2007 Chairman's Award for vitamin C work.
2007 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship funding
2001 Chairman's Award for Functional Genomics.
1999 Recipient of Trimble award and
1999 NZ/German Exchange fellowship (ISAT)
1999 Member of NZ Society of Biochemistry
1999 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship funding
1998 Recipient of Marsden Research Award on RubisCO
1996 Recipient Marsden Research Award on SQAPI
1992 Member of MORST review of Output 6
1987 OECD Travel Award
1987 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship renewal
1985 Awarded a Citation Classic by ISI for seminal RubisCO paper
1979-1980 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
1979-1980 DSIR Study Award
1971-73 Fulbright Scholarship
1969 Fruit Federation Study Grant
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Crowhurst RN, Gleave AP, MacRae EA, Dwamena CA, Atkinson RG, Beuning LL, Bulley SM, Chagne D, Marsh KB, Matich AJ, Montefiori M, Newcomb RD, Schaffer RJ, Usadel B, Allan AC, Boldingh HL, Bowen JH, Davy MW, Eckloff R, Ferguson AR, Fraser LG, Gera E, Hellens RP, Janssen BJ, Klages K, Lo KR, MacDiarmid RM, Nain B, McNeilage MA, Rassam M, Richardson AC, Rikkerink EHA, Ross GS, Schröder RA, Snowden KC, Souleyre EJF, Templeton MD, Walton EF, Wang D, Wang MY, Wang YY, Wood M, Wu R, Yauk YK, Laing WA (2008) Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Actinidia: applications of a cross species EST database for gene discovery in the areas of flavor, health, color and ripening. BMC Genomics In Press
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Allan, A.C., Hellens, R and Laing W.A. 2008 MYB transcription factors which colour our fruit. Trends in Plant Science 13(3) 99-102 issue with cover.
Laing WA, Wright MA, Cooney J, Bulley SM. 2007 The missing step of the L-galactose pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis in plants, an L-galactose guanyltransferase, increases leaf ascorbate content.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:9534-9. (Cover article).
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Rassam M, Bulley SM, Laing WA 2007 Oxalate and ascorbate in Actinidia fruit and leaves. Acta Horticulturae 753:479-485.
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D. Ghosh, M A Skinner and W A Laing, Pharmacogenomics and nutrigenomics: synergies and differences, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61(5):567-74.
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Christeller JT, Farley PC, Marshall RK, Anandan A, Wright MA, Newcomb R & Laing WA (2006) The squash aspartic proteinase inhibitor SQAPI, is widely present in the Cucurbitales, comprises a small multigene family and is a member of the phytocystatin family. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63(6): 747-757.
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Rassam, M & Laing WA (2006) The interaction of the 11S globulin-like protein of kiwifruit seeds with pepsin. Plant Science 171: 663-669.
Hellens RP, Allan AC, Friel EN, Bolitho K, Grafton K, Templeton MD, Karunairetnam S, Gleave AP & Laing WA (2006) Transient expression vectors for functional genomics, quantification of promoter activity and RNA silencing in plants. Plant Methods 1: 13.
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Newcomb RD, Crowhurst R, Gleave AP, Rikkerink E, Allan AC, Beuning L, Bowen J, Gera E, Jamieson KR, Janssen B, Laing WA, McArtney S, Nain B, Ross G, Snowden K, Souleyre E, Walton E, Yauk YC, (2006) Analyses of Expressed Sequence Tags from Apple (Malus pumilla) Reveals a Vast Set of Potential Molecular Markers and Suggests Active Evolution of Fruit-Expressed Members of Gene Families. Plant Physiology 141: 147-166.
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Rassam M, Laing W. (2005) Variation in the Ascorbate and Oxalate levels in the Fruit of Actinidia chinensis genotypes. J Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 53, 2322-2326.
Wünsche, JN, Greer, DH, Laing, WA, Palmer, JW. (2005) Physiological and biochemical leaf and tree responses to crop load in apple. Tree Physiology 25; 1253-1263.
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Hejgaard, J., Laing, WA, Marttila, S., Gleave, AP, Robert TH. (2005) Serpins in fruit and vegetative tissues of apple (Malus domestica): Expression of four serpins with distinct reactive centers and characterization of a major inhibitory seed serpin (MdZ1b). Functional Plant Biology, 32 517 - 527.
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McManus, MT, Laing, WA, Watson, LM, Markwick, N, Voisey, C, White, DWR. (2005) Expression of the soybean (Kunitz) trypsin inhibitor in leaves of white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Plant Science, 168:1211-1220.
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Laing, WA, Barraclough, D, Bulley, S, Cooney, J, Wright, M, Macrae, E. (2004) A specific L-Galactose-1-Phosphate phosphatase on the path to ascorbate biosynthesis. PNAS 101, 16976-81.
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Jackson, TA, Christeller, JT, McHenry, JZ, Laing, WA (2004). Quantification and kinetics of the decline in grass grub endopeptidase activity during initiation of amber disease Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 86, 72-76.
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Laing, WA, Frearson, N, Bulley, S, MacRae, E (2004). Kiwifruit l-galactose dehydrogenase: molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of the enzyme. Functional Plant Physiology 31, 1015 - 1025.
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Barraclough, D, Obenland, D, Laing, W, and Carroll, T (2004). A method for quick and easy two-dimensional electrophoresis of plant samples. PostHarvest Biology and Technology 32, 175-181.
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Rassam, M, Laing, W (2003). Purification and characterization of cystatins from Actinidia deliciosa fruit. Phytochemistry 65, 19-30.
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Ryan, SN, McManus, MT, Laing, WA (2003). Identification and characterisation of proteinase inhibitors and their genes from seeds of apple (Malus domestica). Journal Of Biochemistry 134, 31-42.
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Yoo, SD, Greer, DH, Laing, WA, McManus, MT (2003). Changes in photosynthetic efficiency during leaf ontogeny in white clover. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 41, 887-893.
John Christeller, William Laing. (2005) Plant Serine Proteinase Inhibitors. Protein and peptide letters, 12 (5): 439-447.
Laing, W, Christeller, J (2004). Extraction of proteins from plant tissues. Current Protocols in Protein Science Chapter 4.7.1 John Wiley and Sons, New York. Edited Coligan JE, Dunn, BM, Speicher, DW and Wingfield, PT.
Patent submitted on L-Galactose-1-P Phosphatase, by William Laing.
Patent submitted on GDP-L-Galactose transferase and its effect on leaf ascorbate by William Laing and Sean Bulley.
Patent submitted on GDP-L-Galactose transferase/GDP-Mannose epimerase interaction and its effect on leaf ascorbate by William Laing and Sean Bulley.
