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Prof. John Bowman

Professor

Ph.D. California Institute of Technology - Biology

Telephone: +61-3-9902-0242
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: John.Bowman@monash.edu
John Bowman
Research areas
  • Genetic and molecular analysis of plant development.

Current research projects
Research projects
People
  • John Alvarez (postdoc)
  • Tom Dierschke (PhD student)
  • Magnus Eklund (SRC postdoc)
  • Eduardo Flores (PhD student)
  • Chihiro Furumizu (postdoc)
  • Yuki Hirakawa (HFSP postdoc)
  • Joe Ryan (PhD student)
Recent publications
  • Banks et al. (2011) The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants. Science 332, 960-963.
  • Engstrom, E. M., Andersen, C. M., Gumulak-Smith, J., Hu, J., Orlova, E., Sozzani, R., and Bowman, J. L. (2011) Arabidopsis Homologs of the Petunia HAIRY MERISTEM Gene Are Required for Maintenance of Shoot and Root Indeterminacy. Plant Physiol. 155: 735-750.
  • Bowman, J.L. (2011) Stomata: Active Portals for Flourishing on Land. Current Biol. 21, R540-541.
  • Sarojam R., Sappl P.G., Goldshmidt A., Efroni I., Floyd S.K., Eshed Y., and Bowman J.L. (2010). Differentiating Arabidopsis shoots from leaves by combined YABBY activities. Plant Cell, 22, 2113-30.
  • Carlsbecker A., Lee J.-Y., Roberts C.J., Dettmer J., Lehesranta S., Zhou J., Lindgren O., Moreno-Risueno M.A., Vatén A., Thitamadee S., Campilho A., Sebastian J., Bowman J.L., Helariutta Y., and Benfey P.N. (2010). Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs gene dose-dependent root cell fate. Nature, 465, 316-21.
  • Bowman J.L. (2010). My favourite flowering image. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/erq044
  • Ilegems M., Douet V., Meylan-Bettex M., Uyttewaal M., Brand L., Bowman J.L., and Stieger P.A. (2010) Interplay of auxin, KANADI and Class III HD-ZIP transcription factors in vascular tissue formation. Development, 2010 137, 975-84.
  • Floyd S.K., and Bowman J.L. (2010). Gene expression patterns in seed plant shoot meristems and leaves: homoplasy or homology? Journal of Plant Research, 123, 43-55.
  • Shalit A., Rozman A., Goldshmidt A., Alvarez J.P., Bowman J.L., Eshed Y., and Lifschitz E. (2009). The flowering hormone florigen functions as a general systemic regulator of growth and termination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 106, 8392-7.
  • Pagnussat, G. C., Alandete-Saez, M., Bowman, J. L., and Sundaresan, V. (2009). Auxin dependent patterning and gamete specification in the Arabidopsis female gametophyte. Science 324, 1684-1689.
  • Alvarez, J. P., Goldshmidt, A., Efroni, I., Bowman, J. L., and Eshed, Y. (2009). The NGATHA distal organ development genes are essential for style specification in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 21, 1373-1393.
  • Meyers B.C., Axtell M.J., Bartel B., Bartel D.P., Baulcombe D., Bowman J.L., Cao X., Carrington J.C., Chen X., Green P.J., Griffiths-Jones S., Jacobsen S.E., Mallory A.C., Martienssen R.A., Poethig R.S., Qi Y., Vaucheret H., Voinnet O., Watanabe Y., Weigel D., and Zhu J.K. (2008). Criteria for annotation of plant MicroRNAs. Plant Cell, 20, 3186-90.
  • Axtell M.J., and Bowman J.L. (2008). Evolution of plant microRNAs and their targets. Trends in Plant Science, 13, 343-9.
  • Bowman J.L., and Floyd S.K. (2008) Patterning and polarity in seed plant shoots. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 59, 67-88.
  • Goldshmidt, A., Alvarez, J. P., Bowman, J. L., and Eshed, Y. (2008). Signals derived from YABBY gene activities in organ primordia regulate growth and partitioning of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristems. Plant Cell 20, 1217-1230.
  • Prunet, N., Morel, P., Thierry, A.-M., Eshed. Y., Bowman, J. L. Negrutiu, N. and Trehin, C. (2008). REBELOTE, SQUINT, and ULTRAPETALA1 function redundantly in the temporal regulation of floral meristem termination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 20, 901-919.
  • Tretter, E. M., Alvarez, J. P., Eshed, Y., and Bowman, J. L. (2008). Activity range of Arabidopsis small RNAs derived from different biogenesis pathways. Plant Physiol. 147, 58-62.
  • Bowman, J. L., Floyd, S. K., and Sakakibara, K. (2007). Green genes - comparative genomics of green branch of life. Cell 129, 229-234.
  • Floyd, S. K., and Bowman J. L. (2007). The ancestral patterning toolkit of land plants. Int. J. Plant Sciences 168, 1-35.
  • Izhaki, A., and Bowman, J. L. (2007). KANADI and Class III HD-ZIP Gene Families Regulate Embryo Patterning and Modulate Auxin Flow During Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 495-508.
  • Floyd, S. K., and Bowman, J. L. (2006). Distinct developmental mechanisms reflect the independent origins of leaves in vascular plants. Current Biology 16, 1911-1917.
  • Floyd, S. K., Zalewski, C. S., and Bowman, J. L. (2006). Evolution of Class III Homeodomain-leucine zipper genes in streptophytes. Genetics 173, 373-388.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Baum, S. F., Oh, S.-H., Jiang, C. Z., Chen, J. C., and Bowman J. L. (2005). Recruitment of CRABS CLAW to promote nectary development within the eudicot clade. Development 132, 5021-5032.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Baum, S. F., Alvarez, J., Patel, A., Chitwood, D. H., and Bowman, J. L. (2005). Activation of CRC in the nectaries and carpels of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17, 25-36.
  • Farrona, S., Hurtado L., Bowman, J. L., and Reyes, J. C. (2004). AtBRM, an ATPase of the SNF2 family, controls shoot development and flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 131, 4965-4975.
  • Eshed, Y., Izhaki, A., Baum, S. F., Floyd, S. K., and Bowman, J. L. (2004). Asymmetric leaf development and blade expansion in Arabidopsis are mediated by KANADI and YABBY activities. Development 131, 2997-3006.
  • Floyd, S. K. and Bowman, J. L. (2004). Ancient microRNA regulation of gene expression in land plants. Nature 428, 485-486.
  • Emery, J. F., Floyd, S. K., Alvarez, J., Eshed, Y., Hawker, N. P., Izhaki, A., Baum, S. F., and Bowman, J. L. (2003). Radial patterning of Arabidopsis shoots by Class III HD-ZIP and KANADI genes. Current Biology 13, 1768-1774.
  • Pruitt, R. E., Bowman, J. L., Grossniklaus, U. (2003). Plant Genetics: A decade of Integration. Nature Genetics 33, 294-304.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Mummenhoff, K., and Bowman, J. L. (2002). Allopolyploidization and evolution of species with reduced floral structures in Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 16835.
  • Kumaran, M. K., Bowman, J. L., and Sundaresan, V. (2002). YABBY Genes Mediate Down-regulation of KNOTTED-like Genes During Leaf Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 14, 2761-2770.
  • Foster, T. M., Lough, T. J., Emerson, S. J., Lee, R. H., Bowman, J. L., Forster, R. L. S., and Lucas, W. J. (2002). Reversible establishment of organ polarity as a probe for signaling in plant development. Plant Cell 14, 1497-1508.
  • Bowman, J. L. (2002). Foliage In Madrid [Meeting Report]. Genome Biology 3, reports 4013.1-4013.2
  • Bowman, J. L., Eshed, Y., and Baum, S. F. (2002). Establishment of abaxial-adaxial polarity in lateral organs. Trends Genet. 18, 134-141.
  • Eshed, Y., Baum, S. F., Perea, J. V., and Bowman, J. L. (2001). Establishment of polarity in lateral organs of Arabidopsis. Current Biol. 11, 1251-1260.
  • Baum, S. F., Eshed, Y., and Bowman, J. L. (2001). The Arabidopsis Nectary is an ABC Independent Floral Organ. Development 128, 4657-4667.

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