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- About
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- Email Address
- g.norton@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272409
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
BSc (Hons), Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2001
PhD, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2005
Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, 2005-2013
Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, 2013-2017
Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, 2017- 2021
Reader, University of Aberdeen 2021-present
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Schools Examination Officer
- External Memberships
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Editor for Agronomy – http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy
Editor for Exposure and Health - https://link.springer.com/journal/12403
Guest editor of the Agronomy special issues “Accumulation and Distribution of Elements in Crop Plants” - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/special_issues/accumulation-elements
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests include the accumulation and distribution of elements in plants and their impact on human health and food security, with a focus on arsenic and beneficial minerals such as zinc. I have been integrating elemental concentrations with genetic mapping, genomics, and transcriptomics, with the aim of identifying genes and the mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of elements in plants. I also have an interest in understanding the processes involved in arsenic (and other metals) cycling in the environment.
Current Research
Current research group.
PhD students.
Rosie Boyko
Alysha Knight
Juani Hallat-Sanchez
Yehia Hazzazi
Former research group.
PhD student
Zainab Abubakar Adamu – “Genetics of drought resistance in rice: Role of aquaporins on root hydraulic conductance and water use traits in rice”.
Mohammad Sayedul Islam – “Physiological and Molecular characterization of adaptation to alternative wetting and drying in Bangladeshi rice cultivars”
Partha Talukdar – “The transfer mechanism of arsenic in rice from the shoot to the grain during grain filling.”
Tanvir Chowdhury – “Biogeochemical cycling of elements in Bangladeshi soils”
Munmi Phukon - "Transcriptomics study of rice in response to alternate wetting and drying irrigation”
Natasha Falconer – “Rice: balancing sustainable agricultural production methods and cultivar diversity with nutrient content and contaminant levels - a Bangladeshi dietary modelling proof of concept project"
Barry Nourice - "Impact of salinity on agriculture in the Seychelles"
Jonathan Cope – “Introgressing resilience and resource use efficiency traits from Scots Bere to elite barley”
Research technician
Claire Deacon
Luke Harrold
Funding and Grants
BBSRC funded project “A genetic dissection of traits required for sustainable water use in rice using Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)” joint with Lancaster, the International Rice Research Institute and Bangladesh Agricultral University (Mymensingh). £1.1 M with £922 K to Aberdeen. Co-I (P.I. Adam Price). Start February 2012, end January 2016.
Scottish Funding Council - via Food and Drink Network "Identifying environmental factors which cause variation in fatty acid composition in rapeseed oil". £5K. P.I. (Co-I's; Prof Paul Hallett and Prof David Salt).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Programme Coordinator:
BSc Environmental Science
MSc Environmental Science (Joint with Dr Vasilis Louca)
MSc Environmental Management
Course coordinator:
EV3801 / EV5800: Environmental Analysis
SS5805: Land Use and the Changing Environment on Deeside (Joint with Prof. Graeme Paton)
Course contribution
BI1511 Ecology and Environmental Science
PL3309 / SS5305: Soils for Food Security
- Publications
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Effect of organic fertilization practiced in paddy soils in Bangladesh on arsenic dynamics
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Identification of quantitative trait loci for rice grain element composition on an arsenic impacted soil: Influence of flowering time on genetic loci
Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 46-56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00549.x
Hydrogeochemistry and arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Haor basins of Bangladesh
Water Quality, Exposure and Health, vol. 4, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-012-0066-y
Grain accumulation of selenium species in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 5557-5564Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es203871j
Inorganic arsenic contents in rice-based infant foods from Spain, UK, China and USA
Environmental Pollution, vol. 163, pp. 77-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.036
Variation in grain arsenic assessed in a diverse panel of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in multiple sites
New Phytologist, vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 650-664Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03983.x
Phloem transport of arsenic species from flag leaf to grain during grain filling
New Phytologist, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 87-98Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03789.x
Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of complex traits in Oryza sativa
Nature Communications, vol. 2, 467Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1467
Organic matter-solid phase interactions are critical for predicting arsenic release and plant uptake in Bangladesh paddy soils
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 14, pp. 6080-6087Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es2003765
Assessing the labile arsenic pool in contaminated paddy soils by isotopic dilution techniques and simple extractions
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 4262-4269Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es104080s