Dr Andrew Bowerman
Areas of expertise
- Plant Cell And Molecular Biology 060702
- Genetics 0604
- Plant Developmental And Reproductive Biology 060703
Research interests
Yield and energy use efficiency of wheat
Wheat genetics
Starch biochemistry and physicochemical properties
Grain germination, early growth and establishment
Grain size and yield
Biography
Dr Andrew Bowerman joined ANU as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2016 to work on a International Wheat Yield Partnership project, examining energy use efficiency.
Dr Bowerman completed his PhD at ANU (supervised by Professor Barry Pogson) and CSIRO (Dr Jean-Philippe Ral and Dr Frank Gubler) working on wheat grain starch biochemistry, examining how starch phosphate ester content altered starch processing qualities and grain germination and early growth. Prior to this, he worked as a technical officer at CSIRO in the cereal quality area, working on projects as diverse as gluten polymer quality, carotenoid characterisation and wheat genetic engineering techniques.
His undergraduate studies were completed at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW, gaining a BAppSc in Medical and Applied Biotechnology and Honours. His Honours project involved molecular characterisation of cervical cancer development, under the supervision of Professor Todd Walker and Dr Wouter Kalle.
Publications
- Ganguly, D, Stone, B, Bowerman, A et al. 2019, 'Excess Light Priming in Arabidopsis thaliana Genotypes with Altered DNA Methylomes', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 3611-3621.
- Bowerman, A, Newberry, M, Dielen, A et al 2016, 'Suppression of glucan, water dikinase in the endosperm alters wheat grain properties, germination and coleoptile growth', Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14, p 398-408.
- Whan, A, Dielen, A, Mieog, J et al 2014, 'Engineering a-amylase levels in wheat grain suggests a highly sophisticated level of carbohydrate regulation during development', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 65, no. 18, pp. 5443-5457.
- Ral, J, Bowerman, A et al 2012, 'Down-regulation of Glucan, Water-Dikinase activity in wheat endosperm increases vegetative biomass and yield', Plant Biotechnology Journal, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 871-882.
- Howitt, C, Cavanagh, C, Bowerman, A et al 2009, 'Alternative splicing, activation of cryptic exons and amino acid substitutions in carotenoid biosynthetic genes are associated with lutein accumulation in wheat endosperm', Functional & Integrative Genomics, vol. 9, pp. 363-376.
