Mrs Fernanda Lima Silva Alvim
- Research Assistant (Molecular Biosciences)
email:
Fernanda.LimaSilvaAlvim@gla.systa-s.com
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Publications
2026
Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Piro, Lucia, Santelia, Diana and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2026)
Guard cell starch and malate metabolism facilitate stomatal opening in response to low CO₂.
New Phytologist, 249(1),
pp. 189-197.
(doi: 10.1111/nph.70639)
(PMID:41074550)
2025
Alvim, Fernanda Lima Silva ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Alvim, Jonas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353, Hibberd, Julian M., Harvey, Andrew R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-1688 and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2025)
A C4 plant K+ channel accelerates stomata to enhance C3 photosynthesis and water use efficiency.
Plant Physiology, 197(2),
kiaf039.
(doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf039)
(PMID:39854630)
(PMCID:PMC11837344)
2024
Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L., Alvim, Jonas Chaves ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353, Harvey, Andy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-1688 and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2024)
Speedy stomata of a C4 plant correlate with enhanced K+ channel gating.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 47(3),
pp. 817-831.
(doi: 10.1111/pce.14775)
(PMID:38013592)
(PMCID:PMC10953386)
2023
Nguyen, Thanh-Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-2946, Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A. L., Hills, Adrian and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2023)
OnGuard3e: a predictive, ecophysiology‐ready tool for gas exchange and photosynthesis research.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 46(11),
pp. 3644-3658.
(doi: 10.1111/pce.14674)
(PMID:37498151)
Alvim, J. C. et al. (2023) The K/HDEL receptor does not recycle but instead acts as a Golgi-gatekeeper. Nature Communications, 14, 1612. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37056-0) (PMID:36959220) (PMCID:PMC10036638)
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)
2021
Jezek, M. et al. (2021) Guard cell endomembrane Ca2+-ATPases underpin a ‘carbon memory’ of photosynthetic assimilation that impacts on water-use efficiency. Nature Plants, 7(9), pp. 1301-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00966-2) (PMID:34326530)
Klejchova, Martina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-0791, Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Alvim, Jonas Chaves
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353
(2021)
Membrane voltage as a dynamic platform for spatio-temporal signalling, physiological and developmental regulation.
Plant Physiology, 185(4),
pp. 1523-1541.
(doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab032)
(PMID:33598675)
Articles
Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Piro, Lucia, Santelia, Diana and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2026)
Guard cell starch and malate metabolism facilitate stomatal opening in response to low CO₂.
New Phytologist, 249(1),
pp. 189-197.
(doi: 10.1111/nph.70639)
(PMID:41074550)
Alvim, Fernanda Lima Silva ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Alvim, Jonas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353, Hibberd, Julian M., Harvey, Andrew R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-1688 and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2025)
A C4 plant K+ channel accelerates stomata to enhance C3 photosynthesis and water use efficiency.
Plant Physiology, 197(2),
kiaf039.
(doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf039)
(PMID:39854630)
(PMCID:PMC11837344)
Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L., Alvim, Jonas Chaves ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353, Harvey, Andy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-1688 and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2024)
Speedy stomata of a C4 plant correlate with enhanced K+ channel gating.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 47(3),
pp. 817-831.
(doi: 10.1111/pce.14775)
(PMID:38013592)
(PMCID:PMC10953386)
Nguyen, Thanh-Hao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-2946, Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A. L., Hills, Adrian and Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645
(2023)
OnGuard3e: a predictive, ecophysiology‐ready tool for gas exchange and photosynthesis research.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 46(11),
pp. 3644-3658.
(doi: 10.1111/pce.14674)
(PMID:37498151)
Alvim, J. C. et al. (2023) The K/HDEL receptor does not recycle but instead acts as a Golgi-gatekeeper. Nature Communications, 14, 1612. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37056-0) (PMID:36959220) (PMCID:PMC10036638)
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)
Jezek, M. et al. (2021) Guard cell endomembrane Ca2+-ATPases underpin a ‘carbon memory’ of photosynthetic assimilation that impacts on water-use efficiency. Nature Plants, 7(9), pp. 1301-1313. (doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00966-2) (PMID:34326530)
Klejchova, Martina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-0791, Silva-Alvim, Fernanda A.L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4234, Blatt, Michael R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-4645 and Alvim, Jonas Chaves
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9353
(2021)
Membrane voltage as a dynamic platform for spatio-temporal signalling, physiological and developmental regulation.
Plant Physiology, 185(4),
pp. 1523-1541.
(doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab032)
(PMID:33598675)
