Christina O'Rourke
Personal Details |
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| Name | : Christina O'Rourke |
| Email address | : C.M.O'Rourke@sms.ed.ac.uk |
| Nationality | : Irish |
| Position | : PhD student (2010-2014) |
Qualifications
- 2006-2010 : BSc (Hons), Botany, at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Research and funding
- Plant cell wall evolution from charophytic algae to primitive land plants. I am studying the changes that occurred in the biochemical composition of the plant cell wall during this crucial transition during plant evolution. I am also interested in algal polysaccharides in relation to biofuel production.
Research funding: Leverhulme Foundation (2010-2013)
Publications
Conferences
Poster presentations
- O'Rourke, C.M. , Murray, L., Sadler, I.H. and Fry, S.C.: New cell wall polysaccharides in charophytic algae. XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting . July 7-12, 2013, P3 09., Nantes, France.
- O'Rourke, C.M. , Fry, S.C.: New cell wall polysaccharides in charophytic algae. 5th European Phycological Congress. 4-9 September, 2011, Rhodes, Greece.
- O'Rourke, C., Connan, S., Eschmann, C. and Stengel, D.B.: Characterisation of pigment levels and composition in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum in Galway Bay, Ireland. 58th Annual Meeting of the British Phycological Society, Oban (UK), 6-10 January 2010.
- O'Rourke, C., Connan, S., Eschmann, C. and Stengel, D.B.: Characterisation of pigment levels and composition in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum in Galway Bay, Ireland. Annual Meeting Botanical Society of the British Isles, London, November 2009.
Oral presentations
- Franková, L. (speaker), O'Rourke, C.M., Fry, S.C.: Novel hemicellulose-remodelling transglycanases from charophytes: towards the evolution of the land-plant cell wall. In: Abstract book of the XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting. July 7-12, 2013, O3-02. Nantes, France.
- Fry, S.C. (speaker), Franková, L., O'Rourke, C.M.: Primordial cell-wall polysaccharides and enzymes that remodel them in charophytic algae. In: Book of abstracts of SEB Annual Main Meeting. July 3-6, 2013, p. 150, P1.1. Valencia, Spain.
- Stengel, D.B. (speaker), O'Rourke, C. and Connan, S.: Variability in pigment composition and levels in the intertidal brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum from western Ireland. XXth International Seaweed Symposium, Ensenada Baja California (Mexico), 22-26 February 2010
Hobbies
- I enjoy walking, reading and playing the piano