Tom Simmons
Personal Details |
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| Name | : Thomas Simmons |
| Email address | : T.Simmons-2@sms.ed.ac.uk |
| Nationality | : British |
| Postion | : PhD student (2009-2013) |
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons), Biochemistry, University of Leeds, UK (2006 - 2009)
Research and Funding
- Characterisation of five GH16 glycanase and transglycanase activities and of their hemicellulosic substrates (PhD thesis):
Cloning and characterisation of mixed-linkage glucan : xyloglucan endotransglucosylase from Equisetum.
Recently, all species that were tested from the evolutionarily isolated genus Equisetum (horsetails) have been shown to contain
a novel cell wall-acting enzyme activity – mixed-linkage glucan : xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE).
This work aims to identify the enzyme responsible for MXE activity and to study the biochemistry of the MXE reaction.
Research funding: BBSRC (2009-2013)
Publications
Conferences
Poster presentations
- Simmons, T., Fry, S.C.: Characterising MXE activity. In: Book of Abstracts - Scottish Plant Biology Meeting, 22nd April, 2010.
- Simmons, T., Fry, S.C.: Characterising MXE activity (updated). In: Abstract Book of XII Cell Wall Meeting – Porto, Portugal, July 25-30, 2010
Oral presentations
- Fry, S.C.(speaker), Franková, L., Mohler, K.E., Simmons, T.: Novel endo- and exo-transglycosylase activities in land plants and charophytic algae. In: Abstract Book of XII Cell Wall Meeting – Porto, Portugal, July 25-30, 2010, p. 32, T54.