Lorna Mcausland

Contact

• workRoom C324 South Laboratory
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 9516059
• Lorna.Mcausland@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Plant physiologist specialising in phenotyping photosynthetic and stomatal responses to light.

I was awarded my doctorate from the University of Essex in 2014 for a thesis entitled "the influence of stomata on intrinsic water-use efficiency" under the supervision of Professor Tracy Lawson and Professor Neil Baker (McAusland et al 2013, 2014). I went on to work for the RIPE Project, studying the how the multigene manipulation of photosynthetic carbon assimilation increases CO₂ fixation and biomass yield in tobacco in both the glasshouse and the field (Simkin et al 2015). In 2015 I joined Professor Erik Murchie's group at the University of Nottingham as a post-doctoral fellow funded by InnovateUK, developing sensors and LED-based technologies to improve precision agriculture in the glasshouse. From April 2016 - June 2019 I worked as a researcher as part of the International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) at the University of Nottingham, developing systems for high-throughput phenotypic exploration of novel genetic variation for breeding high biomass and yield in wheat.

Currently I am a research fellow on a three year, BBSRC Newton-funded grant based at the University of Nottingham, identifying a role for nocturnal stomatal conductance in the temperature tolerance of Mexican wheat varieties in response to climate change (2019-22, https://bit.ly/2s1JZSl).

Recent Publications

• MCAUSLAND, LORNA, ATKINSON, JONATHAN A., LAWSON, TRACY and MURCHIE, ERIK H., 2019. High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions PLANT METHODS. 15(1),
• PRZEWIESLIK-ALLEN, ALEXANDRA M., BURRIDGE, AMANDA J., WILKINSON, PAUL A., WINFIELD, MARK O., SHAW, DANIEL S., MCAUSLAND, LORNA, KING, JULIE, KING, IAN P., EDWARDS, KEITH J. and BARKER, GARY L. A., 2019. Developing a High-Throughput SNP-Based Marker System to Facilitate the Introgression of Traits From Aegilops Species Into Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum) FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 9,
• SMITH, HAYLEY L., MCAUSLAND, LORNA and MURCHIE, ERIK H., 2017. Don't ignore the green light: exploring diverse roles in plant processes JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 68(9), 2099-2110
• VIALET-CHABRAND, SILVERE R. M., MATTHEWS, JACK S. A., MCAUSLAND, LORNA, BLATT, MICHAEL R., GRIFFITHS, HOWARD and LAWSON, TRACY, 2017. Temporal Dynamics of Stomatal Behavior: Modeling and Implications for Photosynthesis and Water Use PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2), 603-613

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• MCAUSLAND, LORNA, ATKINSON, JONATHAN A., LAWSON, TRACY and MURCHIE, ERIK H., 2019. High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions PLANT METHODS. 15(1),
• PRZEWIESLIK-ALLEN, ALEXANDRA M., BURRIDGE, AMANDA J., WILKINSON, PAUL A., WINFIELD, MARK O., SHAW, DANIEL S., MCAUSLAND, LORNA, KING, JULIE, KING, IAN P., EDWARDS, KEITH J. and BARKER, GARY L. A., 2019. Developing a High-Throughput SNP-Based Marker System to Facilitate the Introgression of Traits From Aegilops Species Into Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum) FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 9,
• SMITH, HAYLEY L., MCAUSLAND, LORNA and MURCHIE, ERIK H., 2017. Don't ignore the green light: exploring diverse roles in plant processes JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 68(9), 2099-2110
• VIALET-CHABRAND, SILVERE R. M., MATTHEWS, JACK S. A., MCAUSLAND, LORNA, BLATT, MICHAEL R., GRIFFITHS, HOWARD and LAWSON, TRACY, 2017. Temporal Dynamics of Stomatal Behavior: Modeling and Implications for Photosynthesis and Water Use PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2), 603-613
• SIMKIN, ANDREW JOHN, MCAUSLAND, LORNA, LAWSON, TRACY and RAINES, CHRISTINE A, 2017. Over-expression of the RieskeFeS protein increases electron transport rates and biomass yield. Plant physiology.
• MCAUSLAND L, VIALET-CHABRAND S, MATTHEWS J and LAWSON T, 2017. Spatial and Temporal Responses in Stomatal Behaviour, Photosynthesis and Implications for Water-Use Efficiency. In: STEFANO MANCUSO and SERGEY SHABALA, eds., Rhythms in Plants: Dynamic Responses in a Dynamic Environment 1. 1. Springer. 97-119
• MCAUSLAND, LORNA, VIALET-CHABRAND, SILVERE, DAVEY, PHILIP, BAKER, NEIL R., BRENDEL, OLIVER and LAWSON, TRACY, 2016. Effects of kinetics of light-induced stomatal responses on photosynthesis and water-use efficiency NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 211(4), 1209-1220
• SIMKIN, ANDREW J., MCAUSLAND, LORNA, HEADLAND, LAUREN R., LAWSON, TRACY and RAINES, CHRISTINE A., 2015. Multigene manipulation of photosynthetic carbon assimilation increases CO2 fixation and biomass yield in tobacco JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 66(13), 4075-4090
• GORECKA, MAGDALENA, ALVAREZ-FERNANDEZ, RUBEN, SLATTERY, KATIE, MCAUSLAND, LORNA, DAVEY, PHILLIP A., KARPINSKI, STANISLAW, LAWSON, TRACY and MULLINEAUX, PHILIP M., 2014. Abscisic acid signalling determines susceptibility of bundle sheath cells to photoinhibition in high light-exposed Arabidopsis leaves PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 369(1640),
• MCAUSLAND, L., DAVEY, P. A., KANWAL, N., BAKER, N. R. and LAWSON, T., 2013. A novel system for spatial and temporal imaging of intrinsic plant water use efficiency JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 64(16), 4993-5007