May 2013 - present: Lecturer, Dept. of Molecular biology and Biotechnology, Sheffield, UK 2009 - 2013: Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 2002 - 2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK 1998 - 2002: PhD Student, University of York, UK 1996 - 1998: Research Technician, University of Leicester, UK

Molecular mechanisms regulating plant development with a particular focus on linking miRNA and hormonal pathways in plant stem cells. Understanding how meristematic cells are programmed will contribute to improving crop productivity.

Simonini S, Deb J, Moubayidin L, Stephenson P, Valluru M, Freire-Rios A, Sorefan K, Weijers D, Friml J & Østergaard L (2016) A noncanonical auxin-sensing mechanism is required for organ morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Genes and Development, 30, 2286-2296. View this article in WRRO Jiang K, Sorefan K, Deeks MJ, Bevan MW, Hussey PJ & Hetherington AM (2012) The ARP2/3 complex mediates guard cell actin reorganization and stomatal movement in Arabidopsis.. Plant Cell, 24(5), 2031-2040. Sorefan K, Pais H, Hall AE, Kozomara A, Griffiths-Jones S, Moulton V & Dalmay T (2012) Reducing ligation bias of small RNAs in libraries for next generation sequencing.. Silence, 3(1), 4. View this article in WRRO Fuentes S, Ljung K, Sorefan K, Alvey E, Harberd NP & Østergaard L (2012) Fruit growth in Arabidopsis occurs via DELLA-dependent and DELLA-independent gibberellin responses.. Plant Cell, 24(10), 3982-3996. Mohorianu I, Schwach F, Jing R, Lopez-Gomollon S, Moxon S, Szittya G, Sorefan K, Moulton V & Dalmay T (2011) Profiling of short RNAs during fleshy fruit development reveals stage-specific sRNAome expression patterns.. Plant J, 67(2), 232-246. Girin T, Paicu T, Stephenson P, Fuentes S, Körner E, O'Brien M, Sorefan K, Wood TA, Balanzá V, Ferrándiz C, Smyth DR & Østergaard L (2011) INDEHISCENT and SPATULA interact to specify carpel and valve margin tissue and thus promote seed dispersal in Arabidopsis.. Plant Cell, 23(10), 3641-3653. Arnaud N, Girin T, Sorefan K, Fuentes S, Wood TA, Lawrenson T, Sablowski R & Østergaard L (2010) Gibberellins control fruit patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana.. Genes Dev, 24(19), 2127-2132. Girin T, Sorefan K & Ostergaard L (2009) Meristematic sculpting in fruit development.. J Exp Bot, 60(5), 1493-1502. Sorefan K, Girin T, Liljegren SJ, Ljung K, Robles P, Galván-Ampudia CS, Offringa R, Friml J, Yanofsky MF & Østergaard L (2009) A regulated auxin minimum is required for seed dispersal in Arabidopsis.. Nature, 459(7246), 583-586. Li Y (2006) Establishing glucose- and ABA-regulated transcription networks in Arabidopsis by microarray analysis and promoter classification using a Relevance Vector Machine. Genome Research, 16(3), 414-427. Sorefan K (2003) MAX4 and RMS1 are orthologous dioxygenase-like genes that regulate shoot branching in Arabidopsis and pea. Genes & Development, 17(12), 1469-1474.