Phone (814) 863 9626
Education
- B.A., 1984, University of Cambridge
- M.A., University of Cambridge, U.K., 1987
- Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, U.K., 1987
Research Interests
Plants respond to a wide variety of environmental and internal signals, and these responses are citical to their survival. My interests lie
in probing these regulatory events by visualizing the activity of signal
transduction elements in living, functioning plant cells. We are using molecular and biochemical approaches to identify signal transduction elements as well as developing an array of microscopy based techniques to see these signaling events in living, functioning cells.
We are applying these approaches to study
Meet the people who really do the work
Recent Publications (1999/2000):
- Ritchie, S., Gilroy, S. (2000) ABA activation of phospholipase D is localized to the plasma membrane and requires G-protein action. Plant Physiology, in press. Abstract
- Blancaflor, E.B., Gilroy, S. (2000) Plant cell biology in the new millenium: new tools and new insights. American Journal of Botany, in press. Abstract
- Ritchie, S., Swanson, S.J., Gilroy, S. (2000) Physiology of the aleurone layer and starchy endosperm during grain development and early seedling growth: new insights from cell and molecular biology. Seed Science Research, in press. Abstract
- Romano, L., Jacob, T., Gilroy, S., and Assmann, S.M. (2000) Increases in cytosolic Ca2+ are not required for ABA-inhibition of inward K+ currents in guard cells of Vicia faba L. Planta, in press. Abstract
- Bibikova, T.N., and Gilroy, S. (2000) Calcium in root hair growth and development. In The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Root Hairs (R. Ridge and A.M. Emons eds). Springer verlag, Berlin, 141-163. Abstract
- Gilroy, S. and Jones, D.L. (2000) Through form to function: development and nutrient transport in root hairs. Trends in plant Science, 5: 55-60. Abstract
- Fricker, M.D., Plieth, C., Knight, H. E., Blancaflor, E.B, Knight, M.R., White, N.S., and Gilroy, S. (1999) Fluorescence and luminescence techniques to probe ion activities in living plant cells. In: Fluorescence and Luminescence methods vol II (W Mason ed.). Abstract
- Blancaflor, E. B., Fasano, J. M., and Gilroy, S. (1999) Laser ablation of root cap cells: implications for models of graviperception. Advances in Space Research, 6, 731-738.
- Jacob T., Ritchie S., Assmann, S.M., and Gilroy, S. (1999) ABA signal transduction in guard cells is mediated by phospholipase D. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96,12192-12197. Abstract
- Ritchie, S., McCubbin, A., Ambrose, A., Kao, T-h., and Gilroy, S. (1999) The sensitivity of barley aleurone cells to GA is heterogeneous and in part spatially determined. Plant Physiology, 120, 361-370. Abstract
- Bibikova, T.N., Blancaflor, E.B., and Gilroy, S. (1999) Microtubules regulate tip growth in Arabidopsis root hairs. The Plant Journal, 17, 657-665. Abstract
Recent Publications (1996/1998):
- Ritchie, S., and Gilroy, S. (1998) Gibberellins: regulating germination and genes. Tansley review #100, The New Phytologist, 140, 363-383.
- Blancaflor, E.B., Jones, D.L., and Gilroy, S. (1998) Alterations in the cytoskeleton are associated with aluminum-induced growth inhibition and morphological changes in primary roots of maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Physiology, 118:159-172. Abstract
- Jones, D.L.*, Gilroy, S.*, Larsen, P.B., Howell, S.H. and Kochian, L.V. (1998) Effect of aluminum, oxidative, anaerobic and mechanical stress on cytoplasmic Ca2+ homeostasis in roots hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 206, 378-387. *Joint first authorship. Abstract
- Bibikova, T.N., Jacob, T., Dahse,, I. and Gilroy, S. (1998) Localized changes in apoplastic and cytoplasmic pH are associated with root hair initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development, 125: 2925-2934. Abstract
- Ritchie, S., and Gilroy, S. (1998) Abscisic acid signal transduction in the barley aleurone is mediated by phospholipase D activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 2697-2702. Abstract
- Bibikova, T.N., and Gilroy, S. (1998) Tip growth, where do we go from here - reply to R Malho. Trends in Plant Science, 3:42.
- Blancaflor, E. B., Fasano, J. M., and Gilroy, S. (1998) Mapping the functional roles of cap cells in the response of Arabidopsis primary roots to gravity. Plant Physiology, 116: 213-222 Abstract
- Ritchie S.M. and Gilroy, S. (1998) Calcium-dependent protein phosphorylation may mediate the gibberellic acid response in barley aleurone. Plant Physiology, 116: 765-776 Abstract
- Jones, D.L., Kochian L.V. and Gilroy, S. (1998) Aluminum induces a decrease in cytosolic [Ca2+] in BY-2 tobacco cell cultures. Plant Physiology, 116: 81-89. Abstract
- Bibikova TN, and Simon Gilroy (1997) The role of cytoplasmic calcium gradients in directing root hair growth. In: Radical biology: advances and perspectives on the function of plant roots. Eds H Flores, J Lynch and D Eissenstat. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville MD, pp402-405
- Blancaflor E, Fasasno, J, and Gillroy, S. (1997) Laser ablation of cap cells in primary roots of Arabidopsis thaliana provides single cell resolution of the gravity sensor. In: Radical biology: advances and perspectives on the function of plant roots. Eds H Flores, J Lynch and D Eissenstat. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville MD, pp343-346
- Bibikova, T.N., Zhigilei A. and Gilroy, S. (1997) Root hair growth in Arabidopsis thaliana is directed by calcium and an endogenous polarity. Planta, 203: 495-505 Abstract
- Legue, V., Blancaflor, E.,Wymer, C., Fantin, D., Perbal, G., and Gilroy S. (1997) Cytosolic calcium changes during touch but not gravity in the root of of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, 114: 789-800. Abstract
- Wymer, C., Bibikova T., and Gilroy, S. (1997) Calcium distributions in growing root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal 12: 427-439 Abstract
- Gilroy, S. (1997) Fluorescent probes of plant cell function. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 48:165-190 Abstract
- Gilroy, S. (1996) Calcium-dependent and -independent signal transduction in the barley aleurone. The Plant Cell, 8:2193-2209 Abstract
- Fisher, D., Gilroy, S. and Cyr, R. (1996) Evidence for opposing effects of calmodulin on cortical microtubules. Plant Physiology, 112:1079-1088.
- Lee, H.-S., Karunanandaa, B., McCubbin, A., Gilroy, S. and Kao, T.-H. (1996) A pollen-specific receptor-like kinase of Petunia inflata essential for post meiotic development. The Plant Journal, 9:613-624
We gratefully acknowledge the support of:
- The National Science Foundation
- The United State Department of Agriculture
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- The American Cancer Society
