Nick Collins

 

Head of Positional Cloning

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

Contact Information

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

Plant Genomics Centre

Hartley Grove

Urrbrae SA                      

 

Postal:

PMB 1

Glen Osmond SA 5064

 

phone +61 8 8303 7171    

fax      +61 8 8303 7102

nick.collins@acpfg.com.au

 

 

 

 

Qualifications

 

BSc, PhD

 

 

 

 

Expertise and Research Interests

 

Rice/Triticeae comparative mapping

Positional cloning

LD analysis

Reproductive frost tolerance

Salt tolerance

Boron tolerance

BYDV resistance

 

Other Expertise

 

 

 

 

Memberships

 

 

 

 

Publications

Jarosch B, Collins NC, Zellerhoff N, and Schaffrath U (2005). RAR1, ROR1 and the actin cytoskeleton contribute to basal resistance to Magnaporthe grisea in barley. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 18: 397-404.

 

Bulgarelli D, Collins NC, Tacconi G, Dellaglio E, Brueggeman R, Kleinhofs A, Stanca AM, and Vale G (2004). High-resolution genetic mapping of the leaf stripe resistance gene Rdg2a in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 108: 1401-1408.

 

Collins NC, Thordal-Christensen H, Lipka V, Bau S, Kombrink E, Qui J-L, Hückelhoven R, Stein M, Freialdenhomen A, Somerville SC, and Schulze-Lefert P (2003). SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall. Nature 425: 973-977.

 

Madsen LH, Collins NC, Rakwalska M, Backes G, Sandal N, Krusell L, Jensen J, Waterman EH, Jahoor A, Ayliffe M, Langridge P, Schulze-Lefert P and Stougaard J (2003). Barley disease resistance analogs of the NBS-LRR class – identification and mapping. Mol. Gen. Genet. Genomics 269: 150-161.

 

King B. Paltridge N, Collins N, Ford C, Li R, Symons R and Langridge P (2002). A map-based approach towards cloning the Yd2 resistance gene in barley. In: Henry M and McNab A (eds.). Barley yellow dwarf disease: Recent advances and future strategies. Mexico, D. F.: CIMMYT.

 

Toyoda K, Collins NC, Shirasu K (2002). Positive and negative regulation of plant fungal resistance. Transgenic Res 11: 567-582.

 

Webb CA, Richter TE, Collins NC, Nicolas M, Trick HN, Pryor T and Hulbert S (2002). Genetic and molecular characterization of the maize rp3 rust resistance locus. Genetics 162: 381-394.

 

Piffanelli P, Zhou F, Casais C, Orme J, Schaffrath U, Collins NC, Panstruga R, Schulze-Lefert P (2002). The barley MLO modulator of defence and cell death is responsive to biotic and abiotic stress stimuli. Plant Physiol. 129: 1076-1085.

 

Collins NC, Sadanandom A, Schulze-Lefert P (2001). Genes and molecular mechanisms controlling powdery mildew resistance in barley. In: The Powder Mildews: A Comprehensive Treatise. Belanger RR, Bushnell WR, Dik AJ, and Carver TLW, eds. APS Press.

 

Collins N, Lahaye T, Peterhansel C, Freialdenhoven A, Corbitt M, Schulze-Lefert P (2001). Sequence haplotypes revealed by sequence tagged site (STS) fine mapping of the Ror1 gene in the centromeric region of barley chromosome 1H. Plant Physiol. 125: 1236-1247.

 

Collins NC, Park R, Spielmeyer W, Ellis J, Pryor T (2001). Resistance gene analogs in barley and their relationships to rust resistance genes. Genome 44: 375-381.

 

Collins NC, Sadanandom A, Schulze-Lefert P (2001). Genes and molecular mechanisms controlling powdery mildew resistance in barley. In: The Powder Mildews: A Comprehensive Treatise. Belanger RR, Bushnell WR, Dik AJ, and Carver TLW, eds. APS Press.

 

Sun Q, Collins N, Ayliffe M, Smith S, Drake J, Pryor T, Hulbert S (2001). Recombination between paralogues at the rp1 rust resistance locus in maize. Genetics 158: 423-438.

 

Ayliffe MA, Collins NC, Ellis JG, Pryor A (2000). The maize rp1 rust resistance gene identifies homologues in barley that have been subjected to diversifying selection. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 1144-1154.

 

Collins N, Drake J, Ayliffe M, Sun Q, Ellis J, Hulbert S, Pryor T (1999). Molecular characterization of the maize Rp1-D rust resistance haplotype and its mutants. Plant Cell 11: 1365-1376.

 

Collins NC, Webb CA, Seah S, Ellis JG, Hulbert SH, Pryor A (1998). The isolation and mapping of disease resistance gene analogs in maize. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 11:968-978.

 

Spielmeyer W, Robertson M, Collins N, Leister D, Schulze-Lefert P, Seah S, Moullet O, Lagudah ES (1998). A superfamily of disease resistance gene analogs is located on all homoeologous chromosome groups of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Genome 41: 782-788.

 

Collins NC, Ayliffe M, Pryor A (1998). New offerings to the rust god Robigus: Prospects for genetically engineering rust resistance in cereals. Australian Biochemist 29: 3-5.

 

Paltridge NG, Collins NC, Bendahmane A, Symons RH (1998). Development of YLM, a codominant PCR marker closely linked to the Yd2 gene for resistance to barley yellow dwarf disease. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96: 1170-1177.

 

Ellis J, Lawrence G, Ayliffe M, Anderson P, Collins N, Finnegan J, Frost D, Luck J, Pryor T (1997). Advances in the molecular genetic analysis of the flax-flax rust interaction. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 35: 271-291.

 

Collins NC, Paltridge NG, Ford CM, Symons RH (1996). The Yd2 gene for barley yellow dwarf virus resistance maps close to the centromere on the long arm of barley chromosome 3. Theor. Appl. Genet. 92: 858-864.

 

Langridge P, Karakousis A, Collins N, Kretschmer J, Manning S (1995). A consensus linkage map of barley. Mol. Breed. 1: 389-395.

 

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Funding Received

 

 

Previous Positions

1996-1999 Postdoctoral Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra

1999-2003 Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

 

 

 

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English

 

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26.10.05

 

 

 

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