Mark Waters

BA Biological Sciences, St Anne's College, The University of Oxford (awarded 2001)
PhD Plant Molecular Biology, The University of Nottingham (awarded Dec 2004)

Lab leader
Lecturer in Genetics

Waters MT: 2016, 'Discovering new plant hormone signalling networks', UWA Fellowship Support.
Flematti GR, Waters MT, Dixon KW, Merritt D, Perez-Fernandez, M: 2016, 'Smoke-derived karrikins reveal a new pathway for plant development', ARC Discovery projects.
Waters MT: 2015, 'Unlocking a new hormone signalling system to increase plant performance', ARC Future Fellowships.
Waters MT: 2014, ‘A novel bioassay based in yeast to discover a predicted new plant hormone’, Winner, UWA Pitch Your Project in 3 Minutes. Awarded funds: $3,000
Waters MT: 2011, 'Smoke signals and shoot branching hormones – how do plants tell the difference?', UWA Research Development Award. Awarded funds: $25,334
Smith SM, Dixon, KW Waters, MT: 2010, 'Molecular mechanisms of karrikin mode of action in the control of plant growth', UWA Research Collaboration Award. Awarded funds: $15,500
Smith SM, Beveridge CA, Dixon, KW, Waters MT, Scaffidi A, Flematti GR, Long R, Dun E, Brewer P: 2010, 'Relationship between strigolactones & karrikins in the control of plant growth & development', UWA–UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award. Awarded funds: $19,878

2009 Field Research Assistant
University of Western Australia, School of Plant Biology
2004-2008 Post-doctoral Research Fellow (PI: Prof Jane A Langdale)
University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences

Honours and PhD opportunities:

1. Smoke alarm: Discovering new signalling compounds that operate in plants
http://www.science.uwa.edu.au/future-students/postgrad/opportunities/molecular/smoke

2. Exploiting chemical signals to boost plant performance
http://www.science.uwa.edu.au/future-students/postgrad/opportunities/molecular/chemical-signals

GENE2250 Principles of Inheritance
GENE3350 Evolution and Development
GENE4001 Advanced Studies in Genetics and Genomics
BIOC5001 Advanced Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Plant developmental genetics
Karrikin and strigolactone signalling
Synthetic biology
Chemical biology