Dr Robert Caine

School of Biosciences

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr Rob Caine
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b.caine@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0079
Alfred Denny Building

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Dr Robert Caine
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • Research Associate (Remote sensing and crop biotechnology), Holly Croft lab, ±¬ÁÏTV, UK (2021-)
  • GCRF Research Fellow (Fortifying rice performance in response to climate change), ±¬ÁÏTV, UK (2019-2021)
  • Research Associate (Genetic alterations to rice stomatal development to improve drought tolerance and water-use), Julie Gray lab, Sheffield, UK (2016-2019)
  • PhD (Stomatal Development and Evolution), ±¬ÁÏTV, UK (2012-2016)
  • BSc (Biology and Japanese combined honours) , Oxford Brookes University, UK (2008-2012)
Research interests

I am interested in increasing the water-use and photosynthetic performance of crops when grown under climatic conditions predicted to occur within the next 50 to 100 years. This focus is centred around how we can adjust stomata above-ground and roots below ground to ultimately maximise future yields. I have extensive research experience in working with rice and wheat and have previously worked in the fields of stomatal development and land plant evolution.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Caine RS, Khan MS, Brench RA, Walker HJ & Croft HL (2024) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(9), 3494-3513.
  • Caine RS, Harrison EL, Sloan J, Flis PM, Fischer S, Khan MS, Nguyen PT, Nguyen LT, Gray JE & Croft H (2023) . New Phytologist.
  • Bertolino LT, Caine RS, Zoulias N, Yin X, Chater CCC, Biswal A, Quick WP & Gray JE (2022) . Plant and Cell Physiology, 63(11), 1679-1694.
  • Pitaloka MK, Caine RS, Hepworth C, Harrison EL, Sloan J, Chutteang C, Phunthong C, Nongngok R, Toojinda T, Ruengphayak S , Arikit S et al (2022) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
  • Pitaloka MK, Harrison EL, Hepworth C, Wanchana S, Toojinda T, Phetluan W, Brench RA, Narawatthana S, Vanavichit A, Gray JE , Caine RS et al (2021) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 12.
  • Caine RS, Chater CCC, Fleming AJ & Gray JE (2020) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
  • Buckley CR, Caine RS & Gray JE (2020) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
  • Mohammed U, Caine RS, Atkinson JA, Harrison EL, Wells D, Chater CC, Gray JE, Swarup R & Murchie EH (2019) . Sci Rep, 9(1), 14827.
  • Mohammed U, Caine RS, Atkinson JA, Harrison EL, Wells D, Chater CC, Gray JE, Swarup R & Murchie EH (2019) . Scientific Reports, 9.
  • Bertolino LT, Caine RS & Gray JE (2019) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
  • Caine RS, Yin X, Sloan J, Harrison EL, Mohammed U, Fulton T, Biswal AK, Dionora J, Chater CC, Coe RA , Bandyopadhyay A et al (2019) . New Phytologist, 221(1), 371-384.
  • Hepworth C, Caine RS, Harrison EL, Sloan J & Gray JE (2018) . Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 41, 1-7.
  • Srivastava AK, Zhang C, Caine RS, Gray J & Sadanandom A (2017) . Plant Journal, 92(6), 1031-1043.
  • Chater C, Caine RS, Fleming AJ & Gray JE (2017) . Plant Physiology , 174(2), 624-638.
  • Chater CC, Caine RS, Tomek M, Wallace S, Kamisugi Y, Cuming AC, Lang D, MacAlister CA, Casson S, Bergmann DC , Decker EL et al (2016) . Nature Plants, 2.
  • Caine R, Chater CC, Kamisugi Y, Cuming AC, Beerling DJ, Gray JE & Fleming AJ (2016) . Development.
  • Caine RS, Khan MS, Shan Y, Osborne CP & Croft HL () . New Phytologist.

Other

  • Cunningham ST, Bryant RG, Khan MS, Caine RS, Edmondson J, Absalom ECP, Turner A, Blackman R & Croft H (2025) .
  • Croft H, Caine R & Khan M (2025) .
  • Caine R, Berry P, Storer K & Croft H (2025) .
  • Khan MS, Caine RS, Morrison R & Croft HL (2025) .

Preprints

  • Caine RS, Berry PM, Storer KE & Croft HL (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Caine RS, Khan MS, Shan Y, Osborne CP & Croft HL (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Caine RS, Khan MS, Brench RA, Walker HJ & Croft HL (2023) , Wiley.
  • Caine RS, Harrison EL, Sloan JM, Flis PM, Fischer S, Phuoc NT, Lang NT, Gray JE & Croft HL (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Pitaloka MK, Caine RS, Hepworth C, Harrison EL, Sloan J, Chutteang C, Phuntong C, Nongngok R, Toojinda T, Ruengpayak S , Arikit S et al (2021) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.