Research

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Martin Hodson</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Martin Hodson"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>RESEARCH</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="minerals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plants and minerals"><U><B>Plants and minerals</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="tempponds.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Temporary Ponds"><U><B>Temporary Ponds</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="soilseia.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soils and EIA"><U><B>Soils and EIA</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="microanalysis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Xray microanalysis"><U><B>X-ray microanalysis</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="publications.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U><B>Publications</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Research</I></div> <div> Much of my research concerns the mineral relations of higher plants and now concentrates on two elements- aluminium (aluminum in the US!) and silicon. Many aspects of my work involve electron microscopy, and particularly x-ray microanalysis, which is a technique for the localisation of mineral elements at the cellular and subcellular level. My interests in plant mineral relations have led me to collaborate with scientists from a variety of disciplines- chemistry, archaeology, cancer research, food science. One area which arose from my teaching is my work on soils and environmental impact assessment. My other area of interest is a collaboration with the  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/pondaction/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/pondaction/"><U>Ponds Conservation Trust</U></A></FONT>, looking at the biology of temporary ponds. I also provide a complete listing of my publications to date.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/bms/research/hodson.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/bms/res"><U><B>Link to My Brookes Research Page</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>