Brian William Wilson Grout

Biography

BSc in Botany & Cell Biology, Kings College, Univ. of London, 1969. PhD in Plant Biotechnology at University of Nottingham, 1973

Research Interest

Scientific & Technical Publications Professor Brian W.W. Grout As of 10.06.2009: 93 peer-reviewed publications 42 books and contributions to edited volumes 29 published conference abstracts and/or proceedings Peer reviewed publications 1. Willison, J.H.M., Grout, B.W.W. and Cocking, E.C. A mechanism for the pinocytosis of latex spheres by isolated tomato fruit protoplasts. Bioenergetics 2, 371-382,1971 2. Grout, B.W.W., Willison, J.H.M. and Cocking, E.C. Interactions at the surface of plant cell protoplasts: an electrophoretic and freeze-etch study. Bioenergetics 4, 585-602,1972 3. Grout, B.W.W. and Coutts, R.H.A. Additives for the enhancement of fusion and endocytosis in higher plant protoplasts: an electrophoretic study. Plant Science Letters 2, 397-403, 1974 4.Coutts, R.H.A. and Grout, B.W.W. Early stages in the cell wall regeneration of tobacco mesophyll protoplasts: an electrophoretic study. Plant Science Letters 4, 103-107, 19755. Grout, B.W.W. Cellulose microfibril deposition at the plasmalemma surface of regenerating tobacco mesophyll protoplasts: a deep-etch study. Planta 123, 275-282, 1975 6. Grout, B.W.W. Wax development on the leaf surface of Brassica oleracea regenerated from meristem culture. Plant Science Letters 5, 401-405 1975 7. Grout, B.W.W., Chan, K. W. and Simpkins, I. Aspects of growth and metabolism in a suspension culture of Acer pseudoplatanus L. grown on a glycerol carbon source. J. Exp. Bot. 27, 77-86,1976 8. Grout, B.W.W. and Aston, M.J. Transplanting of cauliflower plants regenerated from meristem culture 1. Water loss and water transfer related to changes in leaf wax and xylem regeneration. Hort. Res. 17, 1-7, 1977 9. Grout, B.W.W. and Aston, M.J. Transplanting of cauliflower plants regenerated from meristem culture 2. Carbon dioxide fixation and the development of photosynthetic ability. Hort.Res.17, 65-71,197710. Grout, B.W.W., Westcott, R.J. and Henshaw, G.G. Scanning electron microscope studies of multiple shoot production by meristem tip cultures of Solanum x curtilobum. Ann. Bot. 41, 1113-1116, 1977  22. Grout, B.W.W. and Henshaw, G.G. Structural observations on the growth of potato shoot-tip cultures after thawing from liquid nitrogen. Ann. Bot. 46, 243-248, 1980 23.Grout, B.W.W. and Williams, A.C. Extra-f1oral nectaries in the genus Dioscorea. Ann. Bot. 46, 255-258 24. Grout, B.W.W. and Crisp, P.C. The origin and nature of shoots derived from caulif1ower roots. J. Hort. Sci. 55, 65-70, 1980 25. Grout, B.W.W., Morris, J.G. and Clarke, A. Changes in the plasmalemma of Chlamydomonas following freezing and thawing. Cryoletters 1, 251-256, 1980 26. Morris, G.J., Clarke, A.C. and Grout, B.W.W. The cryopreservation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and studies on the biochemistry of freezing injury. Cryobiology 17, 624, 1980 27. Holmstrom, W. F., Grout, B.W.W. and Morgan, E. Preliminary observations on the low temperature tolerance of the estuarine amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas). Cryoletters 2, 129-134, 1981 28. Castledine, P., Grout, B.W.W. and Roberts, A. V. Cuticular resistance to Diplocarpon rosae. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 77, 29-39, 1981 29. Pritchard, H. W., Grout, B.W.W, Reid, D.S. and Short, K. C. An investigation into the effects of growth under water stress on the structure, metabolism and cryopreservation of cultured sycamore cells. Hoppe-Seylers Zeitschrift fur Physiol. Chem. 362, 1190-1191, 1981 30. Grout, B.W.W., Shelton, K., Cou1son, G. and Morris, G.J. Changes in the metabolism and structure of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CW15+) following freezing and thawing. Cryoletters 2, 393 -400, 1981 31. Grout, B.W.W. and Morris, G.J. Aspects of the involvement of membranes in cryo-injury. Zeitschrift Probl. Haematol. Transfusion and Transplantation 8, 81-87, 1981 32. Fuller, B.J. and Grout, B.W.W. Cryopreservation of organ-derived cells for transplantation. Zeitschrift Probl. Haematol. Transfusion and Transplantation 8, 871-87, 1981 33. Grout, B.W.W. and Fuller, B.J. Hepatocyte plasma membrane response to hypertonic stress and related cell viability. Cryoletters 3, 51-56.1982 34. Weatherhead, M.A., Grout, B.W.W. and Short, K.C. Increased haploid production in Saintpaulia ionantha by anther culture. Scientia Hort. 17, 137-144. 1982 35. Fuller, B.J. Grout, B.W.W. and Woods. R.J. Biochemical and ultrastructural examination of cryopreserved hepatocytes in rat. Cryobiology 19, 493-502, 1982