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Email

staffan.persson@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of BioSciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Lund University
ORCID

0000-0002-6377-5132

Prof Staffan Persson

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of BioSciences

220 Scholarly works
17 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Investigating the crystalline structure and structural heterogeneity of starch granules using polarization-based quantitative phase microscopy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.148970
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Turgor reduction triggers FERONIA nanodomain assembly for osmosensing in plants
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.055
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Differential cellulose distribution drives polarized growth of cotton fibers.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71314-1
  • 2026

    Journal article

    GraFT: A robust network-based spatiotemporal analysis of filamentous structures
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz4132
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Crossing the Biology Meso-Nanoscale Divide by Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Pushing the Limits of Fluroescence Microscopy With Adaptive Optics (Non-Arc Cash)
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Deciphering How Plants Produce Their Biomass
Staffan Persson

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2017
ARC Future Fellow level 3
2013
ChangJiang scholar HZAU/China
2004
Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005)
2003
Carl Tryggers Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The transcription factor ANAC017 links mitochondrial retrograde signaling with the ubiquitin–proteasome system to control mitochondrial function in Arabidopsis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101667
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09765-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Arabidopsis phospholipid modifications mediate cellulase-induced resistance to a fungal peptide antibiotic by imposing cell polarity
    DOI: 10.1111/nph.70721
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The formin protein RMD regulates rice stomatal opening by modulating tonoplast-endoplasmic reticulum associations
    DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116689
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Comparative analysis of supplemental irrigation effects on structure and digestion of normal and amylose-only barley starches
    DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2025.124378
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Characterizing maize starch gelatinization by Low-Field NMR spectroscopy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2025.124292

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2020

    Internal Research Grant

    Crossing the Biology Meso-Nanoscale Divide by Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • 2017

    Internal Research Grant

    Deciphering How Plants Produce Their Biomass

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