Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Jim Rookes
  Phone   +61 3 522 71394
Email   james.rookes@deakin.edu.au
Position   Lecturer
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Biomolecular Sciences

Research interests

  1. Plant defence against pathogens
  2. Plant biotechnology
  3. The impact of plant pathogens on natural ecosystems


Career

BSc (Honours) Deakin University
PhD Deakin University
University of Queensland (Research Scientist 2003 - 2005)
Deakin University (Post Doctoral Fellow 2006-2009)
Deakin University (Lecturer 2009)

Key publications

Agarwal A, Kaul V, Faggian R, Rookes JE, Ludwig-Müller J, Cahill DM (2011) Analysis of global host gene expression during the primary phase of the Arabidopsis thaliana–Plasmodiophora brassicae interaction Functional Plant Biology 38, 462-478 CSIRO Publishing

Trusov Y. Sewelam N, Rookes JE, Kunkel, M, Nowak E, Schenk, PM, Botella JR. (2009) Heterotrimeric G proteins-mediated resistance to necrotrophic pathogens includes mechanisms independent of salicylic acid-, jasmonic acid/ethylene- and abscisic acid-mediated defense signaling The Plant Journal Vol 58, pp. 69-81 Wiley-Blackwell, USA

Rookes JE, Wright ML, Cahill DM (2008) Elucidation of defence responses and signalling pathways induced in Arabidopsis thaliana following challenge with Phytophthora cinnamomi Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology Vol 72, pp. 151-161 Elsevier, Holland

Cahill DM, Rookes JE, Wilson BA, Gibson L, McDougall KL (2008) Phytophthora cinnamomi and Australia's biodiversity: impacts, predictions and progress towards control Australian Journal of Botany Vol 56, pp. 279-310 CSIRO Publishing, AUS

Trusov Y, Rookes JE, Tilbrook K, Chakravorty D, Mason MG, Anderson D, Chen, J-G, Jones, AM, Botella JR. (2007) Heterotrimeric G protein gamma subunits provide functional selectivity in Gβ-gamma dimer signaling in Arabidopsis The Plant Cell Vol 19, pp. 1235-1250 American Society of Plant Biologists, USA

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Professional activities

Member Australasian Plant Pathology Society
Reviewer for various scientific journals

 

Teaching areas

Biotechnology
Plant Science
Cell Biology


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8th February 2013