Dr Alex Wu

Wu, Alex, Truong, Sandra Huynh, McCormick, Ryan, van Oosterom, Erik J., Messina, Carlos D., Cooper, Mark and Hammer, Graeme L. (2024). Contrasting leaf‐scale photosynthetic low‐light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop‐scale radiation use efficiency. New Phytologist, 241 (6), 2435-2447. doi: 10.1111/nph.19537

Kharabian-Masouleh, Ardashir, Furtado, Agnelo, Alsubaie, Bader, Al-Dossary, Othman, Wu, Alex, Al-Mssalem, Ibrahim and Henry, Robert (2023). Loss of plastid ndh genes in an autotropic desert plant. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 5016-5027. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.023

Su, Chia-Yi, Matsubara, Tatsuya, Wu, Alex, Ahn, Eun Hyun and Kim, Deok-Ho (2023). Matrix anisotropy promotes a transition of collective to disseminated cell migration via a collective vortex motion. Advanced Biology, 7 (10) 2300026, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/adbi.202300026

Li, Changfeng, Wu, Alex and Gilbert, Robert G. (2023). Critical examination of the characterization techniques, and the evidence, for the existence of extra‐long amylopectin chains. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 22 (5), 4053-4073. doi: 10.1111/1541-4337.13212

Bergen, Rebecca, Lowry, Emily, Gregg, Luke, Kim, Heejin, Lee, Miranda, Wu, Alex, Gibson, Barbara E. and Shaw, James (2023). Habituation for professional learning: a qualitative study of physiotherapy students' experiences working with anatomy cadavers. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 40 (9), 2051-2064. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2023.2232865

Su, Chia-Yi, Wu, Alex, Dong, Zhipeng, Miller, Chris P., Suarez, Allister, Ewald, Andrew J., Ahn, Eun Hyun and Kim, Deok-Ho (2023). Tumor stromal topography promotes chemoresistance in migrating breast cancer cell clusters. Biomaterials, 298 ARTN 122128, 122128. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122128

Wu, Alex (2023). Modelling plants across scales of biological organisation for guiding crop improvement. Functional Plant Biology, 50 (6), 435-454. doi: 10.1071/fp23010

Sun, Na, Zhang, Ceng, Wang, Jing, Yue, Xinmin, Kim, Hyo Yong, Zhang, Ryan Y., Liu, Hongtao, Widjaja, Josephine, Tang, Hubert, Zhang, Tiffany X., Ye, Jinglei, Qian, Audrey, Liu, Chensong, Wu, Alex, Wang, Katharina, Johanis, Michael, Yang, Peng, Liu, Honggang, Meng, Meng, Liang, Li, Pei, Renjun, Chai-Ho, Wanxing, Zhu, Yazhen and Tseng, Hsian-Rong (2023). Hierarchical integration of DNA nanostructures and NanoGold onto a microchip facilitates covalent chemistry-mediated purification of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Nano Today, 49 ARTN 101786, 101786. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2023.101786

Wu, Alex, Brider, Jason, Busch, Florian A., Chen, Min, Chenu, Karine, Clarke, Victoria C., Collins, Brian, Ermakova, Maria, Evans, John R., Farquhar, Graham D., Forster, Britta, Furbank, Robert T., Groszmann, Michael, Hernandez‐Prieto, Miguel A., Long, Benedict M., Mclean, Greg, Potgieter, Andries, Price, G. Dean, Sharwood, Robert E., Stower, Michael, van Oosterom, Erik, von Caemmerer, Susanne, Whitney, Spencer M. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2022). Cover Image. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46 (1). doi: 10.1111/pce.14512

Zhi, Xiaoyu, Hammer, Graeme, Borrell, Andrew, Tao, Yongfu, Wu, Alex, Hunt, Colleen, van Oosterom, Erik, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Cruickshank, Alan, Potgieter, Andries B., Jordan, David, Mace, Emma and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2022). Genetic basis of sorghum leaf width and its potential as a surrogate for transpiration efficiency. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135 (9), 3057-3071. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04167-z

Zhi, Xiaoyu, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Wu, Alex, Potgieter, Andries, Borrell, Andrew, Hunt, Colleen, Jordan, David, Zhao, Yan, Chapman, Scott, Hammer, Graeme and George-Jaeggli, Barbara (2022). Estimating photosynthetic attributes from high-throughput canopy hyperspectral sensing in sorghum. Plant Phenomics, 2022 9768502, 1-18. doi: 10.34133/2022/9768502

Zhi, Xiaoyu, Tao, Yongfu, Jordan, David, Borrell, Andrew, Hunt, Colleen, Cruickshank, Alan, Potgieter, Andries, Wu, Alex, Hammer, Graeme, George-Jaeggli, Barbara and Mace, Emma (2021). Genetic control of leaf angle in sorghum and its effect on light interception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73 (3) erab467, 801-816. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab467

van Oosterom, E. J., Kulathunga, M. R. D. L., Deifel, K. S., McLean, G. B., Barrasso, C., Wu, A., Messina, C. and Hammer, G. L. (2021). Dissecting and modelling the comparative adaptation to water limitation of sorghum and maize: role of transpiration efficiency, transpiration rate and height. In Silico Plants, 3 (1) diaa012, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diaa012

Li, Cheng, Wu, Alex, Yu, Wenwen, Hu, Yiming, Li, Enpeng, Zhang, Changquan and Liu, Qiaoquan (2020). Parameterizing starch chain-length distributions for structure-property relations. Carbohydrate Polymers, 241 116390, 116390. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116390

Peng, Bin, Guan, Kaiyu, Tang, Jinyun, Ainsworth, Elizabeth A., Asseng, Senthold, Bernacchi, Carl J., Cooper, Mark, Delucia, Evan H., Elliott, Joshua W., Ewert, Frank, Grant, Robert F., Gustafson, David I, Hammer, Graeme L., Jin, Zhenong, Jones, James W., Kimm, Hyungsuk, Lawrence, David M., Li, Yan, Lombardozzi, Danica L., Marshall-Colon, Amy, Messina, Carlos D., Ort, Donald R., Schnable, James C., Vallejos, C. Eduardo, Wu, Alex, Yin, Xinyou and Zhou, Wang (2020). Towards a multiscale crop modelling framework for climate change adaptation assessment. Nature Plants, 6 (4), 338-348. doi: 10.1038/s41477-020-0625-3

Yu, Shiyao, Du, Dengxiang, Wu, Alex C., Bai, Yeming, Wu, Peng, Li, Cheng and Gilbert, Robert G. (2020). Effects of nonstarch genetic modifications on starch structure and properties. Foods, 9 (2) 9020222, 222. doi: 10.3390/foods9020222

Hammer, Graeme. L., McLean, Greg, van Oosterom, Erik, Chapman, Scott, Zheng, Bangyou, Wu, Alex, Doherty, Alastair and Jordan, David (2020). Designing crops for adaptation to the drought and high-temperature risks anticipated in future climates. Crop Science, 60 (2), 605-621. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20110

Wang, Kai, Vilaplana, Francisco, Wu, Alex, Hasjim, Jovin and Gilbert, Robert G. (2019). The size dependence of the average number of branches in amylose. Carbohydrate Polymers, 223 115134, 115134. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115134

Leakey, Andrew D. B., Ferguson, John N., Pignon, Charles P., Wu, Alex, Jin, Zhenong, Hammer, Graeme L. and Lobell, David B. (2019). Water use efficiency as a constraint and target for improving the resilience and productivity of C3 and C4 crops. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 70 (1), 781-808. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040305

Wu, Alex, Hammer, Graeme L., Doherty, Al, von Caemmerer, Susanne and Farquhar, Graham D. (2019). Quantifying impacts of enhancing photosynthesis on crop yield. Nature Plants, 5 (4), 380-388. doi: 10.1038/s41477-019-0398-8

Hammer, Graeme, Messina, Charlie, Wu, Alex and Cooper, Mark (2019). Biological reality and parsimony in crop models—why we need both in crop improvement!. In Silico Plants, 1 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diz010

Earles, J. Mason, Buckley, Thomas N., Brodersen, Craig R., Busch, Florian A., Cano, F. Javier, Choat, Brendan, Evans, John R., Farquhar, Graham D., Harwood, Richard, Huynh, Minh, John, Grace P., Miller, Megan L., Rockwell, Fulton E., Sack, Lawren, Scoffoni, Christine, Struik, Paul C., Wu, Alex, Yin, Xinyou and Barbour, Margaret M. (2018). Embracing 3D complexity in leaf carbon–water exchange. Trends in Plant Science, 24 (1), 15-24. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.09.005

Wu, Alex, Doherty, Al, Farquhar, Graham D. and Haammer, Graeme L. (2017). Simulating daily field crop canopy photosynthesis: an integrated software package. Functional Plant Biology, 45 (3), 362-377. doi: 10.1071/FP17225

Wu, Alex, Song, Youhong, Van Oosterom, Erik J. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2016). Connecting biochemical photosynthesis models with crop models to support crop improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 (OCTOBER2016) 1518. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01518

Wang, Kai, Wambugu, Peterson W., Zhang, Bin, Wu, Alex Chi, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015). The biosynthesis, structure and gelatinization properties of starches from wild and cultivated African rice species (Oryza barthii and Oryza glaberrima). Carbohydrate Polymers, 129, 92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.035

Wang, Kai, Hasjim, Jovin, Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Enpeng, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015). Roles of GBSSI and SSIIa in determining amylose fine structure. Carbohydrate Polymers, 127, 264-274. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.03.081

Li, Enpeng, Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Juan, Liu, Qiaoquan and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015). Improved understanding of rice amylose biosynthesis from advanced starch structural characterization. Rice, 8 (1) 20, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12284-015-0055-4

Deng, Bin, Sullivan, Mitchell A., Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Jialun, Chen, Cheng and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015). The mechanism for stopping chain and total-molecule growth in complex branched polymers, exemplified by glycogen. Biomacromolecules, 16 (6), 1870-1872. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00459

Li, Cheng, Wu, Alex Chi, Go, Rob Marc, Malouf, Jacob, Turner, Mark S., Malde, Alpeshkumar K., Mark, Alan E. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015). The characterization of modified starch branching enzymes: toward the vontrol of starch chain-length distributions. PLoS One, 10 (4) e0125507, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125507

Wu, Alex Chi, Li, EnPeng and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014). Exploring extraction/dissolution procedures for analysis of starch chain-length distributions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 114, 36-42. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.08.001

Wu, Alex Chi, Ral, Jean-Philippe, Morell, Matthew K. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014). New perspectives on the role of α- and β-amylases in transient starch synthesis. PLoS One, 9 (6) e100498, e100498.1-e100498.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100498

Wang, Kai, Hasjim, Jovin, Chi Wu, Alex, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014). Variation in amylose fine structure of starches from different botanical sources. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62 (19), 4443-4453. doi: 10.1021/jf5011676

Gilbert, Robert G., Wu, Alex C., Sullivan, Mitchell A., Sumarriva, Gonzalo E., Ersch, Natascha and Hasjim, Jovin (2013). Improving human health through understanding the complex structure of glucose polymers. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405 (28), 8969-8980. doi: 10.1007/s00216-013-7129-1

Wu, Alex C., Witt, Torsten and Gilbert, Robert G. (2013). Characterization methods for starch-based materials: state of the art and perspectives. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66 (12), 1550-1563. doi: 10.1071/CH13397

Wu, Alex Chi, Morell, Matthew K. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2013). A parameterized model of amylopectin synthesis provides key insights into the synthesis of granular starch. PLoS One, 8 (6) e65768, e65768.1-e65768.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065768

Wu, Alex Chi and Gilbert, Robert G. (2010). Molecular weight distributions of starch branches reveal genetic constraints on biosynthesis. Biomacromolecules, 11 (12), 3539-3547. doi: 10.1021/bm1010189

Potgieter, A. B., Camino, C., Poblete, T., Zhi, X., Reynolds-Massey-Reed, S., Zhao, Y., Belwalkar, A., Ruizhu, J., George-Jaeggli, B., Chapman, S., Jordan, D., Wu, A., Hammer, G. L. and J, Zarco-Tejada P. (2023). Advances in the study of biochemical, morphological and physiological traits of wheat and sorghum crops in australia using hyperspectral data and machine learning. 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Pasadena, CA USA, 16-21 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/igarss52108.2023.10282230

George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Wu, Alex, McLean, Greg, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Jordan, David and Hammer, Graeme (2022). Exploiting the variability and heritability of leaf angle in sorghum to design optimal canopies for different target environments. System Solutions for Complex Problems 20th Australian Agronomy Conference, Toowoomba, QLD Australia, 18-22 September 2022. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.

Wu, Alex (2023). Leaf photosynthetic response curves. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/603a0d3

Wu, Chung-Chi (2015). Theory of starch biosynthesis and their structures for the rational design of starches: a mathematical modelling approach. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.604

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