Simona Birtić

I am a graduate biologist (Diplôme d'ingénieur, Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, France) and also have an MSc in Environmental Diagnostics (Cranfield University, UK). I am currently registered at the University of Sussex as a PhD student. My supervisors are Dr Ilse Kranner (Kew, Wakehurst Place) and Dr Steve Pearce (University of Sussex). I attempt to identify molecular and biochemical markers of seed viability with a particular interest in Programmed Cell Death.

Simona at the GC-MS.

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Kranner I, Birtić S. 2005. A modulating role for antioxidants in desiccation tolerance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 734-740.

Birtić S., Kranner I. 2006. Isolation of high-quality RNA from polyphenol-, polysaccharide- and lipid-rich seeds. Phytochemical Analysis 17: 144-148.

Kranner I., Birtić S., Anderson K.M. and Pritchard H.W. 2006. Glutathione half-cell reduction potential: A universal stress marker and modulator of programmed cell death? Free Radical Biology and Medicine 40: 2155-2165.