Contact Information

Office: 

LIFE B318

Phone: 

940-565-2975

E-mail Address: 

bgayre@unt.edu

UNT Faculty Profile: 

https://faculty.unt.edu/editprofile.php?onlyview=1&pid=1356

Website: 

http://biology.unt.edu/ayre

Dr. Brian Ayre teaches classes in the following subjects: biology, plant physiology and biochemistry.

Degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy, in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, University of Alberta
• Bachelor of Science in genetics program (Honors), University of Manitoba

Experience:

Ayre's specific research projects are in the following topics:

•  Plant physiology and biotechnology
• Molecular biology of nutrient transport and carbon partitioning
• Plant productivity
• Long-distance signaling in flowering and plant architecture

Selected Publications:

The following are the most recent publications of Allen's:

• Accepted/In-press: Manipulating plant architecture with phosphatidylethanolamine binding proteins (Plant Science 2012). 
• Submitted: Geminivirus-mediated delivery of florigen promotes determinate growth in aerial organs and uncouples flowering from photoperiod in cotton (Public Library of Science 2012).
• Overexpression of fatty acid amide hydrolase induces early flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana (Frontiers in Plant Physiology 2012).