Academic Qualifications
DSc The Australian National University (Molecular genetics of legumes; 1989)
PhD The Australian National University (Plant somatic cell genetics;1973)
BSc University of Alberta, Edmonton (Biochem./Genetics; 1970)
Relevant Employment History
2000-02 Head of School of Life Sciences, UQ; Professor of Botany
1999-2000 Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of Queensland
1999-present Professor of Botany, University of Queensland
1988-99 Professor and Endowed Chair Plant Molecular Genetics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
1979-87 Senior Lecturer in Genetics, Australian National University, Canberra
Recent Significant Publications
Kinkema, M., and Gresshoff, P.M. (2008) Identification of downstream signals for the soybean autoregulation of nodulation receptor kinase GmNARK. Mol. Plant Microbe Interactions 10:1337-1348.
Miyahara, A., Hirani, T. A., Oakes, M., Kereszt, A., Kobe, B., Djordjevic, M.A. and Gresshoff, P.M. (2008) Soybean nodule autoregulation receptor kinase interacts with two kinase-associated protein phosphatases in vitro. J. Biol. Chem. 283: 25381-25391.
Kereszt, A., Dong-Xue, Li, Indrasumunar, A., Nyugen, C., Nontachaiyapoom, S., and Gresshoff, P.M (2007) Testing gene function in transgenic soybean roots. Nature Protocols 2: 948-952.
Nontachaiyapoom, S., Kinkema, M., Scott, P.T., Schenk, P.M., Men, A.E., and Gresshoff, P.M. (2007) Promoters of orthologous soybean and Lotus japonicus nodulation autoregulation genes interchangeably drive phloem-specific expression in transgenic plants. Mol. Plant Microbe. Interact. 20:769-790.
Chen, S-K., Kurdyukov., S, Kereszt, A., Wang, X-D., Gresshoff, P.M. and Rose, R.J. (2009).The association of homeobox gene expression with stem cell formation and morphogenesis in cultured Medicago truncatula. Planta 230: 827-840.
Gresshoff, P.M., Lohar, D., Chan, P.K., Biswas, B., Jiang, Q., Reid, D., Ferguson, B., and Stacey, G. (2009) Genetic analysis of ethylene regulation of legume nodulation. Plant Signaling < Behavior 4: 9.
Yan, J., Cai, X., Luo, J., Sato, S., Jiang, Q., Yang, J., Cao, X., Hu, X., Tabata, S., Gresshoff, P.M., and Luo, D. (2009). The REDUCED LEAFLET genes encode key components of the trans-acting siRNA pathway and regulate compound leaf and flower development in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol. (in press).
Scott, P.T., Pregelj, L., Chen, N., Hadler, J.S., Djordjevic, M.A., and Gresshoff, P.M. (2008) Pongamia pinnata: an untapped resource for the biofuels industry of the future. BioEnergy Research 1:2-11.
Bassam, B.J. and Gresshoff, P.M. (2007) Silver staining DNA in polyacrylamide gels. NATURE Protocols 2: 2649-2654.
Additional Four Career-best Publications
Carroll B.J, McNeil D.L. and Gresshoff P.M. (1985) “Isolation and properties of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) mutants that nodulate in the presence of high nitrate concentrations.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), 82: 4162-4166.
Bassam B.J., Caetano-Anollès G. and Gresshoff P.M. (1991). “A fast and sensitive silver-staining for DNA in polyacrylamide gels.” Analytical Biochemistry, 196: 80-83.
Caetano-Anollès G and Gresshoff P.M. (1991) “Plant genetic control of nodulation.” Ann. Rev. Microbiol., 45: 345-382.
Caetano-Anollés G., Bassam B.J. and Gresshoff P.M. (1991) “DNA amplification fingerprinting using very short arbitrary oligonucleotide primers.” Bio/Technology, 9: 553-557. (first arbitrary primed DNA fingerprinting method)