Dr Timothy J. Strabala

Dr Timothy J. Strabala

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Dr Tim Strabala is a scientist specialising in biotechnology. His research focuses on the molecular biology and biochemistry of plant growth and wood development.

Qualifications

PhD (Biochemistry), University of Wisconsin, USA -1991
BA (Chemistry), University of Colorado, USA -1985

Research capabilities

  • Molecular biology and biochemistry of plant growth & development;
  • The study of the role(s) of peptide ligands in vascular development in Arabidopsis as a model for wood development.

Career highlights

  • Board of Directors, Institute of Forest Biotechnology
  • Identification of peptide ligand genes involved in fundamental plant growth processes, including those related to wood formation
  • Three issued patents
  • National Science Foundation (USA) Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Biology

Selected papers

Smit A-M., Strabala T.J., Peng L., Rawson P., Lloyd-Jones G., Jordan T.W. (2011) Proteomic phenotyping of Novosphingobium nitrogenifigens Y88T, a novel nitrogen-fixing sphingomonad. Submitted for publication.

Mast S., Peng L., Jordan T.W., Flint H., Phillips L., Donaldson L., Strabala T.J., Wagner A. (2010) Proteomic analysis of membrane preparations from developing Pinus radiata compression wood. Tree Physiol 30: 1456-1468.

Mast S., Donaldson L., Torr K., Phillips L., Flint H., West M., Strabala T. J., Wagner A. (2009) Exploring the ultrastructural localisation and biosynthesis of ß(1,4)-galactan in Pinus radiata compression wood. Plant Physiol. 150:573-583.

Strabala T. J. (2008) CLE genes in plant development: gain-of-function analyses, pleiotropy, hypermorphy and neomorphy. (Invited) Plant Signalling & Behaviour 3: 457-459. (Open access preprint): http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/10/article/5602/

Strabala T. J., O'Donnell P. J., Smit A.-M., Ampomah-Dwamena C., Martin E. J., Netzler N., Nieuwenhuizen N., Quinn B., Foote H. C. C., Hudson K R. (2006) Gain-of-Function Phenotypes of Many CLAVATA3/ESR Genes, Including Four New Family Members, Correlate with Tandem Variations in the Conserved CLAVATA3/ESR Domain. Plant Physiol. 140:1331-1344.

Strabala T. J. (2004) Expressed sequence tag databases from forestry tree species. (Invited, peer-reviewed) In: Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees, (S. Kumar and M. Fladung, eds.) Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, USA.  pp 19-52.

Murfett J., Strabala T. J., Zurek, D. M., Mou, B., Beecher, B., McClure, B. A. (1996) S RNase and interspecific pollen rejection in the genus Nicotiana: multiple pollen-rejection pathways contribute to unilateral incompatibility between self-incompatible and self-compatible species. Plant Cell 8: 943-958.