Dr Lisa Smith

All publications

Books

• Alvey E, Ariza A, Bose D, Bailes E, Barnes R, Corns L, Cronshaw J, Durrant M, Heath C, Hornby D , Jones E et al (2025) Cat burglars, yeast races, and other hypothesis-driven bioscience practicals. Sheffield: University of Sheffield Pressbooks.

Journal articles

• Grand TM, Pitman JK, Williams AL, Smith LM & Fleming AJ (2025) Identification of Gene Targets for the Sprouting Inhibitor CIPC. Plant Direct, 9(4).
• Yao N, Zhang Z, Yu L, Hazarika R, Yu C, Jang H, Smith LM, Ton J, Liu L, Stachowicz JJ , Reusch TBH et al (2023) An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants. Science, 381(6665), 1440-1445.
• Baillie AL, Sloan J, Qu L-J & Smith LM (2023) Signalling between the sexes during pollen tube reception. Trends in Plant Science. View this article in WRRO
• Sageman-Furnas K, Nurmi M, Contag M, Plötner B, Alseekh S, Wiszniewski A, Fernie AR, Smith LM & Laitinen RAE (2022) A. thaliana Hybrids Develop Growth Abnormalities Through Integration of Stress, Hormone and Growth Signalling.. Plant Cell Physiol. View this article in WRRO
• Naish M, Alonge M, Wlodzimierz P, Tock AJ, Abramson BW, Schmücker A, Mandáková T, Jamge B, Lambing C, Kuo P , Yelina N et al (2021) The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres. Science, 374(6569). View this article in WRRO
• David R, Ng PQ, Smith LM & Searle IR (2021) Novel allele elh of the UBP14 gene affects plant organ size via cell expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana.. MicroPubl Biol, 2021. View this article in WRRO
• Galindo-Trigo S, Blanco-Touriñán N, DeFalco TA, Wells ES, Gray JE, Zipfel C & Smith LM (2020) CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases HERK 1 and ANJEA are female determinants of pollen tube reception. EMBO Reports, 21(2). View this article in WRRO
• Galindo-Trigo S, Grand TM, Voigt CA & Smith LM (2020) A malectin domain kinesin functions in pollen and seed development in Arabidopsis.. J Exp Bot, 71(6), 1828-1841. View this article in WRRO
• Cox N & Smith LM (2019) A Novel Upstream Regulator of Trichome Development Inhibitors. Plant Physiology, 181(4), 1398-1400. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM (2019) The Heat Is On: Maize Pollen Development after a Heat Wave. Plant Physiology, 181(2), 387-388. View this article in WRRO
• Wilkinson SW, Magerøy MH, López Sánchez A, Smith LM, Furci L, Cotton TEA, Krokene P & Ton J (2019) Surviving in a Hostile World: Plant Strategies to Resist Pests and Diseases. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 57(1), 505-529. View this article in WRRO
• Cox N & Smith LM (2019) A rice transcription factor controls grain length through cell number. Plant Physiology, 180(4), 1781-1783. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM (2019) Salicylic Acid, Senescence, and Heterosis. Plant Physiology, 180(1), 3-4. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM (2019) Epigenetic Regulation of mRNA Polyadenylation Site Selection. Plant Physiology, 180(1), 7-9. View this article in WRRO
• Stassen JHM, López A, Jain R, Pascual-Pardo D, Luna E, Smith LM & Ton J (2018) The relationship between transgenerational acquired resistance and global DNA methylation in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM (2018) Identification of Woodland Strawberry Gene Coexpression Networks.. Plant Physiology, 178(1), 7-8. View this article in WRRO
• Smith L & Butler N (2018) Powering Epigenetics through the 1C Pathway. Plant Physiology, 177(2), 443-444. View this article in WRRO
• Epihov DZ, Batterman SA, Hedin LO, Leake JR, Smith LM & Beerling DJ (2017) N2-fixing tropical legume evolution: a contributor to enhanced weathering through the Cenozoic?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1860). View this article in WRRO
• López Sánchez A, H M Stassen J, Furci L, Smith LM & Ton J (2016) The role of DNA (de)methylation in immune responsiveness of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 88(3), 361-374. View this article in WRRO
• Galindo-Trigo S, Gray JE & Smith LM (2016) Conserved roles of CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases in cell expansion and reproduction from algae to angiosperms. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(AUG2016). View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM, Burbano HA, Wang X, Fitz J, Wang G, Ural-Blimke Y & Weigel D (2015) Rapid divergence and high diversity of miRNAs and miRNA targets in the Camelineae. The Plant Journal, 81(4), 597-610.
• Koster T, Meyer K, Weinholdt C, Smith LM, Lummer M, Speth C, Grosse I, Weigel D & Staiger D (2014) Regulation of pri-miRNA processing by the hnRNP-like protein AtGRP7 in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(15), 9925-9936. View this article in WRRO
• Todesco M, Kim S-T, Chae E, Bomblies K, Zaidem M, Smith LM, Weigel D & Laitinen RAE (2014) Activation of the Arabidopsis thaliana Immune System by Combinations of Common ACD6 Alleles. PLoS Genetics, 10(7). View this article in WRRO
• Slotte T, Hazzouri KM, Ågren JA, Koenig D, Maumus F, Guo YL, Steige K, Platts AE, Escobar JS, Newman LK , Wang W et al (2013) The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution. Nature Genetics, 45(7), 831-835.
• Wang X, Weigel D & Smith LM (2013) Transposon variants and their effects on gene expression in Arabidopsis.. PLoS Genet, 9(2), e1003255. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LM, Hartmann L, Drewe P, Bohnert R, Kahles A, Lanz C & Rätsch G (2012) Multiple insert size paired-end sequencing for deconvolution of complex transcriptomes.. RNA Biol, 9(5), 596-609.
• Smith LM & Weigel D (2012) On epigenetics and epistasis: hybrids and their non-additive interactions.. EMBO J, 31(2), 249-250.
• Smith LM, Bomblies K & Weigel D (2011) Complex evolutionary events at a tandem cluster of Arabidopsis thaliana genes resulting in a single-locus genetic incompatibility.. PLoS Genet, 7(7), e1002164. View this article in WRRO
• Schneeberger K, Ossowski S, Ott F, Klein JD, Wang X, Lanz C, Smith LM, Cao J, Fitz J, Warthmann N , Henz SR et al (2011) Reference-guided assembly of four diverse Arabidopsis thaliana genomes.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(25), 10249-10254. View this article in WRRO
• Hollister JD, Smith LM, Guo YL, Ott F, Weigel D & Gaut BS (2011) Transposable elements and small RNAs contribute to gene expression divergence between Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(6), 2322-2327. View this article in WRRO
• Yelina NE, Smith LM, Jones AME, Patel K, Kelly KA & Baulcombe DC (2010) Putative Arabidopsis THO/TREX mRNA export complex is involved in transgene and endogenous siRNA biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(31), 13948-13953. View this article in WRRO
• Searle IR, Pontes O, Melnyk CW, Smith LM & Baulcombe DC (2010) JMJ14, a JmjC domain protein, is required for RNA silencing and cell-to-cell movement of an RNA silencing signal in Arabidopsis. Genes and Development, 24(10), 986-991. View this article in WRRO
• Fahlgren N, Jogdeo S, Kasschau KD, Sullivan CM, Chapman EJ, Laubinger S, Smith LM, Dasenko M, Givan SA, Weigel D & Carrington JC (2010) Microrna gene evolution in Arabidopsis lyrata and Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell, 22(4), 1074-1089.
• Smith LM & Baulcombe DC (2007) Dissection of silencing signal movement in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2(6), 501-502.
• Bäurle I, Smith L, Baulcombe DC & Dean C (2007) Widespread role for the flowering-time regulators FCA and FPA in RNA-mediated chromatin silencing. Science, 318(5847), 109-112.
• Smith LM, Pontes O, Searle I, Yelina N, Yousafzai FK, Herr AJ, Pikaard CS & Baulcombe DC (2007) An SNF2 protein associated with nuclear RNA silencing and the spread of a silencing signal between cells in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 19(5), 1507-1521.
• Munro TP, Magee RJ, Kidd GJ, Carson JH, Barbarese E, Smith LM & Smith R (1999) Mutational analysis of a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 response element for RNA trafficking. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274(48), 34389-34395. View this article in WRRO
• Cox N, Walker HJ, Pitman JK, Quick WP, Smith LM & Fleming AJ () Rice leaves undergo a rapid metabolic reconfiguration during a specific stage of primordium development.

Chapters

• Smith LM (2015) Mechanisms of Transposable Element Evolution in Plants and Their Effects on Gene Expression In Pontes O & Jin H (Ed.), Nuclear Functions in Plant Transcription, Signaling and Development (pp. 133-164). New York: Springer.
• Smith LM & Laitinen RAE (2015) Use of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana to Study Adaptation In Laitinen RAE (Ed.), Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Adaptation (pp. 31-59). Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Conference proceedings papers

• Stassen J, Furci L, Wilkinson SW, Lopez Sanchez A, Jain R, Smith LM & Ton J (2019) The emerging case for epigenetic regulation of plant immunity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 32(10) (pp S1.17-S1.17). Glasgow, Scotland, 14 July 2019 - 18 July 2019. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

• Dong X, Jiao W-B, Campoy JA, Rabanal F, Ton J, Smith LM, Weigel D & Schneeberger K (2025) The mutational dynamics of the Arabidopsis centromeres.
• Grand TM, Pitman JK, Williams AL, Smith LM & Fleming AJ (2024) Identification of Gene Targets for the Sprouting Inhibitor CIPC, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Zhang Z, Parker AH, Symeonidi A, Wilkinson SW, Stassen JHM, Smith LM, Ton J & Johannes F (2024) Multi-generational biotic stress increases the rate of spontaneous epimutations in a ROS1-dependent manner, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Yao N, Zhang Z, Yu L, Hazarika R, Yu C, Jang H, Smith LM, Ton J, Liu L, Stachowicz J , Reusch TBH et al (2023) An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.