Sandra C. Sharples
Personal Details |
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| Name | : Sandra C. Sharples |
| Email address | : s.c.sharples@ed.ac.uk |
| Nationality | : British |
| Position | : PhD student and postdoctoral researcher (left in 2008) |
Degrees |
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| BSc (Hon) Biological Sciences (Plant Science), University of Edinburgh, 2001 | |
| Ph.D (Plant Biochemistry), Competing Pathways of Sugar-Nucleotide Metabolism during the Biosynthesis of Plant Cell Walls, University of Edinburgh, 2005 |
Current Research |
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| Xyloglucans, XET activity, and arabinogalactan-protein (AGP)-like molecules | |
| Research funding: BBSRC |
Presentations
Seminar- The Scottish Cell Wall Group 11th Annual Meeting (Stirling) 2001: Stephen C. Fry (speaker), S. C. Sharples, J. C. Dumville, Janice G. Miller: Identification of hydroxyl-radical-attacked polysaccharides
- The Scottish Cell Wall Group 13th Annual Meeting (Dundee) 2003: Competing pathways of sugar nucleotide metabolism in the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
- The Scottish Cell Wall Group 15th Annual Meeting (Edinburgh) 2005: Competing pathways of sugar nucleotide metabolism in the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
Posters
- Second year poster presentation, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, 2003: A fork in the road, destination plant cell wall
- The Scottish Cell Wall Group 12th Annual Meeting (Paisley) 2002: Competing pathways of sugar nucleotide metabolism in the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
- The Scottish Cell Wall Group 14th Annual Meeting (Glasgow) 2004: Competing pathways of sugar nucleotide metabolism in the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
Publications
- J.G. Miller, V. Farkas, S.C. Sharples and S.C. Fry (2007). O-Oligosaccharidyl-1-amino-1-deoxyalditols as intermediates for fluorescent labelling of oligosaccharides. Carbohydrate Research 342, 44-54.
- S.C. Sharples, S.C. Fry (2007) Radio-isotope ratios discriminate between competing pathways of cell wall polysaccharide and RNA biosynthesis in living plant cells. Plant Journal, 52, 252–262.