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Email

declan.lafferty@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow in Astrobotany
School of BioSciences
Education
Doctorate
University of Auckland
Doctorate
University of Auckland
ORCID

0000-0002-5064-3931

Dr Declan Lafferty

Research Fellow in Astrobotany
School of BioSciences

12 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Molecular approaches to increasing plant root carbon
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.11.006
  • 2026

    Journal article

    An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO2-concentrating organelle in land plants
    DOI: 10.1126/science.aea0150
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Hornworts reveal a spatial model for pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in land plants
    DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01871-0
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Biolistics-mediated transformation of hornworts and its application to study pyrenoid protein localization
    DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae243
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Flavonoids–flowers, fruit, forage and the future
    DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2034654
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Biotic stress-induced and ripening-related anthocyanin biosynthesis are regulated by alternate phytohormone signals in blueberries
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105065
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The Coordinated Action of MYB Activators and Repressors Controls Proanthocyanidin and Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Vaccinium
    DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.910155
Declan Lafferty

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    Hierarchical regulation of MYBPA1 by anthocyanin- and proanthocyanidin-related MYB proteins is conserved in Vaccinium species
    DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab460
  • 2022

    Journal article

    A chromosome-scale assembly of the bilberry genome identifies a complex locus controlling berry anthocyanin composition
    DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13467
  • 2021

    Journal article

    MYBA and MYBPA transcription factors co-regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis in blue-coloured berries
    DOI: 10.1111/nph.17669

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