• perssons

    Staffan Persson completed his PhD in Dec, 2003. The degree was a joint PhD degree between Lund University (Sweden) and North Carolina State University (US). He then pursued a postdoc at the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Stanford University 2004-2007 with prof Chris Somerville. Staffan was appointed as a Max-Planck Group Leader at the MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP) in Potsdam in 2008, where he stayed until 2014. Since Jan 2015 Staffan is a R@MAP professor at the School of BioSciences at University of Melbourne. The research in his group aims at understanding how plants are producing cellulose, which is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth and a raw material for many industries, including paper, textiles and fuel.

  1. Our paper in Current protocols in plant biol is now online

    Our paper on how to measure microtubule dynamics is now online here: https://currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cppb.20091

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/16/our-paper-in-current-protocols-in-plant-biol-is-now-online

  2. Mike awarded Norma Hilda Schuster Scholarship

    PhD student Mike Ogden was awarded the Norma Hilda Schuster Scholarship of $5,000. Congrats!

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/14/mike-awarded-norma-hilda-schuster-scholarship

  3. Development paper online

    Our collaborative paper with the Sampathkumar, Meyerowitz and Wasteneys labs on cellulose synthesis and shoot apical meristem development is now online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31076488

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/14/development-paper-online-2

  4. Paper in Development accepted

    A paper in collaboration with the Sampathkumar, Meyerowitz, and Wasteneys lab on how cellulose synthesis contributes to shoot apical meristem development was just accepted in Development.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/03/paper-in-development-accepted

  5. Staffan will be keynote speaker at NZSPB meeting and receive Annals of Botany award

    Staffan will give a keynote presentation at this year’s NZSPB meeting in Palmerstone NZ, and will receive the Annals of Botany award at the event. Link: …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/01/staffan-will-be-keynote-speaker-at-nzspb-meeting-and-receive-annals-of-botany-award

  6. Staffan Awarded Villum Investigator Grant

    Staffan was awarded a prestigious Villum Investigator grant from Denmark of DKK 40 Million (approx 9 Million AUD). See press releases below: https://veluxfoundations.dk/en/content/international-top-researches-denmark https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2019/04/millionregn-til-fire-professorer-paa-koebenhavns-universitet/ https://videnskab.dk/naturvidenskab/seks-danske-og-fem-udenlandske-forskere-faar-over-400-mio-kr-fra-prestigefuldt

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/01/staffan-awarded-villum-investigator-grant

  7. Our joint paper in Nature Plants is online

    Our paper on live cell imaging in cotton fibers with the Kong lab at CAS is now online here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-019-0418-8

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/05/01/our-joint-paper-in-nature-plants-is-online

  8. Paper in Current Protocols in Plant Biol accepted

    Our paper on how to measure microtubule dynamics was just accepted in Current Protocols in Plant Biology

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/04/16/paper-in-current-protocols-in-plant-biol-accepted

  9. Paper in TiPS online

    Our paper on the evolution of cellulose synthesis related components is now online: https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385%2819%2930053-6

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/03/23/paper-in-tips-online

  10. Paper accepted in Nature Plants

    Our collaborative paper with Zhaosheng Kong on live cell imaging of the cytoskeleton in developing cotton fibres was just accepted in Nature Plants

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/persson-lab/2019/03/19/paper-accepted-in-nature-plants

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