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Malcolm John Bennett
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http://www.plantsci.nottingham.ac.uk
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Date of Birth: 24 June 1964
Education
UMIST: BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with Molecular Biology – First Class, 1982-1985
University of Warwick: PhD Department of Biological Sciences, 1985-1988
Research and Professional Experience
1991-1992
NATO-SERC Fellowship, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
1991-1998
Lecturer, Biological Sciences, University of Warwick.
1999-present
Chair of Plant Science, University of Nottingham School of Biosciences, Division of
Plant Sciences
2007-2009
Head of Plant Sciences Division
2010-2015
BBSRC Professorial Fellowship
Selected research publications in last 5 years
Dharmasiri,S., Swarup,R., Mockaitis,K., Dharmasiri,N., Singh,S.K., Kowalchyk,M., Marchant,A.,
Mills,S., Sandberg,G., Bennett,M.J., and Estelle,M. (2006) AXR4 Is Required for Localization of the
Auxin Influx Facilitator AUX1. Science 312:1218-1220.
Swarup R, Perry P, Hagenbeek D, et al. (2007) Ethylene upregulates auxin biosynthesis in
Arabidopsis seedlings to enhance inhibition of root cell elongation. Plant Cell 19 (7): 2186-2196.
Laplaze, L., Benkova, E., Casimiro, I., Maes, L., Vanneste, S., Swarup, R., Weijers, D., Calvo, V.,
Parizot, B., Herrera-Rodriguez, M., Offringa, R., Graham, N., Doumas, P., Friml, J., Bogusz, D.,
Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M. (2007) Cytokinins Act Directly on Lateral Root Founder Cells to
Inhibit Root Initiation. Plant Cell 19: 3889-3900.
Bainbridge, K., Guyomarc’h, S., Bayer, E., Swarup. R., Bennett, M.J., Mandel, T., and Kuhlemeier,
C. (2008) Auxin influx carriers stabilize phyllotactic patterning. Genes & Development 22: 810-823.
Swarup, K., Benkova, E., Swarup, R., Casimiro, I., Péret, B., Yang, Y., Parry, G., Nielsen, E., De
Smet, I., Vanneste, S., Levesque, M.P., Carrier, D., James, N., Calvo, V., Ljung, K., Kramer, E.,
Roberts, R., Graham, N., Marillonnet, S., Patel, K., Jones, J.D.G., Taylor, C.G., Schachtman,
D.P., May, S., Sandberg, G., Benfey, P., Friml, J., Kerr, I., Beeckman, T., Laplaze, L., and
Bennett, M.J. (2008) The auxin influx carrier LAX3 promotes lateral root emergence. Nature Cell
Biology 10: 946-954.
Ubeda-Tomas,S., Swarup,R., Coates,J., Swarup,K., Laplaze,L., Beemster,G.T.S., Hedden,P.,
Bhalerao,R., and Bennett, M.J. (2008) Root growth in Arabidopsis requires gibberellin/DELLA
signalling in the endodermis. Nature Cell Biology 10:625-628.
Jones, A.R., Kramer, E.M., Knox, K., Swarup, R., Bennett, M.J., Lazarus, C.M., Leyser, H.M.O., and
Grierson, C.S. (2009) Auxin transport through non-hair cells sustains root-hair development. Nature
Cell Biology 11:78-84.
Bikard, D., Patel, D., Le Mette, C., Giorgi, V., Camilleri, C., Bennett, M.J., and Loudet, O. (2009)
Divergent evolution of duplicate genes leads to genetic incompatibilities within Arabidopsis thaliana.
Science 323:623-626.
French, A., Ubeda-Tomas, S., Holman, T.J., Bennett, M.J. and Pridmore, T. (2009) High throughput
quantification of root growth using a novel image analysis tool. Plant Physiology 150 (10):1784-1795.
Ubeda-Tomas, S., Federici, F., Casimiro, I., Beemster, G.T.S., Bhalerao, R., Swarup, R., Doerner,
P., Haseloff, J., and Bennett, M.J. (2009) Gibberellin Signalling in the Endodermis Controls
Arabidopsis Root Meristem Size. Current Biology 19:1194-1199.
Parry, G., Calderon-Villalobos, L.I., Prigge, M., Péret, B., Dharmasiri, S., Itoh, H., Lechner, E., Gray,
W.M., Bennett, M., and Estelle, M. (2009) Complex regulation of the TIR1/AFB family of auxin
receptors. PNAS 106: 22540-22545.
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Dhondt S., Coppens F., De Winter F., Swarup K., Merks R.M.H., Inze D., Bennett M.J., and
Beemster T.S. (2010) SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW regulate leaf growth in Arabidopsis by
stimulating S-phase progression of the cell cycle. Plant Physiology 154:1183-1195.
Perrine-Walker F., Doumas P., Lucas M., Vaissayre V., Beauchemin N.J., Band L.R., Chopard J.,
Crabos A., Conejero G., Peret B., King J.R., Verdeil J-L., Hocher V., Franche C., Bennett M.J.,
Tisa L.S. and Laplaze L. (2010) Auxin carriers localization drives auxin accumulation in plant cells
infected by frankia in casuarinas glauca actinorhizal nodules. Plant Physiology 154:1372-1380.
De Rybel B. , Vassileva V., Parizot B., Demeulenaere M., Grunewald W., Audenaert D., Van
Campenhout J., Overvoorde P., Jansen L., Vanneste S., Möller B., Wilson M, Holman T.,
Van Isterdael G., Brunoud G., Vuylsteke M., Vernoux T, De Veylder L., Inzé D., Weijers D.,
Bennett M.J. and Beeckman T. (2010) A novel Aux/IAA28 signalling cascade activates GATA23dependent specification of lateral root founder cell identity. Current Biology 20:1697-1706.
Lucas M, Swarup R, Paponov IA, Swarup K, Casimiro I, Lake D, Péret B, Zappala S, Mairhofer S,
Whitworth M, Wang J, Ljung K, Marchant A, Sandberg G, Holdsworth MJ, Palme K, Pridmore T,
Mooney S, Bennett MJ (2010) Short-Root regulates primary, lateral, and adventitious root
development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 155, 384–98
Middleton AM, King JR, Bennett MJ, Owen MR (2010) Mathematical modelling of the Aux/IAA
negative feedback loop. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 72, 1383–1407
De Smet I, Lau S, Voss U, Vanneste S, Benjamins R, Rademacher EH, Schlereth A, De Rybel B,
Vassileva V, Grunewald W, Naudts M, Levesque MP, Ehrismann JS, Inzé D, Luschnig C, Benfey
PN, Weijers D, Van Montagu MC, Bennett MJ, Jürgens G, Beeckman T (2010) Bimodular auxin
response controls organogenesis in Arabidopsis. PNAS 107, 2705–2710
Dhondt S., Coppens F., De Winter F., Swarup K., Merks R.M.H., Inze D., Bennett M.J., and
Beemster T.S. (2010) SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW regulate leaf growth in Arabidopsis by
stimulating S-phase progression of the cell cycle. Plant Physiology 154:1183-1195.
Delphine Gendre, Jaesung Oh, Yohann Boutté, Jacob Best, Lacey Samuels, Robert Nilsson,
Tomohiro Uemura, Alan Marchant, Malcolm Bennett, Markus Grebe, Rishikesh Bhalerao (2011)
The conserved Arabidopsis ECHIDNA protein mediates trans-Golgi-network trafficking and cell
elongation. PNAS 108, 8048-8053
Lucas M, Laplaze L, Bennett MJ (2011) Plant systems biology: network matters. Plant, Cell &
Environment 34, 535-553
Hacham Y, Holland N, Butterfield C, Ubeda-Tomas S, Bennett MJ, Chory J, Savaldi-Goldstein S
(2011) Brassinosteroid perception in the epidermis controls root meristem size.Development 138,
839–48
Vernoux T, Brunoud G, Farcot E, Morin V, Van den Daele H, Legrand J, Oliva M, Das P, Larrieu A,
Wells D, Guédon Y, Armitage L, Picard F, Guyomarch S, Cellier C, Parry G, Koumproglou R,
Doonan JH, Kepinski S, Estelle M, Godin C, Bennett M, De Veylder L and Traas J (2011). The
auxin signalling network translates dynamic input into robust patterning at the shoot apex. Molecular
Systems Biology (in press).
Brunoud G, Wells DM, Oliva M, Larrieu A, Mirabet V, Burrow AH, Beeckman T, Kepinski S, Traas J,
Bennett MJ, Vernoux T (2012) A novel sensor to map auxin response and distribution at high spatiotemporal resolution. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10791
Patents
Bennett MJ, Marchant A & May SM. UK Patent Application GB969523153.6. International Patent
Application PCT/GB96/02723 entitled "AUX1 gene".
May SM, Ramsay N & Bennett MJ.
transgenic plants".
US Patent Application No. 08/452,267 entitled "Control of genes in
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