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Simon Fraser University

Mala Fernando, Senior Lecturer

B.Sc. (Honors) University of Peradeniya; M.Sc., Ph. D. University of British Columbia

Contact Info

Office:778.782.5684
Locations
OfficeB9238
Emailfernando@sfu.ca

Research Interests

Current Teaching Program:

 

I have been involved in laboratory instruction and course development in the following courses:

    BISC 366 (Plant Eco-physiology)
    BISC 337 (Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants)
    BISC 429 (Experimental Techniques: Separation Methods)
    BISC 457 (Plant Molecular Biology and Biotec hnology)
    BISC 329 (Introduction to Experimental Techniques)

     

Selected Publications:

Glass, Anthony D.M. and Mala Fernando. 1992. Homeostatic processes for the maintenance of the K+ content of plant cells: a model. Israel Journal of Botany. 41: 145-166

Fernando, Mala C., J. Mehroke and A.D.M. Glass. 1992. De novo synthesis of plasma membrane and tonoplast polypeptides of barley roots during short-term K+ deprivation. Plant Physiology. 100: 1269-1276

Fernando, Mala C., J. Kulpa, M.Y. Siddiqi and A.D.M. Glass. 1990. Potassium dependent changes in the expression of membrane-associated proteins in barley roots. 1. Correlation with K+ (86Rb) influx and root K+ concentration. Plant Physiology. 92: 1128-1132