Heather Nonhebel
Lecturer, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD (University of Glasgow)
Contact
| Email: | hnonheb2@une.edu.au |
| Room: | McClymont Building 343 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2083 (or +61 2 6773 2083 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3267 |
I have BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. I have worked as a Research fellow at Michigan State and New South Wales Universities. I also held lecturing positions in Biochemistry at the Universities of Auckland and Western Sydney before coming to UNE.
Research interests
My research is focussed on understanding the role of cereal genes and their encoded enzymes in controlling synthesis and metabolism of the plant hormones auxin and abscisic acid. I am particularly interested in how hormone synthesis relates to grain-fill, response to stress and crop yield.
Teaching
I have enjoyed teaching aspects of biochemistry, particularly metabolism and protein biochemistry for many years.
I currently coordinate the second and third year biochemistry units: BCHM210, BCHM310 and BCHM320 as well as teaching in BCHM220 and BIOL110.
Selected publications
Rahmanpour S., Backhouse D. and Nonhebel HM, Induced tolerance of Sclerotinia sclerotiniorum to isothiocyanates and toxic volatiles, Accepted for publication in Plant Pathology, 2007.
Sutiojono E, Nonhebel HM and Kantharajah AS, Factors affecting protoplast culture of Cucumis melo ‘Green Delica', Ann. Bot., 81: 775-777, 1998.
Simpson, R. Nonhebel, H.M. and Christie, D.L., Partial purification and characterization of aromatic aminotransferase from mung bean (Vigna radiata), Planta, 201: 71-77, 1997.
Nonhebel, H.M., Cooney, T.P. and Simpson R., The route, control and compartmentation of auxin synthesis, Aust. J. Plant Physiol., 20: 527-539, 1993.
Cooney, T.P., Nonhebel, H.M., Biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid in tomato shoots: Measurement, mass spectral identification and incorporation of 2H from 2H2O into indole-3-acetic acid, D- and L-tryptophan, indole-3-pyruvate and tryptamine, Planta, 184: 368-376, 1991.
Cooney, T.P. and Nonhebel, H.M., Measurement and mass spectral identification of indole-2-pyruvate from tomato shoots, Biophys. Res. Commun., 162: 761-766, 1989.
Nonhebel HM and Milborrow BV, Contrasting incorporation of 2H from 2H2O into ABA, xanthoxin and carotenoids in tomato shoots, J. Exp. Bot., 38: 980-986, 1987.
Nonhebel HM, Measurement of rates of turnover of oxindole-3-acetic acid and indole-3-acetic acid in Zea mays seedlings, J. Exp. Bot., 37: 1691-1697, 1986.
Nonhebel HM. Kruse LI and Bandurski RS, Indole-3-acetic acid catabolism in Zea mays seedlings: Metabolic conversion of oxindole-3-acetic acid to 2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2-oxo-1H indole-3-acetic acid 7-O-b-D-glucopyranoside, J. Biol. Chem., 260: 12685-12689, 1985.
Nonhebel HM, Crozier A, Hillman JR and Wilkins MB, Metabolism of [14C]indole-3-acetic acid by coleoptiles of Zea mays, L. J. Exp. Bot., 36: 99-109, 1985.