A new journal covering the research fields related to biometals
Professor David Salt
My long term research interest is to understand the function of the genes and gene networks that regulate the plant ionome (elemental composition), along with the evolutionary forces that shape this regulation. To achieve this my laboratory couples high-throughput elemental profiling, with bioinformatics, genomics and genetics, in both genetic model species (yeast, Arabidopsis and rice) and "wild" plants (Astragalus, Thlaspi and Pteris). I have been involved in such work since my Ph.D (Liverpool Univeristy, UK, 1985 - 1988) working on the mechanisms of copper tolerance in Mimulus gutattus (yellow monkey flower). I also have a B.Sc in Biochemistry (University of North Wales, Bangor, UK, 1981 - 1984) and an M.Sc in Computer Science (Hallam University, UK, 1984 - 1985). I have published over 75 peer reviewed papers since 1989 with approximately 4000 citations. During my career I have won competitive research funding from USDA, DOE, NSF and NIH. I am a member of the American Society of Plant Biologists and have sat on both the Education and Public Affairs committees. I am also a Monitoring Editor for Plant Physiology, and on the Editorial Boards of the Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, BMC Plant Biology and the International Journal of Phytoremediation.
