Areas of expertise

• Gene Expression (Incl. Microarray And Other Genome Wide Approaches) 060405
• Horticultural Crop Improvement (Selection And Breeding) 070602
• Enzymes 060107
• Genetically Modified Animals 100104
• Plant Physiology 060705
• Crop And Pasture Biochemistry And Physiology 070303
• Plant Cell And Molecular Biology 060702
• Crop And Pasture Improvement (Selection And Breeding) 070305
• Transgenesis 100109
• Cell Metabolism 060104
• Global Change Biology 069902

Publications

• Fan, Y, Asao, S, Furbank, R et al. 2022, 'The crucial roles of mitochondria in supporting C4 photosynthesis', New Phytologist, vol. 233, no. 3, pp. 1083-1096.
• Fan, Y, Scafaro, A, Asao, S et al. 2022, 'Dark respiration rates are not determined by differences in mitochondrial capacity, abundance and ultrastructure in C4 leaves', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 1257-1269.
• Clarke, T, Danila, F & von Caemmerer, S 2021, 'CO2 diffusion in tobacco: A link between mesophyll conductance and leaf anatomy', Interface Focus, vol. 11, no. 2.
• Chatterjee , J, Coe, R, Acebron, K et al. 2021, 'A low CO2-responsive mutant of Setaria viridis reveals that reduced carbonic anhydrase limits C4 photosynthesis', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 3122-3136.
• Ermakova, M, Arrivault, S, Giuliani, R et al. 2021, 'Installation of C4 photosynthetic pathway enzymes in rice using a single construct', Plant Biotechnology Journal, vol. 19, pp. 575-588.
• Ermakova, M, Bellasio, C, Fitzpatrick, D et al. 2021, 'Upregulation of bundle sheath electron transport capacity under limiting light in C4 Setaria viridis', The Plant Journal, vol. 106, no. 5, pp. 1443-1454.
• Danila, F, Thakur, V, Chatterjee , J et al. 2021, 'Bundle sheath suberisation is required for C4 photosynthesis in a Setaria viridis mutant', Communications Biology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 10pp.
• Ermakova, M, Osborn, H, Groszmann, M et al. 2021, 'Expression of a CO2-permeable aquaporin enhances mesophyll conductance in the C4 species Setaria viridis', eLife, vol. 10, pp. 1-16.
• Ermakova, M, Danila, F, Furbank, R et al. 2020, 'On the road to C-4 rice: advances and perspectives', The Plant Journal, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 940-950.
• von Caemmerer, S 2020, 'Rubisco carboxylase/oxygenase: From the enzyme to the globe: A gas exchange perspective', Journal of Plant Physiology, vol. 252, pp. 1-9.
• Zhu, X, Ort, D, Parry, M et al. 2020, 'A wish list for synthetic biology in photosynthesis research', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 2219-2225.
• Wu, A, Hammer, G, Doherty, A et al 2019, 'Quantifying impacts of enhancing photosynthesis on crop yield', Nature Plants, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 380-388.
• Giuliani, R, Karki, S, Covshoff, S et al. 2019, 'Knockdown of glycine decarboxylase complex alters photorespiratory carbon isotope fractionation in Oryza sativa leaves', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 2773-2786.
• Danila, F, Quick, W, White, R et al 2019, 'Response of plasmodesmata formation in leaves of C4 grasses to growth irradiance', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 2482-2494.
• Ermakova, M, Lopez-Calcagno, P, Raines, C et al. 2019, 'Overexpression of the Rieske FeS protein of the Cytochrome b(6)f complex increases C-4 photosynthesis in Setaria viridis', Communications Biology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
• Giuliani, R, Karki, S, Covshoff, S et al. 2019, 'Transgenic maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase alters leaf-atmosphere CO2 and 13CO2 exchanges in Oryza sativa', Photosynthesis Research, vol. 142, no. 2, pp. 153-167.
• Danila, F, Quick, W, White, R et al 2018, 'Multiple mechanisms for enhanced plasmodesmata density in disparate subtypes of C4 grasses', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 1135-1145.
• Alonso Cantabrana, H, Cousins, A, Danila, F et al 2018, 'Diffusion of CO2 across the mesophyll-bundle sheath cell interface in a C4 plant with genetically reduced PEP carboxylase activity', Plant Physiology, vol. 178, no. 1, pp. 72-81pp.
• Long, B, Hee, W, Sharwood, R et al. 2018, 'Carboxysome encapsulation of the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco in tobacco chloroplasts', Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-14.
• Evans, J, Morgan, P & von Caemmerer, S 2017, 'Light quality affects chloroplast electron transport rates estimated from Chl fluorescence measurements', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 1652-1660.
• Sonawane, B, Sharwood, R, von Caemmerer, S et al 2017, 'Short-term thermal photosynthetic responses of C4 grasses are independent of the biochemical subtype', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 68, no. 20, pp. 5583-5597.
• Osborn, H, Alonso Cantabrana, H, Sharwood, R et al 2017, 'Effects of reduced carbonic anhydrase activity on CO2 assimilation rates in Setaria viridis: A transgenic analysis', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 299-310pp.
• von Caemmerer, S, Ghannoum, O & Furbank, R 2017, 'C4 photosynthesis: 50 years of discovery and innovation', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 97-102pp.
• Rogers, A, Medlyn, B, Dukes, J et al 2017, 'A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models', New Phytologist, vol. 213, no. 1, pp. 22-42pp.
• Marshall-Colon, A, Long, S, Allen, D et al 2017, 'Crops In Silico: Generating Virtual Crops Using an Integrative and Multi-scale Modeling Platform', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 8, no. Article 786, pp. 1-7pp.
• Niinemets, U, Berry, J, von Caemmerer, S et al 2017, 'Photosynthesis: ancient, essential, complex, diverse … and in need of improvement in a changing world', New Phytologist, vol. 213, no. 1, pp. 43-47pp.
• Meacham, K, Sirault, X, Quick, P et al 2017, 'Diurnal solar energy conversion and photoprotection in rice canopies', Plant Physiology, vol. 173, no. 1, pp. 495-508pp.
• Rizal, G, Karki, S, Thakur, V et al 2017, 'A sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) mutant with altered carbon isotope ratio', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 12, no. 6, pp. e0179567-e0179567.
• Alonso Cantabrana, H & von Caemmerer, S 2016, 'Carbon isotope discrimination as a diagnostic tool for C-4 photosynthesis in C-3-C-4 intermediate species', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 3109-3121pp.
• Barbour, M, Evans, J, Simonin, K et al. 2016, 'Online CO2 and H2O oxygen isotope fractionation allows estimation of mesophyll conductance in C-4 plants, and reveals that mesophyll conductance decreases as leaves age in both C-4 and C-3 plants', New Phytologist, vol. 210, no. 3, pp. 875-889pp.
• Taniguchi, M, Weber, A & von Caemmerer, S 2016, 'Future Research into C-4 Biology', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 879-880.
• Ishikawa, N, Takabayashi, A, Noguchi, K et al 2016, 'NDH-Mediated Cyclic Electron Flow Around Photosystem I is Crucial for C-4 Photosynthesis', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 2020-2028.
• von Caemmerer, S, Campany, C, Tjoelker, M et al 2016, 'Coupled response of stomatal and mesophyll conductance to light enhances photosynthesis of shade leaves under sunflecks', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 2762-2773pp.
• Ishikawa, N, Takabayashi, A, Noguchi, K et al 2016, 'NDH-Mediated Cyclic Electron Flow Around Photosystem I is Crucial for C-4 Photosynthesis', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 2020-2028.
• von Caemmerer, S & Furbank, R 2016, 'Strategies for improving C-4 photosynthesis', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 31, pp. 125 -134.
• Lin, H, Karki, S, Coe, R et al. 2016, 'Targeted Knockdown of GDCH in Rice Leads to a Photorespiratory-Deficient Phenotype Useful as a Building Block for C-4 Rice', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 919-932.
• Danila, F, Quick, W, White, R, Furbank, R T and von Caemmerer S 2016, 'The metabolite pathway between bundle sheath and mesophyll: quantification of plasmodesmata in leaves of C3 and C4 monocots.', The Plant Cell, vol. Advance Publication. Published on June 10, 2016.
• von Caemmerer, S & Evans, J 2015, 'Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 629-637.
• Ort, DR, Merchant, SS, Alric, J, Barkan, A, Blankenship, RE, Bock, R, Croce, R, Hanson, MR, Hibberd, JM, Long, SP, Moore, TA, James V. Moroney, JV, Niyogi, KK, Parry, MAJ, Peralta-Yahya, PPP, Prince, RC, Redding, KE, Spalding, MH, Klaas J. van Wijk, KJ, Wim F.J. Vermaas, WFJ, von Caemmerer, S, Weber, APM, Yeates, TO, Yuan, JS, Zhu, X (2015) Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand,, PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, no. 28, pp. 8529-8536.
• Jia, H, Dwyer, S, Fan, D et al 2014, 'A novel P700 redox kinetics probe for rapid, non-intrusive and whole-tissue determination of photosystem II functionality, and the stoichiometry of the two photosystems in vivo', Physiologia Plantarum, vol. 152, no. 3, pp. 403-413.
• von Caemmerer, S, Edwards, G, Koteyeva, N et al 2014, 'Single cell C₄ photosynthesis in aquatic and terrestrial plants: A gas exchange perspective', Aquatic Botany, vol. 118, pp. 71-80.
• von Caemmerer, S, Tazoe, Y, Evans, J et al 2014, 'Exploiting transplastomically modified Rubisco to rapidly measure natural diversity in its carbon isotope discrimination using tuneable diode laser spectroscopy', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 3759-3767.
• von Caemmerer, S, Ghannoum, O, Pengelly, J et al 2014, 'Carbon isotope discrimination as a tool to explore C₄ photosynthesis', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 3459-3470.
• Pengelly, J, Forster, B, von Caemmerer, S, Badger M, Price GD & Whitney SM 2014, 'Transplastomic integration of a cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter into tobacco chloroplasts', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 3071-3080.
• Franks, P, Adams, M, Amthor, J et al 2013, 'Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: from the geological past to the next century', New Phytologist, vol. 197, no. 4, pp. 1077-1094.
• Evans, J & von Caemmerer, S 2013, 'Temperature response of carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance in tobacco', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 745-756.
• Hu, Y, Oguchi, R, Yamori, W et al. 2013, 'Cotton bracts are adapted to a microenvironment of concentrated CO₂ produced by rapid fruit respiration', Annals of Botany, vol. 112, no. 1, pp. 31-40.
• Fernie, A, Bauwe, H, Eisenhut, M et al 2013, 'Perspectives on plant photorespiratory metabolism', Plant Biology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 748-753.
• von Caemmerer, S 2013, 'Steady-state models of photosynthesis', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1617-1630.
• Price, G, Pengelly, J, Forster, B, von Caemmerer, S, Badger, MR, Price, GD and Whitney, SM. 2013, 'The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO₂ fixation in crop species', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 753-768.
• Pengelly, J, Tan, J, Furbank, R et al 2012, 'Antisense Reduction of NADP-Malic Enzyme in Flaveriabidentis Reduces Flow of CO₂ through the C₄ Cycle', Plant Physiology, vol. 160, no. 2, pp. 1070-1080.
• Maier, A, Fahnenstich, H, von Caemmerer, S et al 2012, 'Transgenic introduction of a glycolate oxidative cycle into A-thaliana chloroplasts leads to growth improvement', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 3, no. 38, p. 42339.
• Scafaro, A, Yamori, W, Carmo -Silva, A et al 2012, 'Rubisco activity is associated with photosynthetic thermotolerance in a wild rice (Oryza meridionalis)', Physiologia Plantarum, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 99-109.
• von Caemmerer, S, Quick, W & Furbank, R 2012, 'The Development of C₄ Rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges', Science, vol. 336, no. 6089, pp. 1671-1672.
• Dwyer, S, Chow, W, Yamori, W et al 2012, 'Antisense reductions in the PsbO protein of photosystem II leads to decreased quantum yield but similar maximal photosynthetic rates', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 63, no. 13, pp. 4781-4795.
• Scafaro, A, Yamori, W, Carmo-Silva, A et al 2012, 'Rubisco activity is associated with photosynthetic thermotolerance in a wild rice (Oryza meridionalis)', Physiologia Plantarum, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 99-109.
• Pengelly, J, Tan, J, Furbank, R et al 2012, 'Antisense Reduction of NADP-Malic Enzyme in Flaveria bidentis Reduces Flow of CO2 through the C-4 Cycle', Plant Physiology, vol. 160, no. 2, pp. 1070-1080.
• von Caemmerer, S, Quick, W & Furbank, R 2012, 'The Development of C-4 Rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges', Science, vol. 336, no. 6089, pp. 1671-1672.
• Scafaro, A, von Caemmerer, S, Evans, J et al 2011, 'Temperature response of mesophyll conductance in cultivated and wild Oryza species with contrasting mesophyll cell wall thickness', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1999-2008.
• Pengelly, J, Kwasny, S, Bala, S et al 2011, 'Functional analysis of corn husk photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 156, no. 2, pp. 503-513pp.
• Evans, J & von Caemmerer, S 2011, 'Enhancing Photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 155, no. 1, pp. 19-19.
• Pengelly, J, Kwasny, S, Bala, S et al 2011, 'Functional Analysis of Corn Husk Photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 156, no. 2, pp. 503-513.
• Lawson, T, von Caemmerer, S & Baroli, I 2011, 'Photosynthesis and Stomatal Behaviour', in Ulrich Luttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Burkhard Budel and Dennis Francis (ed.), Progress in Botany (Volume 72), Springer, Berlin, pp. 265-304.
• Scafaro, A, von Caemmerer, S, Evans, J et al 2011, 'Temperature response of mesophyll conductance in cultivated and wild Oryza species with contrasting mesophyll cell wall thickness', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1999-2008.
• Ghannoum, O, Evans, J & von Caemmerer, S 2011, 'Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiency of C 4 Plants', in Agepati S. Raghavendra and Rowan F. Sage (ed.), C4 Photosynthesis and Related CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 129-146.
• Tazoe, Y, von Caemmerer, S, Estavillo, G et al 2011, 'Using tunable diode laser spectroscopy to measure carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance to CO₂ diffusion dynamically at different CO₂ concentrations', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 580-591.
• Price, G, Badger, M & von Caemmerer, S 2011, 'The prospect of using cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters to improve leaf photosynthesis in C₃ crop plants', Plant Physiology, vol. 155, no. 1, pp. 20-26.
• Yamori, W & von Caemmerer, S 2011, 'Quantification of Rubisco activase content in leaf extracts', in Robert Carpentier (ed.), Photosynthesis Research Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology (2nd ed), Springer, New York, pp. 383-391.
• Yamori, W, Takahashi, S, Makino, A et al 2011, 'The Roles of ATP Synthase and the Cytochrome b6/f Complexes in Limiting Chloroplast Electron Transport and Determining Photosynthetic Capacity', Plant Physiology, vol. 155, pp. 956-962.
• Baroli, I, Price, G, Badger, M et al. 2008, 'The Contribution of Photosynthesis to the Red Light Response of Stomatal Conductance', Plant Physiology, vol. 146, pp. 737-747.
• Yamori, W, Evans, J & von Caemmerer, S 2010, 'Effects of growth and measurement light intensities on temperature dependence of CO2 assimilation rate in tobacco leaves', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 332-343.
• von Caemmerer, S & Evans, J 2010, 'Enhancing C₃ Photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 154, no. 2, pp. 589-592.
• Cousins, A, Ghannoum, O, von Caemmerer, S et al 2010, 'Simultaneous determination of Rubisco carboxylase and oxygenase kinetic parameters in Triticum aestivum and Zea mays using membrane inlet mass spectrometry', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 444-452.
• Weber, A & von Caemmerer, S 2010, 'Plastid transport and metabolism of C₃ and C₄ plants- comparative analysis and possible biotechnological exploitation', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 257-265.
• Pengelly, J, Sirault, X, Tazoe, Y et al 2010, 'Growth of the C₄ dicot Flaveria bidentis: photosynthetic acclimation to low light through shifts in leaf anatomy and biochemistry', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 61, no. 14, pp. 4109-4122.
• Wilson, P, Estavillo, G, Field, K et al 2009, 'The nucleotidase/phosphatase SAL1 is a negative regulator of drought tolerance in Arabidopsis', The Plant Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 299-317.
• Yamori, W & von Caemmerer, S 2009, 'Effect of Rubisco Activase Deficiency on the Temperature Response of CO₂ Assimilation Rate and Rubisco Activation State: Insights from Transgenic Tobacco with Reduced Amounts of Rubisco Activase', Plant Physiology, vol. 151, no. 4, pp. 2073-2082.
• von Caemmerer, S, Farquhar, G & Berry, J 2009, 'Biochemical Model of C3 Photosynthesis', in A.Laisk, L.Nedbal, Govindjee (ed.), Photosynthesis in silico: Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems, Springer, USA, pp. 209-230.
• Wilson, P, Estavillo, G, Field, K et al 2009, 'The nucleotidase/phosphatase SAL1 is a negative regulator of drought tolerance in Arabidopsis', The Plant Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 299-317.
• Furbank, R, von Caemmerer, S, Sheehy, J et al 2009, 'C4 rice: a challenge for plant phenomics', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 845-856.
• Tazoe, Y, von Caemmerer, S, Badger, M et al 2009, 'Light and CO2 do not affect the mesophyll conductance to CO2 diffusion in wheat leaves', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2291-2301.
• von Caemmerer, S & Griffiths, H 2009, 'Stomatal responses to CO2 during a diel Crassulacean acid metabolism cycle in Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Kalanchoe pinnata', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 567-576.
• Ayliffe, M, Agostino, T, Clarke, B et al 2009, 'Suppression of the Barley uroporphyrinogen III synthase Gene by a Ds Activation Tagging Element generates developmental photosensitivity', The Plant Cell, vol. 21, pp. 814-831.
• Pons, T, Flexas, J, von Caemmerer, S et al 2009, 'Estimating mesophyll conductance to CO2: methodology, potential errors and recommendations', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2217-2234.
• Von Caemmerer, S & Osmond, CB 2009, 'Testing the functional implications of photosynthetic heterogeneity in leaves of C4 plants: Reductionism during scale expansion', in Ulrich Schurr, Barry Osmond (ed.), Imaging and integrating heterogeneity of plant functions: Functional biodiversity from cells to the biosphere, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Germany, p. 192.
• Cousins, A, Badger, M & von Caemmerer, S 2008, 'C4 photosynthetic isotope exchange in NAD-ME- and NADP-ME-type grasses', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 1-9.
• James, R, von Caemmerer, S, Condon, A et al 2008, 'Genetic variation in tolerance to the osmotic stress component of salinity stress in durum wheat', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 111-123.
• Hendrickson, L, Sharwood, R, Ludwig, M et al 2008, 'The effects of Rubisco activase on C4 photosynthesis and metabolism at high temperature', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 1789-1798.
• Sharwood, R, von Caemmerer, S, Maliga, P et al 2008, 'The Catalytic properties of hybrid Rubisco comprising tobacco small and sunflower large subunits mirror the kinetically equivalent source rubiscos and can support tobacco growth 1[W][OA]', Plant Physiology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 83-96.
• Griffiths, H, Cousins, A, Badger, M et al 2007, 'Discrimination in the Dark. Resolving the Interplay between Metabolic and Physical Constraints to Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase activity during the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Cycle¹', Plant Physiology, vol. 143, pp. 1055-1067.
• Dwyer, S, Ghannoum, O, Nicotra, A et al 2007, 'High temperature acclimation of C4 photosynthesis is linked to changes in photosynthetic biochemistry', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 30, pp. 53-66.
• Furumoto, T, Izui, K, Quinn, V et al 2007, 'Phosphorylation of Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase is not essential fo high photosynthetic rates in the C4 species laveria bidentis 1[OA]', Plant Physiology, vol. 144, pp. 1936-1945.
• Cousins, A, Baroli, I, Badger, M et al. 2007, 'The role of Physphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase during C₄ Photosynthetic Isotope Exchange and Stomatal Conductance', Plant Physiology, vol. 145, pp. 1006-1017.
• Evans, J, Vogelmann, T & von Caemmerer, S 2007, 'Balancing light capture with distributed metabolic demand during C4 photosynthesis', in J Sheehy, P Mitchell, B Hardy (ed.), Charting New Pathways to C4 Rice, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, pp. 127-144.
• von Caemmerer, S & Baker, N 2007, 'The Biology of Transpiration. From Guard Cells to Globe', Plant Physiology, vol. 143, p. 3.
• McNevin, D, Badger, M, Whitney, S et al 2007, 'Differences in Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Three Variants of D-Ribulose-1,5-biophosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Reflect Differences in Their Catalytic Mechanisms', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 282, no. 49, pp. 36068-36076.
• von Caemmerer, S, Evans, J, Cousins, A et al 2007, 'C4 photosynthesis and CO2 diffusion', in J Sheehy, P Mitchell, B Hardy (ed.), Charting New Pathways to C4 Rice, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, pp. 95-116.
• James, R, Munns, R, von Caemmerer, S et al 2006, 'Photosynthetic capacity is related to the cellular and subcellular partitioning of Na+, K+ and Cl- in salt-affected barely and durum wheat', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 29, no. 2185-97, pp. 2185-2197.
• Cousins, A, Badger, M & von Caemmerer, S 2006, 'A Transgenic Approach to Understanding the Influence of Carbonic Anhydrase on C18OO Discrimination during C4 Photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 142, pp. 662-672.
• McNevin, D, von Caemmerer, S & Farquhar, G 2006, 'Determining RuBisCO activation kinetics and other rate and equilibrium constants by simultaneous multiple non-linear regression of a kinetic model', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 57, no. 14, pp. 3883-3900.
• Schrader, S, Kane, H, Sharkey, T et al 2006, 'High temperature enhances inhibitor production but reduces fallover in tobacco Rubisco', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 33, pp. 921-929.
• Cousins, A, Badger, M & von Caemmerer, S 2006, 'Carbonic Anhydrase and Its Influence on Carbon Isotope Discrimination during C4 Photosynthesis. Insights from Antisense RNA in Flaveria bidentis', Plant Physiology, vol. 141, pp. 232-242.
• von Caemmerer, S, Hendrickson, L, Quinn, V et al 2005, 'Reductions of Rubisco Activase by Antisense RNA in the C4 Plant Flaveria bidentis Reduces Rubisco Carbamylation and Leaf Photosysthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 137, pp. 747-755.
• Ghannoum, O, Evans, J, Chow, W et al 2005, 'Faster Rubisco is the Key to Superior Nitrogen-Use Eficiency in NADP-Malic Enzyme Relative to NAD-Malic Enzyme C4 Grasses', Plant Physiology, vol. 137, pp. 638-650.
• Husain, S, von Caemmerer, S & Munns, R 2004, 'Control of salt transport form roots to shoots of wheat in saline soil', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1115-1126.
• von Caemmerer, S, Quinn, V, Hancock, N et al. 2004, 'Carbonic anhydrase and C4 photosynthesis a transgenic analysis', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 27, pp. 697-703.
• von Caemmerer, S, Lawson, T, Oxborough, K et al 2004, 'Stomatal conductance does not correlate with photosynthetic capacity in transgenic tobacco with reduced amounts of Rubisco', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 55, no. 400, pp. 1157-1166.
• von Caemmerer, S 2003, 'C4 photosynthesis in a single cell is theoretically inefficient but may ameliorate internal CO2 diffusion limitations of C3 leaves', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 26, pp. 1191-1197.
• von Caemmerer, S & Furbank, R 2003, 'The C4 pathway: An efficient CO2 pump', Photosynthesis Research, vol. 77, pp. 191-207.
• Kubien, D, von Caemmerer, S, Furbank, R et al 2003, 'C4 photosynthesis at low temperature. A study using transgenic plants with reduced amounts of Rubisco', Plant Physiology, vol. 132, pp. 1577-1585.
• Siebke, K, Geijer, P, Conroy, J et al 2003, 'Photosynthetic oxygen exchange in C4 grasses: The role of oxygen as electron acceptor', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 26, pp. 1963-1972.
• Bernacchi, C, Portis, A, Nakano, H et al. 2002, 'Temperature response of mesophyll conductance. Implications for the determination of rubisco enzyme kinetics and for limitations to photosynhtesis in vivo', Plant Physiology, vol. 130, pp. 1992-1998.
• Geijer, P, von Caemmerer, S & Conroy, J 2002, 'The effect of drought on plant water use efficiency of nine NAD-ME and nine NADP-ME Australian C4 grasses', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 29, pp. 1337-1348.
• James, R, Rivelli, A, Munns, R et al 2002, 'Factors affecting CO2 assimilation, leaf injury and growth in salt-stressed duram wheat', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 29, pp. 1393-1403.
• Siebke, K, Ghannoum, O, Conroy, J et al 2002, 'Elevated CO2 increases the leaf temperature of two glasshouse grown C4 grasses', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 29, pp. 1377-1385.
• Siebke, K, Geijer, P, Conroy, J et al 2002, 'Leaf temperature of C4 grasses is increased in elevated CO2 in a glasshouse', International Congress on Photosynthesis (PS 2001), CSLI Publications, Melbourne, pp. s32-012.
• von Caemmerer, S, Geijer, P, Conroy, J et al 2001, 'Photosynthetic responses of temperate species to free air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) in a grazed New Zealand pasture', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, vol. 28, pp. 439-450.
• Sharkey, T, Badger, M, von Caemmerer, S et al 2001, 'Increased heat sensitivity of photosynthesis in tobacco plants with reduced Rubisco activase', Photosynthesis Research, vol. 676, pp. 147-156.
• Geijer, P, von Caemmerer, S & Conroy, J 2001, 'Carbon and water economy of Australian NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, vol. 28, pp. 213-223.
• Farquhar, G, von Caemmerer, S & Berry, J 2001, 'Models of photosynthesis', Plant Physiology, vol. 125, pp. 42-45.
• Badger, M, von Caemmerer, S, Ruuska, S et al. 2000, 'Electron flow to oxygen in higher plants and algae: rates and control of direct photoreduction (Mehler reaction) and rubisco oxygenase.', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol. 355, no. 1402, pp. 1433-1446.
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Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• RIPE: Realising Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency for Sustainable Increases in Crop Yield. (Primary Investigator)
• C4-Rice Phase 3 (Primary Investigator)
• Thermal acclimation of leaf mesophyll conductance (Secondary Investigator)
• C4 Rice Phase 2 Scholarship (Primary Investigator)
• Enhancing and manipulating C4 photosynthesis (Primary Investigator)
• C4 Rice Phase 2 Scholarship (Primary Investigator)
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis (Secondary Investigator)
• Spectral climate chamber facilities for phenomic studies of plant light response adaptation (Secondary Investigator)
• RIPE: Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency for Sustainable Increased in Crop Yield (Secondary Investigator)
• Creating the second Green revolutions by supercharging photosynthesis: C4 rice in collaboration with CSIRO (Primary Investigator)
• Quantifying C18OO discrimination and Co2 diffusion in C3 and C4 leaves (Primary Investigator)
• Using Arabidopsis mutants to discover the role of guard cell chloroplast in the stomatal response to light (Primary Investigator)
• Improving plant productivity and human health using next generation biotechnology approaches (Secondary Investigator)
• Multiphoton confocal microscope (Secondary Investigator)
• The metabolic and enzymatic regulation of C4 photosynthesis and its impact on photosynthetic productivity (Primary Investigator)
• What limits CO2 diffusion inside leaves? Dissecting the diffusion path with Arabidopsis mutants (Secondary Investigator)