Dr Alex Wu
Research Officer
Centre for Crop Science
+61 7 334 62780
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours Class Hon, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
Journal Articles
Wang, Kai, Vilaplana, Francisco, Wu, Alex, Hasjim, Jovin and Gilbert, Robert G. (2019) The size dependence of the average number of branches in amylose. Carbohydrate Polymers, 223 115134. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115134
Wu, Alex, Hammer, Graeme L., Doherty, Al, von Caemmerer, Susanne and Farquhar, Graham D. (2019) Quantifying impacts of enhancing photosynthesis on crop yield. Nature Plants, 5 4: 380-388. doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0398-8
Leakey, Andrew D. B., Ferguson, John N., Pignon, Charles P., Wu, Alex, Jin, Zhenong, Hammer, Graeme L. and Lobell, David B. (2019) Water use efficiency as a constraint and target for improving the resilience and productivity of C3 and C4 crops. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 70 1: 781-808. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040305
Hammer, Graeme, Messina, Charlie, Wu, Alex and Cooper, Mark (2019) Biological reality and parsimony in crop models—why we need both in crop improvement!. In Silico Plants, 1 1: . doi:10.1093/insilicoplants/diz010
Earles, J. Mason, Buckley, Thomas N., Brodersen, Craig R., Busch, Florian A., Cano, F. Javier, Choat, Brendan, Evans, John R., Farquhar, Graham D., Harwood, Richard, Huynh, Minh, John, Grace P., Miller, Megan L., Rockwell, Fulton E., Sack, Lawren, Scoffoni, Christine, Struik, Paul C., Wu, Alex, Yin, Xinyou and Barbour, Margaret M. (2018) Embracing 3D complexity in leaf carbon–water exchange. Trends in Plant Science, 24 1: 15-24. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2018.09.005
Wu, Alex, Doherty, Al, Farquhar, Graham D. and Haammer, Graeme L. (2017) Simulating daily field crop canopy photosynthesis: an integrated software package. Functional Plant Biology, 45 3: 362-377. doi:10.1071/FP17225
Wu, Alex, Song, Youhong, Van Oosterom, Erik J. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2016) Connecting biochemical photosynthesis models with crop models to support crop improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 OCTOBER2016: . doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01518
Wang, Kai, Wambugu, Peterson W., Zhang, Bin, Wu, Alex Chi, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015) The biosynthesis, structure and gelatinization properties of starches from wild and cultivated African rice species (Oryza barthii and Oryza glaberrima). Carbohydrate Polymers, 129 92-100. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.035
Wang, Kai, Hasjim, Jovin, Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Enpeng, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015) Roles of GBSSI and SSIIa in determining amylose fine structure. Carbohydrate Polymers, 127 264-274. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.03.081
Li, Enpeng, Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Juan, Liu, Qiaoquan and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015) Improved understanding of rice amylose biosynthesis from advanced starch structural characterization. Rice, 8 1: 1-8. doi:10.1186/s12284-015-0055-4
Deng, Bin, Sullivan, Mitchell A., Wu, Alex Chi, Li, Jialun, Chen, Cheng and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015) The mechanism for stopping chain and total-molecule growth in complex branched polymers, exemplified by glycogen. Biomacromolecules, 16 6: 1870-1872. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00459
Li, Cheng, Wu, Alex Chi, Go, Rob Marc, Malouf, Jacob, Turner, Mark S., Malde, Alpeshkumar K., Mark, Alan E. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2015) The characterization of modified starch branching enzymes: toward the vontrol of starch chain-length distributions. PLoS One, 10 4: 1-21. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125507
Wu, Alex Chi, Li, EnPeng and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014) Exploring extraction/dissolution procedures for analysis of starch chain-length distributions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 114 36-42. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.08.001
Wu, Alex Chi, Ral, Jean-Philippe, Morell, Matthew K. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014) New perspectives on the role of α- and β-amylases in transient starch synthesis. PLoS One, 9 6: e100498.1-e100498.10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100498
Wang, Kai, Hasjim, Jovin, Chi Wu, Alex, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2014) Variation in amylose fine structure of starches from different botanical sources. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62 19: 4443-4453. doi:10.1021/jf5011676
Gilbert, Robert G., Wu, Alex C., Sullivan, Mitchell A., Sumarriva, Gonzalo E., Ersch, Natascha and Hasjim, Jovin (2013) Improving human health through understanding the complex structure of glucose polymers. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405 28: 8969-8980. doi:10.1007/s00216-013-7129-1
Wu, Alex C., Witt, Torsten and Gilbert, Robert G. (2013) Characterization methods for starch-based materials: state of the art and perspectives. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66 12: 1550-1563. doi:10.1071/CH13397
Wu, Alex Chi, Morell, Matthew K. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2013) A parameterized model of amylopectin synthesis provides key insights into the synthesis of granular starch. PLoS One, 8 6: e65768.1-e65768.12. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065768
Wu, Alex Chi and Gilbert, Robert G. (2010) Molecular weight distributions of starch branches reveal genetic constraints on biosynthesis. Biomacromolecules, 11 12: 3539-3547. doi:10.1021/bm1010189
Thesis
Wu, Chung-Chi (2015). Theory of starch biosynthesis and their structures for the rational design of starches: a mathematical modelling approach PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2015.604