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Details for Professor Alistair Hetherington
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Alistair Hetherington |
| Job title | Melville Wills Chair in Botany |
| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D.(St.And.) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | cellular mechanisms stomatal movement and development stomatal aperture cellular level stomata guard cell signalling sphingosine-based signalling evolution of stomata |
| Areas of expertise | The research in my group focuses on understanding the cellular mechanisms responsible for controlling stomatal movement and development. We have major interests in understanding how stomatal aperture and development are regulated by ABA, carbon dioxide and atmospheric relative humidity. At the cellular level stomata we maintain a strong interest in the calcium-based signal transduction network. We are also interested in the control of stomatal development by environmental signals and the evolution of stomata. · calcium-based signal transduction networks · guard cell signalling · sphingosine-based signalling · role of MYB family transcription factors in guard cell signalling · the control of stomatal development by light · the evolution of stomata |