Na+ transport in maize roots. Journal of Experimental Botany 48 (Special Issue): 431-440

33. Piñeros, M. & Tester, M. (1997) Calcium channels in plant cells: selectivity, regulation and pharmacology. Journal of Experimental Botany 48 (Special Issue): 551-577

34. Piñeros, M. & Tester, M. (1997) Characterisation of the high affinity verapamil-binding site in a plant plasma membrane Ca2+-selective channel. Journal of Membrane Biology 157: 139-145

35. Roberts, S.K. & Tester, M. (1997) Permeation of Ca2+ and monovalent cations through an outwardly rectifying channel in maize root stelar cells. Journal of Experimental Botany 48: 839-846

36. Homann, U. & Tester, M. (1997) Ca2+-independent and Ca2+/GTP-binding protein-controlled exocytosis in a plant cell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 94: 6565-6570

37. Reid, R.J., Tester, M. & Smith, F.A. (1997) Voltage control of calcium influx in intact cells. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 24: 805-810

38. Kiegle, E., Gilliham, M., Haseloff, J & Tester, M. (2000) Hyperpolarisation-activated calcium currents found only in cells from the elongation zone of Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Plant Journal 21: 225-229

39. Davenport, R.J. & Tester, M. (2000) A weakly voltage-dependent, nonselective cation channel mediates toxic sodium influx in wheat. Plant Physiology 122: 823-834

40. White, P.J., Piñeros, M., Tester, M. & Ridout, M.S. (2000) Cation permeability and selectivity of a root plasma membrane calcium channel. Journal of Membrane Biology 174: 71-83

41. Kiegle, E., Moore, C., Haseloff, J., Tester, M. & Knight, M. (2000) Cell-type specific calcium responses to drought, NaCl, and cold in Arabidopsis root: a role for endodermis and pericycle in stress signal transduction. Plant Journal 23: 267-278 (with cover image)

42. Demidchik, V. & Tester, M. (2002) Sodium fluxes through non-selective cation channels in the plasma membrane of protoplasts from Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Plant Physiology 128: 379-387

43. Demidchik, V., Bowen, H.C., Maathuis, F.J.M., Shabala, S.N., Tester, M.A., White, P.J. & Davies, J.M. (2002) Arabidopsis thaliana root nonselective cation channels mediate calcium uptake and are involved in growth. Plant Journal 32: 799-808

44. Demidchik, V., Shabala, S.N., Coutts, K.B., Tester, M.A. & Davies, J.M. (2003) Free oxygen radicals regulate plasma membrane Ca2+- and K+-permeable channels in plant root cells activation by hydroxyl radicals mediates early plant stress responses. Journal of Cell Science 116: 81-88

45. Berthomieu, P., Conéjéro, G., Nublat, A., Brackenbury, W.J., Lambert, C., Savio, C., Uozumi, N., Oiki, S, Yamada, K., Cellier, F., Gosti, F., Simmonneau, T., Essah, P.A., Tester, M., Véry, A.A., Sentenac, H., Casse, F. (2003) Functional analysis of AtHKT1 in Arabidopsis shows that Na+ recirculation by the phloem is crucial for salt tolerance. EMBO Journal 22: 2004-2014

46. Essah, P.A., Davenport, R.J. & Tester, M. (2003) Sodium influx and accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 133: 307-318

46. Demidchik, V., Essah, P. & Tester, M. (2004) Glutamate activates sodium and calcium currents in the plasma membrane of Arabidopsis root cells. Planta 219: 167-175

47. Johnson, A.A.T., Hibberd, J.M., Gay, C., Essah, P.A., Haseloff, J., Tester, M. and Guiderdoni, E. (2005) Spatial control of gene transgene expression in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using the GAL4 enhancer trapping system. Plant Journal 41: 779-789  [MT is corresponding author] (with cover image)

48. Davenport, R.J., James, R.A., Zakrisson-Plogander, A., Tester, M. & Munns, R.J. (2005) Control of sodium transport in durum wheat. Plant Physiology 137: 807-818 (with cover image)

49. Gilliham, M. & Tester, M. (2005) The regulation of anion loading to the maize root xylem. Plant Physiology 137: 819-828

50. Murthy, M. & Tester, M. (2006) K+ and Na+ currents across the plasma membrane of protoplasts from the roots of wild type and a Na+ hyperaccumulating mutant of Capsicum. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57: Special Issue on Salinity, 1171-1180

51. Gilliham, M., Sullivan, W., Tester, M. & Tyerman, S.D. (2006) Simultaneous flux and current measurement from single plant protoplasts reveals a strong link between K+ fluxes and current, but no link between Ca2+ fluxes and current. Plant Journal 46: 134-144

52. Walch-Liu, P., Liu, L.-H., Remans, T., Tester, M. & Forde, B.G. (2006) Evidence that L-glutamate can act as an exogenous signal to modulate root growth and branching in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant & Cell Physiology 47: 1045-1057

53. Davenport R.J., Muñoz-Mayor A., Jha, D., Essah P.A., Rus A. & Tester M. (2007) The Na+ transporter AtHKT1 controls xylem retrieval of Na+ in Arabidopsis. Plant, Cell & Environment 30: 497-507

54. Byrt, C.S., Platten, J.D., Spielmeyer, W., James, R.A., Lagudah, E.S., Dennis, E.S., Tester, M. & Munns, R. (2007) HKT1;5-like cation transporters linked to Na+ exclusion loci in wheat, Nax2 and Kna1. Plant Physiology 143: 1918-1928

55. Lunde, C., Drew, D.P., Jacobs, A.K. & Tester, M. (2007) Exclusion of Na+ via sodium ATPase (PpENA1) ensures normal growth of Physcomitrella patens under moderate salt stress. Plant Physiology 144: 1786-1796 (with cover image)

56. Jacobs, A., Lunde, C., Bacic, A., Tester, M., Roessner, U. (2007) The impact of constitutive heterologous expression of a moss Na+ transporter on the metabolomes of rice and barley. Metabolomics 3: 307-317

57. Genc, Y., McDonald, G.K. & Tester, M. (2007) Reassessment of tissue Na+ concentration as a criterion for salinity tolerance in bread wheat. Plant, Cell & Environment 30: 1486-1498

58. Sutton, T., Baumann, U., Hayes, J., Shi, B.-J., Collins, N.C., Schnurbusch, T., Hay, A., Mayo, G., Pallotta, M., Tester, M. & Langridge, P. (2007) Boron-toxicity tolerance in barley arising from efflux transporter amplification. Science 318:  1446-1449

59. Chen, Z., Pottosin, I.I., Cuin, T.A., Fuglsang, A.T., Tester, M., Jha, D., Zepeda-Jazo, I., Zhou, M., Palmgren, M.G., Newman, I.A. & Shabala, S. (2007) Root plasma membrane transporters controlling K+/Na+ homeostasis in salt-stressed barley. Plant Physiology 145: 1714-1725

60. Roy, S.J., Gilliham, M., Berger, B., Essah, P.A., Cheffings, C., Miller, A.J., Widdowson, L., Davenport, R.J., Liu, L.-H., Skynner, M.J., Davies, J.M., Richardson, P., Leigh, R.A. and Tester, M. (2008) Investigating glutamate receptor-like gene co-expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell & Environment 31: 861-871

61. Tracy, F.E., Gilliham, M., Dodd, A.N., Webb, A.A.R. & Tester, M. (2008) Cytosolic free Ca2+ in Arabidopsis thaliana are heterogeneous and modified by external ionic composition. Plant, Cell & Environment 31: in press

 (b) Reviews

I. Tester, M., Smith, S.E. & Smith, F.A. (1987) The phenomenon of "nonmycorrhizal" plants. Canadian Journal of Botany 65: 419-431

II. Tester, M. & Morris, C. (1987) The penetration of light through soil. Plant, Cell & Environment 10: 281-286

III. Tester, M. (1990) Plant ion channels: whole cell and single-channel studies. The New Phytologist 114: 305-340

IV. Reid, R.J. & Tester, M. (1992) Measurements of Ca2+ fluxes in intact plant cells. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 338: 73-82

V. White, P.J. & Tester, M. (1994) Using planar lipid bilayers to study plant ion channels. Physiologia Plantarum 91: 770-774

VI. Tester, M. (1997) Techniques for studying ion channels: an introduction. Journal of Experimental Botany 48 (Special Issue): 353-359

VII. Homann, U. & Tester, M. (1998) Patch clamp measurements of capacitance to study exocytosis and endocytosis in plants. Trends in Plant Sciences 3: 110-114

VIII. Tester, M. (1999) Control of long-distance K+ transport by ABA. Trends in Plant Sciences 4: 5-6

IX. Tester, M. & Leigh, R.A. (2001) Partitioning of transport processes in roots. Journal of Experimental Botany, 52, Roots Special Issue, 445-457

X. Demidchik, V., Davenport, R.J. & Tester, M. (2002) Nonselective cation channels. Annual Reviews of Plant Biology 53, 67-107

XI. Tester, M. & Davenport, R.J. (2003) Na+ transport and Na+ tolerance in higher plants. Annals of Botany 91, 503-527

XII. Schnurbusch, T., Huang, C., Collins, N.C., Sutton, T., John, U., Roy, S., Paltridge, N., Tester, M., Langridge P. & Fincher, G.B. (2007) Prospects for developing GM varieties of wheat and barley with enhanced tolerance to abiotic stress. Agricultural Science 21: 4-10

XIII. Møller, I.S. and Tester, M. (2007) Salinity tolerance of Arabidopsis: a good model for cereals? Trends in Plant Science 12: 534-540

XIV. Munns, R. & Tester, M. (2008) Salinity tolerance in higher plants. Annual Reviews of Plant Biology 59: 651-681

(c) Edited volumes

Sanders, D. & Tester, M. (1997) Ion channels in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 48 (Special Issue): 353-631

Tester, M., Morris, C. & Davies, J.M. (1998) Book of abstracts, 11th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Cambridge, August, 1998. Experimental Biology Online 3, supplement. 386 pp.

(At http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00898/meeting/cmbrdg98/index.htm)

(d) Short papers, letters and notes (a selection)

i. Murthy, M. & Tester, M. (1996) Compatible solutes and salt tolerance: misuse of transgenic tobacco. Trends in Plant Sciences 1: 294-295

ii. Tester, M. (1999) Seeking clarity over the safety of GM foods. Nature 402, 575

iii. Tester, M. (2001) Depolarising the GM debate. New Phytologist 149, 9-16

iv. Lacombe, B., Becker, D., Hedrich, R., Chiu, J., DeSalle, R., Heinemann, S., Hollmann, M., Kwak, J., Le Novere, N., Nam, H.G., Sakmann, B., Schroeder, J.I., Spalding, E.P., Tester, M., Turano, F.J. & Coruzzi, G. (2001) On the identity of plant glutamate receptors. Science 292, 1486-1487

v. Kronzucker, H.J., Britto, D.T., Davenport, R.J. & Tester, M. (2001) Ammonium toxicity and the real cost of transport. Trends in Plant Sciences 6, 335-337

vi. Tester, M. (2002). Some GM facts. Science 298, 1341-1342

vii. Tester, M. & Bacic, A. (2005). Abiotic stress tolerance in grasses. From model plants to crop plants. Plant Physiology 137: 791-793

viii. Platten, J.D., Cotsaftis, O., Berthomieu, P., Bohnert, H., Bressan, R., Davenport, R.J., Fairbairn, D.J., Horie, T., Leigh, R.A., Lin, H.-X., Luan, S., Mäser, P., Pantoja, O., Rodríguez-Navarro, A., Schroeder, J.I., Sentenac, H., Uozumi, N., Véry, A.-A., Zhu, J.-K., Dennis, E.S. and Tester, M. (2006) Nomenclature for HKT genes, key determinants of plant salinity tolerance. Trends in Plant Sciences 11: 372-374

Non-refereed Publications

(a) Book Chapters

1a. Tester, M., Smith, F.A. & Smith, S.E. (1986) Effects of photon irradiance on development of VA mycorrhizas in Trifolium subterraneum L. In: Gianinazzi-Pearson, V. & Gianinazzi, S. (eds). Physiological and Genetical Aspects of Mycorrhizae. Proceedings of the 1st European Symposium on Mycorrhizae, Dijon, France, 1985, pp. 239-243 (INRA, Paris)

2a. Tester, M. & Harvey, H.J. (1989) Verapamil-binding fraction forms Ca2+ channels in planar lipid bilayers. In: Dainty, J., de Michelis, M.I., Marrè, E. & Rasi-Caldogno, F. (eds). Plant Membrane Transport: The Current Position. Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Plant Membrane Transport. June, 1989, Venice, Italy, pp. 277-278. (Elsevier)

3a. Blatt, M.R. & Tester, M. (1989) K+ channels from thylakoid membrane vesicles incorporated into planar bilayers. In: Dainty, J., de Michelis, M.I., Marrè, E. and Rasi-Caldogno, F. (eds). Plant Membrane Transport: The Current Position. Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Plant Membrane Transport. June, 1989. Venice, Italy, pp. 409-410. (Elsevier)

4a. Tester, M., Shimmen, T., Beilby, M.J. & MacRobbie, E.A.C. (1990) The transport of ions across the tonoplast of charophytes: a study using permeabilised cells. In: Beilby, M.J., Smith, J.R. & Walker, N.A. (eds). Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi. Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Plant Membrane Transport, Sydney, pp. 112-115. (University of Sydney Press)

5a. Knowles, B.H., Nicholls, C.N., Armstrong, G., Tester, M. & Ellar, D.J. (1990) Broad spectrum cytolytic toxins made by Bacillus thuringiensis. In: Proceedings of the Vth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, Adelaide, Australia, August, 1990

6a. White, P.J. & Tester, M. (1992) The application of planar lipid bilayers to the study of plant ion channels. In: Clarkson, D.T. & Cooke, D.T. (eds). Transport and Receptor Proteins of Plant Membranes. pp. 119-133. (Plenum)

7a. Tester, M., Smith, F.A. & Smith, S.E. (1992) The role of ion channels in controlling solute exchange in mycorrhizal associations. In: Read, D.J., Lewis, D.H., Fitter, A.H. & Alexander, I.J. (eds). Mycorrhizas in Ecosystems, pp. 348-351. (CAB International)

8a. Fricker, M., Tester, M. & Gilroy, S. (1993) Fluorescence and luminescence techniques to probe ion activities in living plant cells. In: Mason, W.T. (ed.) Fluorescent and Luminescent Probes for Biological Activity - A Practical Guide to Technology for Quantitative Real-Time Analysis, pp. 360-377. (Academic)

9a. Smith, F.A., Dickson, S., Morris, C., Reid, R.J., Tester, M. & Smith, S.E. (1993) Phosphate transfer in VA mycorrhizas - special mechanisms or not? In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Structure and Function of Roots, Slovakia, June, 1993

10a Tester, M., Morris, C. & Smith, F.A. (1994) Passage through membranes. In: Knox, B., Ladiges, P. & Evans, B. (eds.) Biology, pp. 63-76 (McGraw Hill, Sydney)

11a. Plassard, C., Reid, R.J. & Tester, M. (1994) Amino acid release by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum grown in vitro. In: Mycorrhizas in integrated systems: from genes to plant development, pp. 364-367. (EC Report EUR16728)

12a. Tester, M. (1996) Functions of ion channels in plant cells. In: Smallwood, M., Knox, P. & Bowles, D. (eds.) Membranes: Specialised Functions in Plant Cells, pp. 231-245.(bIOS)

13a. Tester, M. & Craig, E.J. (2000) Genetic modification. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online (Routledge, London), www.rep.routledge.com/philosophy/articles/entry/L/L133/L133.html

14a. Tester, M. (2000) The dangerously polarized debate on genetic modification. SCOPE GM Food Controversy Forum (1 December), scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood/commentary/show.php?author=Tester

15a. Johnson, A., Yu, S.-M. & Tester, M. (2007) Activation tagging systems in rice. In: Uphadyana, N.M., ed., ‘Rice Functional Genomics: Challenges, Progress and Prospects’, pp 333-353 (Springer) http://www.springer.com/east/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=5-40109-22-173700505-0

 (b) Short papers, letters and notes (a selection)

1b. Tester, M. (1988) Spot the mistake. Nature 333: 711

2b. Tester, M. (1988) Putting down roots. New Scientist 119: 94

3b. Tester, M. (1989) Recycled paper. New Scientist 122: 82

4b. Tester, M. (1990) Review of "Mechanisms and Regulation of Transport Processes", ed. by R.K. Atkin & D.R. Gifford. The New Phytologist 116: 729

5b. Tester, M. (1996) Rain and grain. New Scientist 152, 54

6b. Tester, M. (1997) Fried potato. New Scientist 154, 105

7b. Lenton, T., Berner, R.A., Tester, M. & Beerling, D.J. (1998) The carbon cycle and CO2 over Phanerozoic time: the role of land plants - Discussion Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 353, 81-82

8b. Tester, M., Beerling, D.J. & Scott, A.C. (1998) The influence of Carboniferous palaeoatmospheres on plant function:  an experimental and modelling assessment - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 353, 139-140

9b. Tester, M. (1999) In: Management of nuclear waste, Vol. II. House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Session 1998-99. Evidence submitted from 1 February 1998. (HMSO), pp. 315-6

10b. Tester, M. (1999) Hand over your clones or lose your reputation. Nature 398, 657

11b. Tester, M. (2003) GM’s bitter harvest. Times Higher Education Supplement, 23 October, 2003, p. 16

12b. Tester, M. & Morris, C. (2004) World food – how to meet the growing need? Issues, No. 69. pp 15-17 http://www.issues.control.com.au/

13b. Tester, M. (2006) Finding genes to toughen plants. Focus on Salt issue 39, p. 6

14b. Tester, M. & Langridge, P. (2008) Crops aren’t invasive. New Scientist 197: 22

 

Patents

Jacobs, A., Lunde, C., Juttner, J., Comis, A., Tester, M. (2006). Vascular plants expressing Na+ pumping ATPases. WO 2006/037189. International publication date, 13 April, 2006

Tester, M., Jacobs, A & Plett, D. (2006) Cell-specific, inducible or repressible, expression system. WO 2006/133488. International publication date, 21 December, 2006

Cotsaftis, O. & Tester, M. (2006) Targeting vector. PCT submitted to IP Australia, 26 June, 2006

 

 

 

Funding Received

ARC Federation Fellowship

            approx  $3.0 m

ARC Research Network, on The Australian Plant Nutriomics Network (with SD Tyerman, DA Day and others)

            $40,000

ARC Discovery Grant, ‘Controlling accumulation of elements in the shoots of higher plants by manipulating processes in specific cell types in the roots’

            $1.45m

ARC LIEF grant, ‘The national T-ray facility’, led by D. Abbott et al.

            $1.35m

Generation Challenge Program, ‘Allele mining based on non-coding regulatory SNPs in barley germplasm’ (M. Baum, M. Morgante, W. Powell, P. Langridge, M. Tester, J. Eglinton)

            $US900,000

ARC LIEF grant, ‘Joint facility for genome analysis of nutrient transport proteins’ (with B Kaiser, SD Tyerman, DA Day and JT Lambers)

            $110,000

ARC Linkage International Fellowship ‘Development of advanced screening protocols for the identification of genes involved in nutrient sensing and nutrient efficiency in plants’ (with N von Wiren)

            $68,000

GRDC grant, ‘Physiological based screening for identifying novel salt-tolerant germplasm in wheat and barley

            $500,000

ARC LIEF grant, ‘Isotope ratio mass spectrometry facility for nitrogen and water analysis in plants (with SD Tyerman, BN Kaiser and A Bacic)

            $110,000

French-Australia Science Technology Programme, ‘Utilization of a cell type-specific transgene expression system in rice to investigate salinity tolerance mechanisms in cereals’ (with A Johnson, E Guiderdoni)

            $35,000

BioInnovationSA Research Infrastructure Fund, ‘Functional expression facility for membrane transporters’ (with SD Tyerman, BN Kaiser)

            $68,168

CGIAR Harvest Plus, ‘Cell type-specific expression of genes involved in Fe transport and grain loading using the GAL4 enhancer trapping system in rice’ (with A Johnson, J Stangoulis)

            $US102,000

ARC Discovery Project, ‘Microgenomics - a tool to dissect effects of salinity on gene expression in specific cell types of Arabidopsis and rice’ (with RA Leigh, A Johnson, K Birnbaum) (DP0770966)

            $420,000

ARC LIEF, ‘Robotics for plant genomics: Increasing throughput in plant genetic analyses’ (with P Langridge, A Bacic) (LE0775503)

            $255,000

ARC LIEF, ‘A liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer for plant metabolomics’ (with A Bacic, U Roessner, JC Stangoulis, GB Fincher, P Langridge) (LE0775534)

            $300,000

‘Australian Plant Phenomics Facility’ (leader, with Geoff Fincher, Jeremy Burdon, Bob Furbank and Murray Badger), with total funding of $41m, $25m for the Adelaide node. Funding sources included:

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme     $15.24m

SA State Government                                                     $10.0m

University of Adelaide                                                     $ 4.8m

 

Crawford Fund Training Award for Sunita Gupta

            $ 10,300

ARC Linkage Grant, ‘Targeted approaches to improve nitrogen use efficiency in maize’ (BN Kaiser, MA Tester, JA Rafalski, K Dhugga) (LP0776635)

            $900,000

 

Previous Positions

1990-1992         Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Adelaide, Australia

1993-2000         Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

1994-2003         Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK

2000-2003         Senior Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

2001-2003         BBSRC Research Development Fellow

2004-                Australian Research Council Federation Fellow

2007-                Director, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility

 

 

 

 

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