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Dr Gareth Norton

Dr Gareth Norton
Dr Gareth Norton
Dr Gareth Norton

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Email Address
g.norton@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272409
Office Address
2.24 Cruickshank Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
St. Machar Drive
AB24 3UU

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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

Schools Examination Officer

External Memberships

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

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.

Angstone Mlangeni

Panthita Ruangareerate

Abubakar Yuguda

Istiaq Ahmed

Ayotunde Adeosun

Caijin Chen

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

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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  • Assessing the genetic diversity of rice originating from Bangladesh, Assam and West Bengal

    Travis, A. J., Norton, G. J., Datta, S., Sarma, R., Dasgupta, T., Savio, F. L., Macaulay, M., Hedley, P. E., McNally, K. L., Sumon, M. H., Islam, M. R., Price, A. H.
    Rice, vol. 8, pp. 1-9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of selenium fertilization on the accumulation of cadmium and lead in rice plants

    Hu, Y., Norton, G. J., Duan, G., Huang, Y., Liu, Y.
    Plant and Soil, vol. 384, no. 1-2, pp. 131-140
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Urinary excretion of arsenic following rice consumption

    Meharg, A. A., Williams, P. N., Deacon, C. M., Norton, G. J., Hossain, M. K., Louhing, D., Marwa, E. M., Lawgalwi, Y., Taggart, M. A., Cascio, C., Haris, P.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 194, pp. 181-187
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Roles for root iron plaque in sequestration and uptake of heavy metals and metalloids in aquatic and wetland plants

    Tripathi, R. D., Tripathi, P., Dwivedi, S., Kumar, A., Mishra, A., Chauhan, P. S., Norton, G. J., Nautiyal, C. S.
    Metallomics, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1789-1800
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Lead in rice: analysis of baseline lead levels in market and field collected rice grains

    Norton, G. J., Williams, P. N., Adomako, E. E., Price, A. H., Zhu, Y., Zhao, F., McGrath, S., Deacon, C. M., Villada, A., Sommella, A., Lu, Y., Ming, L., De Silva, P. M. C. S., Brammer, H., Dasgupta, T., Islam, M. R., Meharg, A. A.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 485-486, no. 1, pp. 428-434
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High throughput screening of rooting depth in rice using buried herbicide

    Al-Shugeairy, Z., Islam, M. S., Shrestha, R., Al-Ogaidi, F., Norton, G. J., Price, A. H.
    Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 96-107
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil

    Beesley, L., Inneh, O., Norton, G. J., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Pardo, T., Clemente, R., Dawson, J. J.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 186, pp. 195-202
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites

    Norton, G. J., Douglas, A., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., Guerinot, M. L., Pinson, S. R. M., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G. C., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F. J., Islam, M. R., Islam, S., Duan, G., Zhu, Y., Salt, D. E., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-12
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Trait-directed de novo population transcriptome dissects genetic regulation of a balanced polymorphism in phosphorus nutrition/arsenate tolerance in a wild grass, Holcus lanatus

    Meharg, C., Khan, B., Norton, G., Deacon, C., Johnson, D., Reinhardt, R., Huettel, B., Meharg, A. A.
    New Phytologist, vol. 201, no. 1, pp. 144-154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A balanced polymorphism in biomass resource allocation controlled by phosphate in grasses screened through arsenate tolerance

    Khan, B. M., Deacon, C., Meharg, C., Norton, G. J., Johnson, D., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol. 96, pp. 43-51
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, and other elements concentrations in Italian rice grain varies with origin and type

    Sommella, A., Deacon, C., Norton, G., Pigna, M., Violante, A., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 181, pp. 38-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Bangladesh: is it sustainable and has plant breeding something to offer?

    Price, A. H., Norton, G. J., Salt, D. E., Ebenhöh, O., Meharg, A. A., Meharg, C., Islam, M. R., Sarma, R. N., Dasgupta, T., Ismail, A. M., McNally, K. L., Zhang, H., Dodd, I. C., Davies, W. J.
    Food and Energy Security, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 120-129
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Variation in Rice Cadmium Related to Human Exposure

    Meharg, A. A., Norton, G., Deacon, C., Williams, P., Adomako, E. E., Price, A., Zhu, Y., Li, G., Zhao, F., McGrath, S., Villada, A., Sommella, A., De Silva, P. M. C. S., Brammer, H., Dasgupta, T., Islam, M. R.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 5613-5618
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of organic matter amendment, arsenic amendment and water management regime on rice grain arsenic species

    Norton, G. J., Adomako, E. E., Deacon, C. M., Carey, A. M., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 177, pp. 38-47
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic speciation and localization in horticultural produce grown in a historically impacted mining region

    Norton, G., Deacon, C., Mestrot, A., Feldmann, J., Jenkins, P., Baskaran, C., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 6164-6172
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Poisoning from lead gunshot: still a threat to wild waterbirds in Britain

    Newth, J., Cromie, R. L., Brown, M. J., Delahay, R. J., Meharg, A. A., Deacon, C. M., Norton, G. J., O'Brien, M. F., Pain, D. J.
    European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 195-204
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic in rice grown in low-arsenic environments in Bangladesh

    Islam, R., Brammer, H., Rahman, G. K. M. M., Raab, A., Jahiruddin, M., Solaiman, A. R. M., Meharg, A. A., Norton, G. J.
    Water Quality, Exposure and Health, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 197-208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic affects essential and non-essential amino acids differentially in rice grains: inadequacy of amino acids in rice based diet

    Dwivedi, S., Mishra, A., Tripathi, P., Dave, R., Kumar, A., Srivastava, S., Chakrabarty, D., Trivedi, P. K., Adhikari, B., Norton, G. J., Tripathi, R. D., Nautiyal, C. S.
    Environment International, vol. 46, pp. 16-22
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Essential and toxic elements in infant foods from Spain, UK, China and USA

    Carbonell-Barrachina, A., Ramirez-Gandolfo, A., Wu, X., Norton, G. J., Burlo, F., Deacon, C. M., Meharg, A. A.
    Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2447-2455
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatial heterogeneity and kinetic regulation of arsenic dynamics in mangrove sediments: the Sundarbans, Bangladesh

    Sumon, M. H., Williams, P. N., Mestrot, A., Norton, G. J., Deacon, C. M., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 16, pp. 8645-8652
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of organic fertilization practiced in paddy soils in Bangladesh on arsenic dynamics

    Hossain, M., Mestrot, A., Norton, G. J., Deacon, C. M., Meharg, A. A., Hossain, M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci for rice grain element composition on an arsenic impacted soil: Influence of flowering time on genetic loci

    Norton, G. J., Duan, G. -., Lei, M., Zhu, Y. -., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 46-56
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrogeochemistry and arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Haor basins of Bangladesh

    Chowdhury, M. T. A., Meharg, A. A., Deacon, C., Hossain, M., Norton, G. J.
    Water Quality, Exposure and Health, vol. 4, no. 2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Grain accumulation of selenium species in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Carey, A., Scheckel, K. G., Lombi, E., Newville, M., Choi, Y., Norton, G. J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 5557-5564
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Inorganic arsenic contents in rice-based infant foods from Spain, UK, China and USA

    Carbonell-Barrachina, A. A., Wu, X., Ramirez-Gandolfo, A., Norton, G. J., Burlo, F., Deacon, C., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 163, pp. 77-83
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Variation in grain arsenic assessed in a diverse panel of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in multiple sites

    Norton, G. J., Pinson, S. R. M., Alexander, J., Mckay, S., Hansen, H., Duan, G., Islam, M. R., Islam, S., Stroud, J. L., Zhao, F., McGrath, S. P., Zhu, Y., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., Guerinot, M. L., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G. C., Salt, D. E., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    New Phytologist, vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 650-664
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phloem transport of arsenic species from flag leaf to grain during grain filling

    Carey, A., Norton, G. J., Deacon, C., Scheckel, K. G., Lombi, E., Punshon, T., Guerinot, M. L., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M., Choi, Y., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    New Phytologist, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 87-98
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of complex traits in Oryza sativa

    Zhao, K., Tung, C., Eizenga, G. C., Wright, M. H., Ali, M. L., Price, A. H., Norton, G. J., Islam, M. R., Reynolds, A., Mezey, J., McClung, A. M., Bustamante, C. D., McCouch, S. R.
    Nature Communications, vol. 2, 467
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Organic matter-solid phase interactions are critical for predicting arsenic release and plant uptake in Bangladesh paddy soils

    Williams, P. N., Zhang, H., Davison, W., Meharg, A. A., Hossain, M., Norton, G. J., Brammer, H., Islam, M. R.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 14, pp. 6080-6087
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessing the labile arsenic pool in contaminated paddy soils by isotopic dilution techniques and simple extractions

    Stroud, J. L., Khan, M. A., Norton, G. J., Islam, M. R., Dasgupta, T., Zhu, Y., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 4262-4269
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The dynamics of arsenic in four paddy fields in the Bengal delta

    Stroud, J. L., Norton, G. J., Islam, M. R., Dasgupta, T., White, R. P., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 159, no. 4, pp. 947-953
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identification of tetramethylarsonium in rice grains with elevated arsenic content

    Hansen, H. R., Raab, A., Price, A. H., Duan, G., Zhu, Y., Norton, G. J., Feldmann, J., Meharg, A. A.
    Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 32-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic Influence on Genetic Variation in Grain Trace-Element Nutrient Content in Bengal Delta Grown Rice

    Norton, G. J., Dasgupta, T., Islam, M. R., Islam, S., Deacon, C. M., Zhao, F., Stroud, J. L., McGrath, S. P., Feldmann, J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 21, pp. 8284-8288
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genetic mapping of the rice ionome in leaves and grain: identification of QTLs for 17 elements including arsenic, cadmium, iron and selenium

    Norton, G. J., Deacon, C. M., Xiong, L., Huang, S., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Plant and Soil, vol. 329, no. 1-2, pp. 139-153
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic shoot-grain relationships in field grown rice cultivars

    Norton, G. J., Islam, M. R., Duan, G., Lei, M., Zhu, Y., Deacon, C. M., Moran, A. C., Islam, S., Zhao, F. J., Stroud, J. L., McGrath, S. P., Feldmann, J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1471-1477
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Grain unloading of arsenic species in rice

    Carey, A. M., Scheckel, K. G., Lombi, E., Newville, M., Choi, Y., Norton, G. J., Charnock, J. M., Feldmann, J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Plant Physiology, vol. 152, no. 1, pp. 309-319
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rice grain arsenic: analysis of genetic variation

    Norton, G. J., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Environmental and Genetic Control of Arsenic Accumulation and Speciation in Rice Grain: Comparing a Range of Common Cultivars Grown in Contaminated Sites Across Bangladesh, China, and India

    Norton, G. J., Duan, G., Dasgupta, T., Islam, M. R., Lei, M., Zhu, Y., Deacon, C. M., Moran, A. C., Islam, S., Zhao, F., Stroud, J. L., McGrath, S. P., Feldmann, J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 43, no. 21, pp. 8381-8386
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identification of Low Inorganic and Total Grain Arsenic Rice Cultivars from Bangladesh

    Norton, G. J., Islam, M. R., Deacon, C. M., Zhao, F., Stroud, J. L., McGrath, S. P., Islam, S., Jahiruddin, M., Feldmann, J., Price, A. H., Meharg, A. A.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 43, no. 15, pp. 6070-6075
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Improved resolution in the position of drought-related QTLs in a single mapping population of rice by meta-analysis

    Khowaja, F. S., Norton, G. J., Courtois, B., Price, A. H.
    BMC Genomics, vol. 10, 276
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci for seminal root morphology and gravitropic response in rice

    Norton, G. J., Price, A. H.
    Euphytica, vol. 166, no. 2, pp. 229-237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of genetic variation in grain arsenic

    Norton, G. J., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • A bioinformatic and transcriptomic approach to identifying positional candidate genes without fine mapping: an example using rice root-growth QTLs

    Norton, G. J., Aitkenhead, M. J., Khowaja, F. S., Whalley, W. R., Price, A. H.
    Genomics, vol. 92, no. 5, pp. 344-352
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arsenic-eaters: by accident or by design

    Salt, D. E., Norton, G. J.
    New Phytologist, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 8-11
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Rice-arsenate interactions in hydroponics: whole genome transcriptional analysis

    Norton, G. J., Lou-Hing, D. E., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 2267-2276
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rice-arsenate interactions in hydroponics: a three-gene model for tolerance

    Norton, G. J., Nigar, M., Williams, P. N., Dasgupta, T., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 2277-2284
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation of recombinant Hevea brasiliensis allene oxide synthase: Effects of cycloxygenase inhibitors, lipoxygenase inhibitors and salicylates on enzyme activity

    Norton, G., Pappusamy, A., Yusof, F., Pujade-Renaud, V., Perkins, M., Griffiths, D., Jones, H.
    Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 129-138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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