Marcos Silveira BUCKERIDGE


Assistant Professor (PhD)
In the "Departamento de Botânica" since 2005.

Marcos Buckeridge is plant biologist who has spent 20 years working at the Botanical Institute of São Paulo with native Neotropical species. During his masters and PhD he worked with seed storage cell wall polysaccharides in plants and in 1995 established a line of research focused on the comprehension of the physiological and cellular mechanisms involved in seedling establishment in tropical biomes as well as the development of biotechnological tools to help the sustainable use of biodiversity. More than 60 publications were produced following these lines of research. With the increasing importance of the impact of Global Climatic Changes in the world, Dr. Buckeridge pioneered studies that try to understand how the rain forest, including Atlantic and Amazonian species, are responding to the increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. More recently, his research group added another focus, which is to understand how the sugar cane plant will respond to the climatic changes. This is important because sugarcane is now one of the most important crops in Brazil, being responsible for the production of ethanol as a fuel. Dr. Buckeridge has recently moved to the University of São Paulo, where he continues to work on the same lines of research. He has been president of the Botanical Society of São Paulo from 2001 to 2005 and is now a member of the Intergovernmental Panel of Global Change (IPCC) indicated by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil. Presently, Dr. Buckeridge is a communicating editor for Trees:structure and function (Springer).

Selected Publications

ESTRUTURA BIOSSÍNTESE E APLICAÇÕES DE POLISSACARÍDEOS DE PLANTAS

TINÉ, M.A.S., SILVA, C.O., LIMA D.U., CARPITA, N.C. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2006)  Fine structure of a mixed-oligomer storage xyloglucan from seeds of Hymenaea courbaril Carbohydrate Polymers (no prelo)

MARTINS, M.C.M., VIEIRA, C.J., SILVA, C.O. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2005) Análise de carboidratos na bebida do café preparada sob diferentes processos de extração. Revista Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 25(2):382-386.

De PAULA, A. C. C. F. F, SOUSA, R. V., FIGUEIREDO-RIBEIRO, R. C. L. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2005) Hypoglycemic activity of polysaccharide fractions containing ß-glucans from extracts of Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E. Hubb., Poaceae Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 38: 885-893

LIMA, D.U., LOH, W. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2004) Xyloglucan-cellulose interaction depends on the side chains and molecular weight of xyloglucan. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 42(5):389-394.

BUCKERIDGE M.S., RAYON, C. , URBANOWICZ, B. , TINÉ, M.A.S 1 , & CARPITA, N.C. (2004). Mixed linkage (1-3),(1-4)-beta-D-glucans of grasses Cereal Chemistry 81(1):115-127.

TINÉ, M.A.S, LIMA, D.U. & BUCKERIDGE M.S. (2003) Galactose branching modulates the action of cellulase on seed storage xyloglucans. Carbohydrate Polymers 52:135-141

LIMA, D.U., CHAVES, R.O. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2003) Seed storage hemicelluloses as wet-end additives in papermaking. Carbohydrate polymers 52:367-373.

DE LIMA, D.U. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2001) Interaction between cellulose and storage xyloglucans: the influence of degree of galactosylation. Carbohydrate Polymers 46/2:157-163

LIMA, D.U., SANTOS, H.P., TINÉ, M.A., MOLLE, F.D. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2001) Patterns of expression of cell wall related genes in sugar cane. Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 (1-4): 191-198.

PANEGASSI, V.R., SERRA, G.E. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2000) Potencial tecnológico do galactomanano de sementes de faveiro (Dimorphandra mollis) para uso na indústria de alimentos. Revista Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, 20 (3): 406-415

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., VERGARA, C.E. & CARPITA, N.C. (1999) The mechanism of synthesis of a cereal mixed-linkage (1,3),(1,4)b-D-glucan: Evidence for multiple sites of glucosyl transfer in the synthase complex. Plant Physiology 120 (4): 1105-1116.

MECANISMOS DE ESTABELECIMENTO DE PLÂNTULAS

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., HUTCHEON I. & REID, J.S.G. (2005) The role of exo-(1,4)-ß-galactanase in the mobilisation of polysaccharides from the cotyledonary cell walls of Lupinus angustifolius L. following germination. Annals of Botany 96:435-444

SANTOS, H.P. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2004) The Role of the Storage Carbon of Cotyledons in the Establishment of Seedlings of Hymenaea courbaril Under Different Light Conditions. Annals of Botany. 94(6) 819-830.

SANTOS, H.P., PURGATO, E., MERCIER, H. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2004) The Control of Storage Xyloglucan Mobilization in Cotyledons of Hymenaea courbaril L. Plant Physiology 135:287-299.

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., TINÉ, M.A., SANTOS, H.P. E LIMA, D.U. (2000) Polissacarídeos de reserva de parede celular em sementes, estrutura, metabolismo, funções e aspectos ecológicos. Braz. J. Plant Physiol.12:137-162.

TINÉ, M.A.S., CORTELAZZO, A.L. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2000) Occurrence of xyloglucan containing protuberances in the storage cell walls of cotyledons of Hymenaea courbaril L. Revista Brasileira de Botanica 23:413-417.

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., SANTOS, H.P. & TINÉ, M.A.S. (2000) Mobilisation of storage cell wall polysaccharides in seeds. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry. 38: 141-156.

TINÉ, M.A.S., CORTELAZZO, A.L. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2000) Xyloglucan mobilisation in cotyledons of developing plantlets of Hymenaea courbaril L. (Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae). Plant Science 154:117-126.

ALCÂNTARA, P.H.N., DIETRICH, S.M.C. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (1999). Xyloglucan mobilisation and purification of a (XLLG/XLXG) specific ß-galactosidase from cotyledons of Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Leguminosae). Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 37(9): 653-663.

MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS GLOBAIS

SILVA, C.O. MINHOTO. M.J. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2005) Biodiversidade, mudanças climáticas e a tabela brasileira de composição de alimentos. Composição de alimentos: uma abordagem multidisciplinar. NEPA/UNICAMP - Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Alimentação. 25-63pp.

BUCKERIDGE, M. S. . As Florestas tropicais e as mudanças climáticas globais: atitudes pessoais e alternativas para auma biotecnologia ambiental para o sequestro de carbono. Jornal do Conselho Regional de Biologia, São Paulo, p. 9 - 11, 01 jun. 2004. (também publicado no site da Sociedade Botânica do Brasil - www.botanica.org.br)

AIDAR M.P.M., MARTINEZ C. A., COSTA A. C., COSTA P. M. F., DIETRICH S. M. C., BUCKERIDGE M. S. (2002) Effect of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on the establishment of seedlings of jatobá, Hymenaea courbaril L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) Biota Neotropica. 2(1):(http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v2n1/en/abstract?article+BN01602012002).

BUCKERIDGE, M.S. & AIDAR, M.P.M. (2002) Carbon sequestration in the rain forest: alternatives using environmentally friendly biotechnology. Biota Neotropica 2(1): (http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v2n1/pt/item?point-of-view).

COMPLEXIDADE

BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2006) Emergence, degeneracy and redundancy properties of the plant cell wall. In: T. Hayashi, ed. The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell Wall: Biosynthesis, Structure and Function, Universal Publishers: BrownWalker Press

SOUZA, G.M. & BUCKERIDGE, M.S. (2004). Sistemas complexos: novas formas de ver a Botânica. Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 27(3): 407-419.

CAPÍTULOS DE LIVROS EM FISIOLOGIA VEGETAL

BUCKERIDGE, M.S. TINÉ, M.A.S., MINHOTO, M.J. & LIMA, D.U. (2004) Respiração. In: Fisiologia Vegetal, Gilberto B. Kerbauy (Eds.). Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro Cap. 7: 198-216.

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., AIDAR, M.P.M., SANTOS, H.P. & TINÉ, M.A. (2004) Acúmulo de Reservas. In: Germinação. Do básico ao aplicado. Alfredo Gui Ferreira & Fabian Borgheti (Eds.). Artmed, Porto Alegre pp.31-50.

BUCKERIDGE, M.S., SANTOS, H.P., TINÉ, M.A. & AIDAR, M.P.M. (2004) Mobilização de Reservas. In: Germinação. Do básico ao aplicado. Alfredo Gui Ferreira & Fabian Borgheti (Eds.). Artmed, Porto Alegre pp.163-185.