Dr Maria Papanatsiou
- Research Associate (Molecular Biosciences)
                        email: 
                        Maria.Papanatsiou@glasgow.ac.uk
                    
Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology
Publications
2025
    
    Forbes, Liam, Papanatsiou, Maria, Palombo, Anna, Christie, John M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Amtmann, Anna 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X
  
(2025)
  
Optogenetic control of gene expression in the cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
    
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12,
	 
      1529022.
    
    (doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1529022)
     
     
  
  
2024
Busch, F. A. et al. (2024) A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls. Plant, Cell and Environment, 47(9), pp. 3344-3364. (doi: 10.1111/pce.14815) (PMID:38321805)
2022
Horaruang, W. et al. (2022) Engineering a K+ channel 'sensory antenna' enhances stomatal kinetics, water use efficiency and photosynthesis. Nature Plants, 8(11), pp. 1262-1274. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01255-2) (PMID:36266492)
2019
Papanatsiou, Maria (2019) MVApp flies its flag to the challenging frontier of multivariate data analysis. Plant Physiology, 180(3), pp. 1251-1252. (doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00454) (PMID:31253747)
    
    Papanatsiou, M., Petersen, J., Henderson, L., Wang, Y., Christie, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Blatt, M.R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2019)
  
Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth.
    
    Science, 363(6434),
	  pp. 1456-1459.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1126/science.aaw0046)
    (PMID:30923223) 
     
  
  
2017
    
    Wang, Yizhou, Hills, Adrian, Vialet-Chabrand, Silvere, Papanatsiou, Maria, Griffiths, Howard, Rogers, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-4477, Lawson, Tracy, Lew, Virgilio L. and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2017)
  
Unexpected connections between humidity and ion transport discovered using a model to bridge guard cell-to-leaf scales.
    
    Plant Cell, 29(11),
	  pp. 2921-2939.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00694)
    (PMID:29093213) 
     
  
  
    
    Cai, Shengguan, Papanatsiou, Maria, Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Chen, Zhong-Hua
  
(2017)
  
Speedy grass stomata: emerging molecular and evolutionary features.
    
    Molecular Plant, 10(7),
	  pp. 912-914.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.06.002)
    (PMID:28624545) 
     
  
  
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Amtmann, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2017)
  
Stomatal clustering in Begonia associates with the kinetics of leaf gaseous exchange and influences water use efficiency.
    
    Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(9),
	  pp. 2309-2315.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx072)
    (PMID:28369641) 
    (PMCID:PMC5447881) 
  
  
2016
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Amtmann, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2016)
  
Stomatal spacing safeguards stomatal dynamics by facilitating guard cell ion transport independent of the epidermal solute reservoir.
    
    Plant Physiology, 172(1),
	  pp. 254-263.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00850)
    (PMID:27406168) 
     
  
  
    
    Sullivan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Petersen, Jan, Blackwood, Lisa, Papanatsiou, Maria and Christie, John M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055
  
(2016)
  
Functional characterisation of Ostreococcus tauri phototropin.
    
    New Phytologist, 209(2),
	  pp. 612-623.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1111/nph.13640)
    (PMID:26414490) 
     
  
  
2015
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Scuffi, Denisse, Blatt, Mike R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Garia-Mata, Carlos
  
(2015)
  
Hydrogen sulphide regulates inward-rectifying K+ channels in conjunction with stomatal closure.
    
    Plant Physiology, 168(1),
	  pp. 29-35.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.114.256057)
    (PMID:25770153) 
    (PMCID:PMC4424018) 
  
  
2014
    
    Eisenach, Cornelia, Papanatsiou, Maria, Hillert, Ellin-Kristina and Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2014)
  
Clustering of the K+ channel GORK of Arabidopsis parallels its gating by extracellular K+.
    
    Plant Journal, 78(2),
	  pp. 203-214.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1111/tpj.12471)
    (PMID:24517091) 
    (PMCID:PMC4309415) 
  
  
2013
    
    Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645, Hills, Adrian, Chen, Zhong/Hua, Wang, Yizhou, Papanatsiou, Maria and Lew, Vigilio L.
  
(2013)
  
The conceptual approach to quantitative modeling of guard cells.
    
    Plant Signaling and Behavior, 8(1),
	  e22747.
     
    
    (doi: 10.4161/psb.22747)
     
     
  
  
2012
    
    Wang, Y., Papanatsiou, M., Eisenach, C., Karnik, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-4099, Williams, M., Hills, A., Lew, V.L. and Blatt, M.R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2012)
  
Systems dynamic modeling of a guard cell Cl- channel mutant uncovers an emergent homeostatic network regulating stomatal transpiration.
    
    Plant Physiology, 160(4),
	  pp. 1956-1967.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.112.207704)
     
     
  
  
Articles
    
    Forbes, Liam, Papanatsiou, Maria, Palombo, Anna, Christie, John M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Amtmann, Anna 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X
  
(2025)
  
Optogenetic control of gene expression in the cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
    
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12,
	 
      1529022.
    
    (doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1529022)
     
     
  
  
Busch, F. A. et al. (2024) A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls. Plant, Cell and Environment, 47(9), pp. 3344-3364. (doi: 10.1111/pce.14815) (PMID:38321805)
Horaruang, W. et al. (2022) Engineering a K+ channel 'sensory antenna' enhances stomatal kinetics, water use efficiency and photosynthesis. Nature Plants, 8(11), pp. 1262-1274. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01255-2) (PMID:36266492)
Papanatsiou, Maria (2019) MVApp flies its flag to the challenging frontier of multivariate data analysis. Plant Physiology, 180(3), pp. 1251-1252. (doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00454) (PMID:31253747)
    
    Papanatsiou, M., Petersen, J., Henderson, L., Wang, Y., Christie, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Blatt, M.R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2019)
  
Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth.
    
    Science, 363(6434),
	  pp. 1456-1459.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1126/science.aaw0046)
    (PMID:30923223) 
     
  
  
    
    Wang, Yizhou, Hills, Adrian, Vialet-Chabrand, Silvere, Papanatsiou, Maria, Griffiths, Howard, Rogers, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-4477, Lawson, Tracy, Lew, Virgilio L. and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2017)
  
Unexpected connections between humidity and ion transport discovered using a model to bridge guard cell-to-leaf scales.
    
    Plant Cell, 29(11),
	  pp. 2921-2939.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00694)
    (PMID:29093213) 
     
  
  
    
    Cai, Shengguan, Papanatsiou, Maria, Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Chen, Zhong-Hua
  
(2017)
  
Speedy grass stomata: emerging molecular and evolutionary features.
    
    Molecular Plant, 10(7),
	  pp. 912-914.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.06.002)
    (PMID:28624545) 
     
  
  
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Amtmann, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2017)
  
Stomatal clustering in Begonia associates with the kinetics of leaf gaseous exchange and influences water use efficiency.
    
    Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(9),
	  pp. 2309-2315.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx072)
    (PMID:28369641) 
    (PMCID:PMC5447881) 
  
  
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Amtmann, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-121X and Blatt, Michael R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2016)
  
Stomatal spacing safeguards stomatal dynamics by facilitating guard cell ion transport independent of the epidermal solute reservoir.
    
    Plant Physiology, 172(1),
	  pp. 254-263.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00850)
    (PMID:27406168) 
     
  
  
    
    Sullivan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Petersen, Jan, Blackwood, Lisa, Papanatsiou, Maria and Christie, John M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055
  
(2016)
  
Functional characterisation of Ostreococcus tauri phototropin.
    
    New Phytologist, 209(2),
	  pp. 612-623.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1111/nph.13640)
    (PMID:26414490) 
     
  
  
    
    Papanatsiou, Maria, Scuffi, Denisse, Blatt, Mike R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Garia-Mata, Carlos
  
(2015)
  
Hydrogen sulphide regulates inward-rectifying K+ channels in conjunction with stomatal closure.
    
    Plant Physiology, 168(1),
	  pp. 29-35.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.114.256057)
    (PMID:25770153) 
    (PMCID:PMC4424018) 
  
  
    
    Eisenach, Cornelia, Papanatsiou, Maria, Hillert, Ellin-Kristina and Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2014)
  
Clustering of the K+ channel GORK of Arabidopsis parallels its gating by extracellular K+.
    
    Plant Journal, 78(2),
	  pp. 203-214.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1111/tpj.12471)
    (PMID:24517091) 
    (PMCID:PMC4309415) 
  
  
    
    Blatt, Michael R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645, Hills, Adrian, Chen, Zhong/Hua, Wang, Yizhou, Papanatsiou, Maria and Lew, Vigilio L.
  
(2013)
  
The conceptual approach to quantitative modeling of guard cells.
    
    Plant Signaling and Behavior, 8(1),
	  e22747.
     
    
    (doi: 10.4161/psb.22747)
     
     
  
  
    
    Wang, Y., Papanatsiou, M., Eisenach, C., Karnik, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-4099, Williams, M., Hills, A., Lew, V.L. and Blatt, M.R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
  
(2012)
  
Systems dynamic modeling of a guard cell Cl- channel mutant uncovers an emergent homeostatic network regulating stomatal transpiration.
    
    Plant Physiology, 160(4),
	  pp. 1956-1967.
     
    
    (doi: 10.1104/pp.112.207704)