Publications
Refereed journal articles
- Thole V, Worland B, Wright J, Bevan MW, Vain P (2010) Distribution and characterization of more than 1000 T-DNA tags in the genome of Brachypodium distachyon community standard line Bd21. Plant Biotechnology Journal 8: 734–747
- Thole V, Alves SC, Worland B, Bevan MW, Vain P (2009) A protocol for efficiently retrieving and characterising Flanking Sequence Tags (FSTs) in Brachypodium distachyon T-DNA insertional mutants. Nature Protocols. 4:650-661.
- Alves SC, Worland B, Thole V, Snape JW, Bevan MW, Vain P (2009) A protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brachypodium distachyon community standard line Bd21. Nature Protocols. 4:638-649.
- Opanowicz M, Vain P, Parker D, Draper J and Doonan J (2008) Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass. Trends in Plant Science 13:172-177.
- Vain P, Worland B, Thole V, McKenzie N, Alves SC, Opanowicz M, Fish LJ, Bevan MW and Snape JW (2008) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the temperate grass Brachypodium distachyon (genotype Bd21) for T-DNA insertional mutagenesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal 6:236-245.
Poster presentation at conferences
- Schieszl K, Thole V, Worland B, and Vain P (2010) The pBrachyTRAP Vectors: New Tools for Promoter Trapping in Brachypodium Distachyon. Eucarpia – Cereals section meeting. Cambridge, UK, 6-8 April. P30.

- Thole V., Worland B., Wright J., Bevan M. W., Vain P. (2010) The pBrachyTAG vector system: New tools for Brachypodium functional genomics. Plant & Animal Genomes Conference XVIII, San Diego, USA January 9th-13h 2010, P333

- Thole, V., Worland, B., Wright, J., Bevan, M.W. and Vain, P. (2009) BrachyTAG: T-DNA insertional mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon (genotype Bd21). 8th Plant Genomics European Meetings, Lisbon, Portugal, 7th-10th October 2009. S3-P01.

- Thole V, Worland B, Bevan MW and Vain P (2009) An efficient method to retrieve and characterise Flanking Sequence Tags (FSTs) in Brachypodium distachyon T-DNA insertional mutants. Plant & Animal Genomes Conference XVII, January 10-14, San Diego, USA. Poster 249.

- Alves SC, Worland B, Thole V, Bevan MW, Snape JW and Vain P (2008) High throughput Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brachypodium distachyon (Line Bd21) for functional genomics. Plant & Animal Genomes Conference XVI, January 12-16, San Diego, USA. Poster 668.

- Alves SC, Worland B, Thole V, Bevan MW, Snape JW and Vain P (2007) High throughput Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brachypodium distachyon (Line Bd21) for functional genomics. Garnet Conference, September 10-11, Norwich, UK. Poster 37.

- Vain P, Worland B, Thole V, Fish L, Bevan MW and Snape JW (2007) Transformation of the Temperate Grass Brachypodium Distachyon (Line Bd21) Using the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Screenable Marker. Plant & Animal Genomes XV Conference, January 13-17, San Diego, USA. Poster 704.

Talks at conferences
- Vain P (2010) BrachyTAG: T-DNA Insertional Mutagenesis in Brachypodium Distachyon (Genotype Bd21). Eucarpia – Cereals section meeting, Cambridge, UK - Invited speaker.
- Vain P. (2010) "BrachyTAG: T-DNA tagging in Brachypodium distachyon (Genotype Bd21)" PAG-XVIII conference, San Diego, USA - Invited speaker
- Vain P. (2009) “BrachyTAG: T-DNA tagging in Brachypodium distachyon (Genotype Bd21)”. Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK - Seminar
- Vain P. (2008) “Transformation and T-DNA tagging in Brachypodium distachyon (BrachyTAG)”. Annual Science Meeting , John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK - Seminar
- Vain P. (2008) “Transformation and T-DNA tagging in Brachypodium distachyon (genotype Bd21)”. INRA, Versailles, France - Invited site seminar
- Vain P. and Vogel J. (2008) “Transformation and T-DNA tagging in Brachypodium distachyon”. PAG-XVI conference, San Diego, USA - Invited speaker
- Vain P. (2008) “Brachypodium transformation”. Brachypodium workshop, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK - Seminar
- Bevan M., McKenzie N., Vain P., Wright J. and Snape J. (2007) Developing Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental system for temperate grasses. Garnet Conference, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK - joint seminar