Dr Nicole Rice PhD(Syd) Nicole Rice holds a Bachelor Degree in Agricultural Science (Hons I) and a PhD in Agricultural Science from Sydney University. Nicole joined the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics in March 2000 and is currently the Curator of the Australian Plant DNA Bank and manages commercial services and clients. Nicole is also working with the National Plant Biosecurity CRC on the establishment of a pathology based DNA Bank with this project investigating a range of storage conditions and the implications of storage on DNA viability. She is currently involved in the Atlas of Living Australia and the Bioplatforms Australia NCRIS initiatives. She is interested in the conservation of Australian flora and the application of genomics. She is also involved in industry based collaborations which aim to deliver functional DNA based testing services.
Journal articles
Chloroplast genome sequences from total DNA for plant identification (with Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Mark A. Edwards, Stirling G. Bowen, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2011)
Chloroplast DNA sequence data are a versatile tool for plant identification or barcoding and establishing...
Whole grain morphology of Australian rice species (with Shabana Kasem, Daniel LE Waters, Frances M. Shapter, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Genetic Resources (2010)
The grain morphology of 17 wild rice relatives were studied by light and scanning electron...
Australian Oryza: utility and conservation (with Robert J. Henry, Daniel LE Waters, Shabana Kasem, Ryuji Ishikawa, Yin Hao, Sally L. Dillon, Darren Crayn, Rod A. Wing, and Duncan Vaughan), Rice (2009)
Australian Oryza are an understudied and underexploited genetic resource for rice improvement. Four species are...
Genetic diversity of ICARDA’s worldwide barley landrace collection (with Abderrazek Jilal, Stefania Grando, Robert J. Henry, L Slade Lee, Helen Hill, Michael Baum, and Salvatore Ceccarelli), Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2008)
Twenty genic- and genomic SSR markers were used to study genetic diversity and geographical differentiation...
Enhancing cell survival of atrazine degrading Rhodococcus erythropolis NI86/21 cells encapsulated in alginate beads (with Tony Vancov, K Jury, L Van Zwieten, and S Morris), Journal of Applied Microbiology (2007)
Aims: To develop a method to produce beads with encapsulated Rhodococcus erythropolis NI86/21 with high...
Books
Research priorities for native species bioenergy crops: summary report of a workshop (with Robert J. Henry), Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics Papers (2009)
This report provides a summary of the RIRDC-sponsored one day workshop held on 22 August...
Book chapters
DNA banks as a resource for SNP genotyping (with Shabana Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
DNA extraction from plant tissue (with Shabana Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
Plant DNA banks – a primary resource for conservation research (with Robert J. Henry and Maurizio Rossetto), DNA banks—providing novel options for genebanks? (2006)
Conference publications
Molecular genetic diversity of ICARDA’s worldwide barley landrace collection (with Abderrazek Jilal, Stefania Grando, Robert J. Henry, Michael Baum, and Salvatore Ceccarelli), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)
The use of barley grain as a whole grain food or food ingredient through the...
Whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis for exploring plant relationships (with Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Stirling Bowen, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)
Shotgun sequencing plant genomic DNA preparations generates large quantities of sequence data in a single...
Barley variety identification using DNA (with Peter Portmann and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the Agribusiness Crop Update Conference (2009)
Varietal purity is an important commercial driver in the trade of malting barley. Receival standards...
Breeding for biofuel traits (with Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado), 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) held in conjunction with the 11th Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) Congress (2009)