Dr Bradley Campbell

Research Fellow

Centre for Horticultural Science
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
b.campbell2@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 52504

Overview

Dr Bradley Campbell has over 10 years’ experience in plant biotechnology research and since 2003 has held research positions focused on plant molecular genetics. His research involves the use of genomic tools for crop improvement, with an emphasis on the sustainable production of grain crops. Major focus is on the improvement of crops for food, feed and bio-industrial end-uses. For the past 5 years he has also been involved in hay fever studies, focused on metagenomics of the aerobiome of Australian climates and its links to allergy. Current projects involve the genotyping of the Pacific Islands in vitro taro collection for germplasm preservation and breeding purposes, investigation into infrared spectral cameras and their applicability to taro salinity screening, as well as a comphrehensive bio-geographic analysis of the urban Australian aerobiome and its links to allergic rhinitis.

Research Interests

  • Dr Bradley Campbell
    Genetic improvement of plants using molecular and genomics tools. Assistance in the understanding of allergy and hay fever in Australia via plant metabarcoding.

Research Impacts

- The genotyping of the taro core collection (2020) held by SPC (The Pacific Community) is a linchpin project, central to the conservation of this important traditional crop. The data generated from this project will be a key component to any breeding initiatives.

- Publication of Campbell et al. (2015) in JACI led to the sequencing of the total pollen transcriptome, proteome, and allergome of Johnson Grass a major sub-tropical allergen which led to the filing of a patent for future therapeutic use. US Patent App. 14/899,538; Johnson grass allergenic pollen proteins, encoding nucleic acids and methods of use; J Davies, B Campbell. This work is part of a greater initiative to create treatments for hay fever sufferers who have specific immune responses to tropical allergens.

- Publication of the Mace et al. (2013) Nature Communications paper led to the creation of the sorghum SNP database called SorGSD: http://sorgsd.big.ac.cn/ which is a valuable online web resource for bioinformatics research in cereal genetics.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland

Publications

  • Voss-Fels, Kai P., Robinson, Hannah, Mudge, Stephen R., Richard, Cecile, Newman, Saul, Wittkop, Benjamin, Stahl, Andreas, Friedt, Wolfgang, Frisch, Matthias, Gabur, Iulian, Miller-Cooper, Anika, Campbell, Bradley C., Kelly, Alison, Fox, Glen, Christopher, Jack, Christopher, Mandy, Chenu, Karine, Franckowiak, Jerome, Mace, Emma S., Borrell, Andrew K., Eagles, Howard, Jordan, David R., Botella, Jose R., Hammer, Graeme, Godwin, Ian D., Trevaskis, Ben, Snowdon, Rod J. and Hickey, Lee T. (2017). VERNALIZATION1 modulates root system architecture in wheat and barley. Molecular Plant, 11 (1), 226-229. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.10.005

  • Mace, Emma S., Tai, Shuaishuai, Gilding, Edward K., Li, Yanhong, Prentis, Peter J., Bian, Lianle, Campbell, Bradley C., Hu, Wushu, Innes, David J., Han, Xuelian, Cruickshank, Alan, Dai, Changming, Frere, Celine, Zhang, Haikuan, Hunt, Colleen H., Wang, Xianyuan, Shatte, Tracey, Wang, Miao, Su, Zhe, Li, Jun, Lin, Xiaozhen, Godwin, Ian D., Jordan, David R. and Wang, Jun (2013). Whole-genome sequencing reveals untapped genetic potential in Africa's indigenous cereal crop sorghum. Nature Communications, 4 (1) 2320, 2320.1-2320.8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3320

  • Campbell, B., Gilding, E., Lomas, V., Guru, P., Loo, D., Solley, G., Mari, A., Hill, M., Godwin, I. and Davies, J. M. (2013). The allergome, proteome and transcriptome of pollen from the prominent subtropical Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). World Allergy and Asthma Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and World Allergy Organization, Milan, Italy, 22 - 26 June 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/all.12247

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Featured Publications

  • Voss-Fels, Kai P., Robinson, Hannah, Mudge, Stephen R., Richard, Cecile, Newman, Saul, Wittkop, Benjamin, Stahl, Andreas, Friedt, Wolfgang, Frisch, Matthias, Gabur, Iulian, Miller-Cooper, Anika, Campbell, Bradley C., Kelly, Alison, Fox, Glen, Christopher, Jack, Christopher, Mandy, Chenu, Karine, Franckowiak, Jerome, Mace, Emma S., Borrell, Andrew K., Eagles, Howard, Jordan, David R., Botella, Jose R., Hammer, Graeme, Godwin, Ian D., Trevaskis, Ben, Snowdon, Rod J. and Hickey, Lee T. (2017). VERNALIZATION1 modulates root system architecture in wheat and barley. Molecular Plant, 11 (1), 226-229. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.10.005

  • Mace, Emma S., Tai, Shuaishuai, Gilding, Edward K., Li, Yanhong, Prentis, Peter J., Bian, Lianle, Campbell, Bradley C., Hu, Wushu, Innes, David J., Han, Xuelian, Cruickshank, Alan, Dai, Changming, Frere, Celine, Zhang, Haikuan, Hunt, Colleen H., Wang, Xianyuan, Shatte, Tracey, Wang, Miao, Su, Zhe, Li, Jun, Lin, Xiaozhen, Godwin, Ian D., Jordan, David R. and Wang, Jun (2013). Whole-genome sequencing reveals untapped genetic potential in Africa's indigenous cereal crop sorghum. Nature Communications, 4 (1) 2320, 2320.1-2320.8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3320

  • Campbell, B., Gilding, E., Lomas, V., Guru, P., Loo, D., Solley, G., Mari, A., Hill, M., Godwin, I. and Davies, J. M. (2013). The allergome, proteome and transcriptome of pollen from the prominent subtropical Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). World Allergy and Asthma Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and World Allergy Organization, Milan, Italy, 22 - 26 June 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/all.12247

Book Chapter

  • Mudge, Stephen R., Campbell, Bradley C., Mustapha, Nurazilah B. and Godwin, Ian D. (2016). Genomic approaches for improving grain quality of sorghum. The sorghum genome . (pp. 189-205) edited by Sujay Rakshit and Yi-Hong Wang. Springer, Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47789-3_10

  • Liu, Guoquan, Campbell, Bradley C. and Godwin, Ian D. (2014). Sorghum genetic transformation by particle bombardment. In Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado (Ed.), Cereal genomics: methods and protocols (pp. 219-234) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-715-0-18

  • Jewell, Margaret C., Campbell, Bradley C. and Godwin, Ian D. (2010). Transgenic plants for abiotic stress resistance. Transgenic Crop Plants. (pp. 67-132) edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Charles H. Michler, Albert G. Abbott and Timothy C. Hall. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-04812-8_2

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Campbell, Bradley, Godwin, Ian, Mace, Emma, Sukal, Amit, Waqainabete, Logo, Restall, Jemma and Smith, Millicent (2022). Ensuring the future of taro. TropAg International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.

  • Smith, Millicent, Campbell, Bradley, Restall, Jemma, Chapman, Scott, Godwin, Ian, Sukal, Amit and Guzzon, Filippo (2022). Phenotyping innovations to develop climate resilient taro. TropAg International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.

  • Proud, Christopher, Mitchell, Jaquie, Campbell, Bradley, Suzanti, Zuziana, Ovenden, Ben, Snell, Peter and Fukai, Shu (2019). Improving low-temperature tolerance in rice. Australian Society of Agronomy Conference 2019 Cells to Satellites, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 25-29 August 2019. http://www.agronomyaustraliaproceedings.org/: Australian Society of Agronomy.

  • Campbell, B., Al Kouba, J., Noor, M., Timbrell,, Gilding, E., Angel, N., Kemish, B., Massel, K., Hugenholz, P., Godwin, and Davies, J. M. (2019). Temporal changes in molecular aerobiome diversity by applying DNA metabarcode sequencing across the pollen season. Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergy-and-Clinical-Immunology (EAACI), Lisbon, Portugal, 1-5 June 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

  • Devadas, R., Vicendese, D., Erbas, B., Medek, D., Haberle, S. G., Newnham, R. M., Johnston, F. H., Beggs, P. J., Jaggard, A. K., Campbell, B., Burton, P. K., Katelaris, C. H., Newbigin, E., Thibaudon, M., Huete, A. R. and Davies, J. M. (2016). Remote sensing of phenology: a dynamic tool to inform allergenic grass pollen aerobiology. Meeting of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vienna Austria, 11-15 June 2016. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

  • Medek, Danielle, Vicendese, Don, Jaggard, Alison, Campbell, Bradley, Johnston, Fay, Godwin, Ian, Huete, Alfredo, Green, Brett, Newnham, Rewi, Bowman, David, Newbigin, Ed, Erbas, Bircan, Beggs, Paul, Haberle, Simon and Davies, Janet (2013). Regional and seasonal variation in airborne grass pollen levels between cities of Australia and New Zealand. 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), Perth, Australia, 11-13 September 2013. Malden, MA United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/imj.12252

  • Campbell, B., Gilding, E., Lomas, V., Guru, P., Loo, D., Solley, G., Mari, A., Hill, M., Godwin, I. and Davies, J. M. (2013). The allergome, proteome and transcriptome of pollen from the prominent subtropical Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). World Allergy and Asthma Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and World Allergy Organization, Milan, Italy, 22 - 26 June 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/all.12247

  • Lomas, Victoria, Guru, Preethi, Campbell, Bradley, Loo, Dorothy, Hill, Michelle, Godwin, Ian and Davies, Janet (2012). Novel pollen allergens of the subtropical Johnson grass (sorghum Halepense) that are important for allergic respiratory disease. Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 5–8 September 2012. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.

Other Outputs

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Note for students: Dr Bradley Campbell is not currently available to take on new students.

Current Supervision