richard waites
career outline
2001 - Lecturer, Department of Biology,
University of York
1999 - EMBO Fellowship, Institut fuer Entwicklungsbiologie,
der Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln, Germany
1995 - Post-Doc, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology,
University of Edinburgh
1995 - PhD University of Edinburgh
1991 - BSc University of Leicester
1990 - Summer Student, with Rosemary Carpenter, JIC
11 August 1998 - Scottish Cricket: Watts frustrates West - Electronic Telegraph
recent publications
Kieffer M, Matser V, Waites R, Davies B. (2011) TCP15 and TCP15 affect internode length and leaf shape in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 61 (1): 147-158.
Caroline Weight, Daniel Parnham, Richard Waites. (2008) LeafAnalyser: a computational method for rapid and large-scale analyses of leaf shape variation. The Plant Journal 53 (3): 578-586.
joseph vaughan - BBSRC PhD student
research interests
My project aims to understand the genetic basis of the natural leaf shape variation
found between Arabidopsis accessions. Using the LeafAnalyser system in combination with
mapping populations, I aim to map QTL for leaf shape variation.
I am also interested in the plasticity of leaf shape in response to environmental variation.
I am presently phenotyping the MAGIC RIL population, and developing a new biparental mapping population, which I will phenotype and genotype
to search for QTL in comparison to any found in the MAGIC population.
recent publications
Vaughan JBT, Thom MDF. (2012) Do female zebrafish withhold reproductive resources for future mating opportunities? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. in press.
vera matser - White Rose PhD student, joint with Prof. Brendan Davies, Uni. Leeds
Vera's work investigates and characterises genes involved in cell proliferation stages of leaf development.
recent publications
Kieffer M, Matser V, Waites R, Davies B. (2011) TCP14 and TCP15 affect internode length and leaf shape in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 61 (1): 147-158.