Miss Naomi Donald

  • Research Technician (Molecular Biosciences)

telephone: 01413302381
email: Naomi.Donald@glasgow.ac.uk

R229 Level 2, Stevenson Lab, Bower Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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Biography

Key Skills 

Grant Funded

  • Significant theoretical knowledge in Plant Biology and numerous techniques in the field of Plant Physiology. These include: aseptic plant growth techniques, germination assays, drought and salt tolerance experiments, crossing of Arabidopsis thaliana, plant tissue culture, nicotiana Benthamiana infiltration and use of confocal microscope to detect movement of fluorophores in plant tissue. 
  • Split-Ubiquitin Based Membrane Yeast two hybrid method to identify protein-protein interactions.
  • Protein synthesis and purification including western blot analysis.
  • PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR
  • Preparation of vectors, gene constructs and competent cell for use by the research group and international collaborators.
  • Using Computer Software (vector NTI) as a tool for working with nucleic acid sequences in silico.
  • Mentoring students to complete scientifically relevant work in a designated time frame.
  • General laboratory management (COSHH, Risk Assessment, Purchasing)

Research interests

Plant membrane proteins and Plant Molecular Biology focusing on the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana. 

Publications

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Jump to: 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2011 | 2010
Number of items: 11.

2023

Perrella, G., Fasano, C., Donald, N. A., Daddiego, L., Fang, W., Martignago, D., Carr, C., Conti, L., Herzyk, P. and Amtmann, A. (2023) Histone Deacetylase Complex 1 and Histone 1 epigenetically moderate stress responsiveness of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. New Phytologist, (doi: 10.1111/nph.19165) (PMID:37565540) (Early Online Publication)

2021

Jezek, M. et al. (2021) Guard cell endomembrane Ca2+-ATPases underpin a ‘carbon memory’ of photosynthetic assimilation that impacts on water-use efficiency. Nature Plants, 7(9), pp. 1301-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00966-2) (PMID:34326530)

2020

Larson, E. R., Ortmannová, J., Donald, N. A., Alvim, J., Blatt, M. R. and Žárský, V. (2020) Synergy among exocyst and SNARE interactions identifies a functional hierarchy in secretion during vegetative growth. Plant Cell, 32(9), pp. 2951-2963. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.20.00280) (PMID:32699172)

2019

Waghmare, S. , Lefoulon, C., Zhang, B. , Lileikyte, E., Donald, N. and Blatt, M. (2019) K+ channel and SEC11 binding exchange regulates SNARE assembly for secretory traffic. Plant Physiology, 181, pp. 1096-1113. (doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00919) (PMID:31548266)

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Alvim, J., Donald, N. and Blatt, M. R. (2019) Dual sites for SEC11 on the SNARE SYP121 implicate a binding exchange during secretory traffic. Plant Physiology, 180, pp. 228-239. (doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01315) (PMID:30850468) (PMCID:PMC6501095)

2018

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Donald, N. and Blatt, M. R. (2018) A GPI signal peptide-anchored split-ubiquitin (GPS) system for detecting soluble bait protein interactions at the membrane. Plant Physiology, 178(1), pp. 13-17. (doi: 10.1104/pp.18.00577) (PMID:30037807)

2017

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Waghmare, S. , Donald, N. A. and Blatt, M. R. (2017) VAMP721 conformations unmask an extended motif for K+ channel binding and gating control. Plant Physiology, 173(1), pp. 536-551. (doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01549) (PMID:27821719)

2011

Chen, Z., Grefen, C., Donald, N., Hills, A. and Blatt, M.R. (2011) A bicistronic, Ubiquitin-10 promoter-based vector cassette for transient transformation and functional analysis of membrane transport demonstrates the utility of quantitative voltage clamp studies on intact Arabidopsis root epidermis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 34(4), pp. 554-564. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02262.x) (PMID:21251017)

2010

Garcia-Mata, C., Wang, J., Gajdanowicz, P., Gonzalez, W., Hills, A., Donald, N., Riedelsberger, J., Amtmann, A. , Dreyer, I. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A minimal cysteine motif required to activate the SKOR K+ channel of arabidopsis by the reactive oxygen species H2O2. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(38), pp. 29286-29294. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.141176) (PMID:20605786) (PMCID:PMC2937961)

Grefen, C., Chen, Z., Honsbein, A., Donald, N., Hills, A. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A novel motif essential for SNARE interaction with the K+ channel KC1 and channel gating in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 22(9), pp. 3076-3092. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.110.077768)

Grefen, C., Donald, N., Hashimoto, K., Kudla, J., Schumacher, K. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A ubiquitin-10 promoter-based vector set for fluorescent protein tagging facilitates temporal stability and native protein distribution in transient and stable expression studies. Plant Journal, 64(2), pp. 355-365. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04322.x) (PMID:20735773)

This list was generated on Fri Apr 19 13:53:16 2024 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Perrella, G., Fasano, C., Donald, N. A., Daddiego, L., Fang, W., Martignago, D., Carr, C., Conti, L., Herzyk, P. and Amtmann, A. (2023) Histone Deacetylase Complex 1 and Histone 1 epigenetically moderate stress responsiveness of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. New Phytologist, (doi: 10.1111/nph.19165) (PMID:37565540) (Early Online Publication)

Jezek, M. et al. (2021) Guard cell endomembrane Ca2+-ATPases underpin a ‘carbon memory’ of photosynthetic assimilation that impacts on water-use efficiency. Nature Plants, 7(9), pp. 1301-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00966-2) (PMID:34326530)

Larson, E. R., Ortmannová, J., Donald, N. A., Alvim, J., Blatt, M. R. and Žárský, V. (2020) Synergy among exocyst and SNARE interactions identifies a functional hierarchy in secretion during vegetative growth. Plant Cell, 32(9), pp. 2951-2963. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.20.00280) (PMID:32699172)

Waghmare, S. , Lefoulon, C., Zhang, B. , Lileikyte, E., Donald, N. and Blatt, M. (2019) K+ channel and SEC11 binding exchange regulates SNARE assembly for secretory traffic. Plant Physiology, 181, pp. 1096-1113. (doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00919) (PMID:31548266)

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Alvim, J., Donald, N. and Blatt, M. R. (2019) Dual sites for SEC11 on the SNARE SYP121 implicate a binding exchange during secretory traffic. Plant Physiology, 180, pp. 228-239. (doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01315) (PMID:30850468) (PMCID:PMC6501095)

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Donald, N. and Blatt, M. R. (2018) A GPI signal peptide-anchored split-ubiquitin (GPS) system for detecting soluble bait protein interactions at the membrane. Plant Physiology, 178(1), pp. 13-17. (doi: 10.1104/pp.18.00577) (PMID:30037807)

Zhang, B. , Karnik, R. , Waghmare, S. , Donald, N. A. and Blatt, M. R. (2017) VAMP721 conformations unmask an extended motif for K+ channel binding and gating control. Plant Physiology, 173(1), pp. 536-551. (doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01549) (PMID:27821719)

Chen, Z., Grefen, C., Donald, N., Hills, A. and Blatt, M.R. (2011) A bicistronic, Ubiquitin-10 promoter-based vector cassette for transient transformation and functional analysis of membrane transport demonstrates the utility of quantitative voltage clamp studies on intact Arabidopsis root epidermis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 34(4), pp. 554-564. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02262.x) (PMID:21251017)

Garcia-Mata, C., Wang, J., Gajdanowicz, P., Gonzalez, W., Hills, A., Donald, N., Riedelsberger, J., Amtmann, A. , Dreyer, I. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A minimal cysteine motif required to activate the SKOR K+ channel of arabidopsis by the reactive oxygen species H2O2. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(38), pp. 29286-29294. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.141176) (PMID:20605786) (PMCID:PMC2937961)

Grefen, C., Chen, Z., Honsbein, A., Donald, N., Hills, A. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A novel motif essential for SNARE interaction with the K+ channel KC1 and channel gating in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 22(9), pp. 3076-3092. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.110.077768)

Grefen, C., Donald, N., Hashimoto, K., Kudla, J., Schumacher, K. and Blatt, M.R. (2010) A ubiquitin-10 promoter-based vector set for fluorescent protein tagging facilitates temporal stability and native protein distribution in transient and stable expression studies. Plant Journal, 64(2), pp. 355-365. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04322.x) (PMID:20735773)

This list was generated on Fri Apr 19 13:53:16 2024 BST.