Lovely Mae Lawas
Postdoctoral research associate
Research group: Crop breeding technologies
Biography
I study plant responses to abiotic stresses using molecular, biochemical, and physiological approaches. My interest in research started when I conducted undergraduate thesis for my bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Afterwards, I worked as a Researcher at the International Rice Research Institute while pursuing a master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from UPLB. I then moved to Germany and obtained my doctoral degree from the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, where I studied the effects of combined drought and heat stress on rice. I then did postdoctoral research on plant natural products and elevated temperature impacts in blueberry at Auburn University in the US. In Natasha Yelina’s lab, I will be investigating reproductive heat tolerance with a focus on meiosis in cowpea and Arabidopsis.
Publications
Publication
ranscriptome-based identification and functional characterization of iridoid synthase involved in monotropein biosynthesis in blueberry.
Date: 11 July 2023
Contributors: Lawas LMF, Kamileen MO, Buell CR, O’Connor SE, Leisner CP
Journal: Plant Direct
Publication
There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies.
Date: 9 June 2022
Contributors: Edger PP, Iorizzo M, Bassil NV, Benevenuto J, Ferrão LFV, Giongo L, Hummer K, Lawas LMF, Leisner CP, Li C, et al.
Journal: Horticulture Research,
Publication
Warm nights disrupt global transcriptional rhythms in field-grown rice panicles.
Date: 21 June 2021
Contributors: Desai JS, Lawas LMF, Valente AM, Leman AR, Grinevich DO, Jagadish SVK, Doherty CJ
Journal: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2025899118
Publication
Physiological and molecular attributes contribute to high night temperature tolerance in cereals
Date: 25 March 2021
Contributors: Schaarschmidt S, Lawas LMF, Kopka J, Jagadish SVK, Zuther E
Journal: Plant, Cell and Environment
Publication
Utilizing PacBio Iso-seq for novel transcript and gene discovery of abiotic stress responses in Oryza
Date: 20 October 2020
Contributors: Schaarschmidt S, Fischer A, Lawas LMF, Alam R, Septiningsih EM, Bailey-Serres J, Jagadish SVK, Huettel B, Hincha DK, Zuther E
Journal: International Journal of Molecular Science
Publication
Season affects yield and metabolic profiles of rice (Oryza sativa) under high night temperature stress in the field
Date: 23 April 2020
Contributors: Schaarschmidt S, Lawas LMF, Glaubitz U, Li X, Erban A, Kopka J, Jagadish SVK, Hincha DK, Zuther E
Journal: International Journal of Molecular Science