| RefNo | EC/2020/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Oldroyd, Giles Edward Dixon: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 14 April 2020 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Giles Oldroyd as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citaion giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Giles Oldroyd is a plant geneticist. His research has led to major insights into the ways in which plants form their two most important symbiotic associations involving, respectively, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and phosphate-acquiring fungi. He discovered that the N-fixing symbiotic signalling pathway in legumes involves three transcription factors, an ion channel and a calcium and calmodulin-activated kinase that is responsible for decoding bacterial-induced calcium oscillations. Surprisingly, the fungal signalling pathway that is ubiquitous in plants involves many of the same elements, giving rise to the possibility that nitrogen-fixing capacity might be engineered into a wide range of crop species. The impact of Oldroyd's research extends beyond that of symbiosis, since his careful dissection of calcium signals has served as a paradigm for understanding plant calcium signalling in response to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stimuli. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |