Dr Anna-Marie Sorensen

Plant Cell Biology Group

Research School of Biological Sciences
GPO Box 475
Canberra ACT 2601

Ph: +61 2 6125 4072

Fax: +61 2 6125 4331

email: anna.sorensen@anu.edu.au

Information for prospective students

Current position

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests

As a post-doc research fellow associated to the ARC Apomixes Linkage Project our goal is the genetic investigation of both sexual and asexual reproduction processes in plants and ultimately the artificial engineering and transfer of apomixes in to crop species. The project combines the research initiatives of the ANU, CIMMYT and the IRD as well as the seed companies of Syngenta, Groupe Limagrain and Pioneer Hi-Bred International.

Selected Publications

Sorensen, A.M., Kroeber, S. and Saedler, H. (2004). The ABNORMAL GAMETOPHYTES (AGM) gene product of Arabidopsis demonstrates a role in mitosis during gamete development. Plant Cell Physiol. 45, 905-913.

Unte, U.S., Sorensen, A.M., Pesaresi, P., Gandikota, M., Leister, D., Saedler, H. and Huijser, P. (2003) SPL8, an SBP-box gene that affects pollen sac development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 15, 1009-1019.

Sorensen, A.M., Kröber, S., Unte, U.S., Huijser, P., Dekker, K. and Saedler, H. (2003). The Arabidopsis ABORTED MICROSPORES (AMS) gene encodes a MYC class transcription factor. Plant J. 33, 413-423.

 

Guerineau, F., Sorensen, A.M., Fenby, N. and Scott, R.J. (2003). Temperature sensitive diphtheria toxin confers conditional male-sterility in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotechnology Journal 1, 33-42.

 

Sorensen, A.M., Guerineau, F., Canales-Holzeis, C., Dickinson, H. and Scott, R. J. (2002). A novel extinction screen in Arabidopsis thaliana identifies mutant plants defective in early microsporangial development. Plant J. 29, 581-594

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