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Joh Demura-Devore, M. Arif Ashraf*. (2026) Quantitative live cell imaging of nuclear shape and chromatin dynamics during development and environmental stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (232), e71307, 10.3791/71307.
Olivia S. Hazelwood, Kamryn A. Diehl, Vicky Hollenbeck, Joh Demura-Devore, Dustin Herb, Joseph P. Gallagher, M. Arif Ashraf*. (2026) Cell cycle follows pause and play mechanism in environment stress recovery in diverse plant species. New Phytologist. 250: 1689-1703.
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News highlights: UBC, EurekAlert, The Conversation, Phys, Earth, AgCanada, Resilience
Video abstract: https://tinyurl.com/2yh4y5nm
Olivia S. Hazelwood, Norman B. Best, M. Arif Ashraf*. (2025) Function of nuclear envelope proteins in plant growth and development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 85: 102738.
Olivia S. Hazelwood, Jessica M. Orr, M. Arif Ashraf*. (2025) Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 77 (1): 16–26.
Olivia S. Hazelwood and M. Arif Ashraf*. (2024) Molecular markers in cell cycle visualisation during development and stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Quantitative Plant Biology. 5:e14, 1–5.
Olivia S. Hazelwood and M. Arif Ashraf*. (2024) Opposing polarity domains provide direction and play a role in cell division in plant growth. Developmental Cell. 59 (9), 1091-1093.
M. Arif Ashraf*, Le Liu, Michelle Facette*. (2023) A polarized nuclear position specifies the correct division plane during maize stomatal development. Plant Physiology. 193 (1), 125-139.
M. Arif Ashraf*. (2023) A nuclear Pandora’s box: Functions of nuclear envelope proteins in cell division. AoB Plants. 15 (2): pla065. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plac065.
M. Arif Ashraf, Michelle Facette*. (2020) BASL gives the plant nucleus a sense of direction. Current Biology. 30 (22): R1375-R1377. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.009.
M. Arif Ashraf, Takashi Akihiro, Keita Ito, Sayaka Kumagai, Ryohei Sugita, Keitaro Tanoi, and Abidur Rahman*. (2021) ATP binding cassette proteins ABCG37 and ABCG33 function as potassium-independent cesium uptake carriers in Arabidopsis roots. Molecular Plant. (14): 664–678.
M. Arif Ashraf, Kana Umetsu, Olena Ponomarenko, Michiko Saito, Mohammad Aslam, Olga Antipova, Natalia Dolgova, Cheyenne D. Kiani, Susan Nezhati, Keitaro Tanoi, Katsuyuki Minegishi, Kotaro Nagatsu, Takehiro Kamiya, Toru Fujiwara, Christian Luschnig, Karen Tanino, Ingrid Pickering, George Graham, and Abidur Rahman*. (2020) PIN FORMED 2 modulates the transport of Arsenite in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Communications. 1(3): 100009.
M. Arif Ashraf, Abidur Rahman*. (2019) Cold stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana is mediated by GNOM ARF-GEF. The Plant Journal. (97): 500–516. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14137.
M. Arif Ashraf, Abidur Rahman*. (2022) Cellular Protein Trafficking: A New Player in Low-Temperature Response Pathway. Plants. 11(7), 933. DOI: 10.3390/plants11070933.