Staff Profile

Professor of Plant Biotechnology

Brian Jordan

BSc(Hons) PhD MNZIFST MRSNZ

Brian Jordan

Contact Details

Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Location RFH 061
Phone 64 3 325 2811
Extension 7821
Email Brian.Jordan@lincoln.ac.nz
 

Currently Teaching

  • Plant biotechnology (molecular biology)
  • Plant biochemistry and photobiology
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    Academic and Professional Background

    • 1985-87, NATO collaborative grant to work with Professor W.F. Thompson (Carnegie Institute of Washington, Stanford and the Department of Genetics, North Carolina, State University, USA)
    • 1988-94, Honorary Lecturer at Sussex University, UK
    • 1989-94, British Photobiology Society (Committee member and Secretary)
    • 1995-98, Honorary Research Associate at Massey University
    • 1998, United Nations Environmental Programme Reviewer on UV-B radiation effects
    • 1998, Expert advisor on genetic engineering to the Australia New Zealand Food Authority
    • 1998-2000, Member of a number of industry R & D Committees including NZ Pork Industry board and Intensive Livestock Research Advisory Committee (research-related consulting activities)
    • 1999-2000, biotechnology consultant to Meat New Zealand
    • 2000, Member of the NZ delegation to the OECD conference in Edinburgh on the scientific and health aspects of GE foods, (providing both written and oral presentations to government agencies).  Expert witness for the New Zealand Arable Food Industry Council, to the New Zealand Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (cited in report page 210, report and recommendations section).
    • 2001-2002, Member of FRSTs 2001 review of NZ plant gene technology research. Member of FRSTs 2001, Food and Fibre and Plant Gene Technology Groups. Member of FRSTs 2002 Advanced Biological Industries Group.
    • 2002, Expert reviewer of food quality and safety through sustainable production for the European Commission and attended panel discussions in Brussels
    • 2003, Appointed Board Director for the Marlborough Wine Research Centre of Excellence
    • 2005, Member of the European Commission, NZ Delegation to Europe on research collaboration re: Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology Farm to Fork.
    • 2006-2008 Member of EU Specific Support Action: FoodFrenz
    • 2009, Member of EU COST-Action 858: viticulture

    Member of:

    • New Zealand Society of Plant Biology
    • Professional member of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (Manawatu Branch Chairperson, 1998-2000)
    • New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science
    • Professional member of the Royal Society of New Zealand
    • Member of the New Zealand Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
     

    Current Research and Publications / Selected Publications

    • UV-B radiation effects on plants
    • Biochemistry and molecular biology of grape berry development
    • Environmental impact on plant growth and development
    • Molecular aspects of floral development
    • Plant cell signal transduction.

    PhD Research

    • Ecology of bacteriophages of Xanthomonas campestris pv juglandis in walnut orchards in New Zealand.
    • Towards tomorrow's seed production technology: characterising genetic loci associated with loss of apomixis in Hieracium.
    • Isolation and characterisation of genes involved in aromatic volatile formation in Sauvignon Blanc.
    • The effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on grape biochemistry and the ageing characteristics of wine.


    Over 65 refereed publications and book chapters. Two books.

    The Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Flowering (ed. B.R. Jordan). Published by C.A.B. International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. ISBN-13: 978-1-84593-042-4, 2nd edition, 404pp 2006.

    Catanach, A., Bicknell, R., Erasmuson, S., Podovinski, E. and Jordan, B. Deletion mapping of genetic regions associated with apomixis in Hieracium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 103 (49), 18650-18655, 2006.

    Jordan, B.R. Molecular response of plant cells to UV-B stress.  Functional Plant Biology 29: 909-916, 2002.

    Mackerness, S. A-H, Surplus, S.L., Blake, P., John, C.F., Buchanan-Wollaston, V., Jordan, B.R. and Thomas, B. Ultraviolet-B-induced stress and changes in gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana: role of signalling pathways controlled by jasmonic acid, ethylene and reactive oxygen species. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22: 1413-1423, 1999.

    Anthony, R.G., James, P.E. and Jordan B. Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) curd development: expression of meristem identity genes. J. Exp. Bot. 47: 181-188, 1996.

    Jordan, B.R. The effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on plants: a molecular perspective. In: Advances in Botanical Research vol. 22 (ed. J.A. Callow). Academic Press Ltd, pp. 97-162, 1996.

    Jordan, B.R., He, J. Chow, W.S. and Anderson, J.M. Changes in mRNA and polypeptide subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in response to supplementary ultraviolet-B radiation. Plant, Cell and Environment 15: 91-98, 1991.

     

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