Dr John Alvarez - Researcher Profile

Biography

John works in the Faculty of Science at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1998

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1989

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1987

Publications

Book Chapters

Alvarez, J., Eshed, Y., 2009, The use of artificial microRNAs in targeted gene silencing, in RNA Interference, Methods for Plants and Animals, eds Tim Doran and Chris Helliwell, CABI, Oxfordshire UK, pp. 50-70.

Bowman, J.L., Baum, S.F., Eshed, Y., Putterill, J., Alvarez, J., 1999, Molecular genetics of gynoecium development in Arabidopsis, in Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Academic Press, San Diego California USA, pp. 155-205.

Journal Articles

Yifhar, T., Pekker, I., Peled, D., Friedlander, G., Pistunov, A., Wachsman, G., Alvarez, J.P., Amsellem, Z., Eshed, Y., 2012, Failure of the tomato trans-acting short interfering RNA program to regulate AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 and ARF4 underlies the wiry leaf syndrome, Plant Cell [E], vol 24, issue 9, American Society of Plant Biologists, United States, pp. 3575-3589.

Groszmann, M., Paicu, T., Alvarez, J., Swain, S., Smyth, D., 2011, Spatula and Alcatraz, are partially redundant, functionally diverging bHLH genes required for Arabidopsis gynoecium and fruit development, Plant Journal [P], vol 68, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 816-829.

Berger, Y., Harpaz-Saad, S., Brand, A., Melnik, H., Sirding, N., Alvarez, J.P., Zinder, M., Alon, S., Eshed, Y., Ori, N., 2009, The NAC-domain transcription factor GOBLET specifies leaflet boundaries in compound tomato leaves, Development [P], vol 136, issue 5, The Company of Biologists Ltd., UK, pp. 823-832.

Alvarez, J., Goldshmidt, A., Efroni, I., Bowman, J.L., Eshed, Y., 2009, The NGATHA distal organ development genes are essential for style specification in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell [P], vol 21, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA, pp. 1373-1393.

Shalit, A., Rozman, A., Goldshmidt, A., Alvarez, J.P., Bowman, J.L., Eshed, Y., Lifschitz, E., 2009, The flowering hormone florigen functions as a general systemic regulator of growth and termination, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 106, issue 20, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, pp. 8392-8397.

Tretter, E., Alvarez, J., Eshed, Y., Bowman, J.L., 2008, Activity range of arabidopsis small RNAs derived from different biogenesis pathways, Plant Physiology, vol 147, issue 1, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA, pp. 58-62.

Goldshmidt, A., Alvarez, J., Bowman, J.L., Eshed, Y., 2008, Signals derived from YABBY gene activities in organ primordia regulate growth and partitioning of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristems, The Plant Cell, vol 20, issue 5, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA, pp. 1217-1230.

Lippman, Z.B., Cohen, O., Alvarez, J.P., Abu-Abied, M., Pekker, I., Paran, I., Eshed, Y., Zamir, D., 2008, The making of a compound inflorescence in tomato and related nightshades., Plos Biology [P], vol 6, issue 11, Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 2424-2435.

Ori, N., Refael-Cohen, A., Etzioni, A., Brand, A., Yanai, O., Shleizer, S., Menda, N., Amsellem, Z., Efroni, I., Pekker, I., Alvarez, J.P., Blum, E., Zamir, D., Eshed, Y., 2007, Regulation of LANCEOLATE by miR319 is required for compound-leaf development in tomato, Nature Genetics [P], vol 39, issue 6, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. 787-791.

Alvarez, J.P., Pekker, I., Goldshmidt, A., Blum, E., Amsellem, Z., Eshed, Y., 2006, Endogenous and synthetic microRNAs stimulate simultaneous, efficient, and localized regulation of multiple targets in diverse species, The Plant Cell, vol 18, issue 5, American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville MD, pp. 1134-1151.

Lifschitz, E., Eviatar, T., Rozman, A., Shalit, A., Goldshmidt, A., Amsellem, Z., Alvarez, J.P., Eshed, Y., 2006, The tomato FT ortholog triggers systemic signals that regulate growth and flowering and substitute for diverse environmental stimuli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol 103, issue 16, National Academy of Sciences of the USA, USA, pp. 6398-6403.

Lee, J., Baum, S.F., Alvarez, J., Patel, A., Chitwood, D.H., Bowman, J.L., 2005, Activation of CRABS CLAW in the nectaries and carpels of Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell, vol 17, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA, pp. 25-36.

Pekker, I., Alvarez, J.P., Eshed, Y., 2005, Auxin response factors mediate Arabidopsis organ asymmetry via modulation of KANADI activity, Plant Cell, vol 17, Americal Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB), USA, pp. 2899-2910.

Greenboim-Wainberg, Y., Maymom, I., Borochov, R., Alvarez, J.P., Olszewski, N., Ori, N., Eshed, Y., Weiss, D., 2005, Cross talk between gibberellin and cytokinin: the Arabidopsis GA response inhibitor SPINDLY plays a positive role in cytokinin signaling, The Plant Cell, vol 17, issue 1, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), USA, pp. 92-102.

Emery, J.F., Floyd, S.K., Alvarez, J., Eshed, Y., Hawker, N.P., Izhaki, A., Baum, S.F., Bowman, J.L., 2003, Radial patterning of Arabidopsis shoots by class III HD-ZIP and KANADI genes, Current Biology, vol 13, Cell Press, Cambridge USA, pp. 1768-1774.

Alvarez, J., Smyth, D.R., 2002, Crabs Claw and Spatula genes regulate growth and pattern formation during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis thaliana, International Journal of Plant Science, vol 163, issue 1, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL USA, pp. 17-41.

Alvarez, J., Smyth, D.R., 1999, Crabs claw and spatula, two Arabidopsis genes that control carpel development in parallel with Agamous, Development, vol 126, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge UK, pp. 2377-2386.

Pnueli, L., Carmel-Goren, L., Hareven, D., Gutfinger, T., Alvarez, J., Ganal, M., Zamir, D., Lifschitz, E., 1998, The self pruning gene of tomato regulates vegetative to reproductive switching of sympodial meristem and is the ortholog of CEN and TFL1, Development, vol 125 no 11, The Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge UK, pp. 1979-1989.

Alvarez, J., Smyth, D.R., 1997, Carpel development genes in Arabidopsis, Flowering Newsletter, vol may 1997, Georges Bernier, Liege Belgium, pp. 12-17.

Conference Proceedings

Alvarez, J., Smyth, D.R., 1998, Genetic pathways controlling carpel development in Arabidopsi s thaliana, Journal of Plant Research, Kyoto, Japan 27-28 November, 1997, The Botanical Society of Japan, Tokyo Japan, pp. 295-298.

Other

Alvarez, J., 1997, Genetic analysis of carpel and flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana.