Research Group
|
Supervisors |
Research
Area |
| Comparative
Genomics |
Dr
Amber Alsop
|
The
marsupial genome - normal and abnormal chromosomes |
| Environmental
Biology
|
Dr
Josette Masle
Dr
Ricarda Jost
Dr
Oliver Berkowitz |
Molecular physiology of plant transpiration
efficiency (genes controlling the trade-off
between water loss and carbon fixation).
Genomics
and proteomic analysis of root mechanical stress
signalling in plants; adaptive effects on the
functioning of roots.
Molecular
and physiological evaluation of genes for drought
resistance (transgenic approach; DNA polymorphisms
associated to natural genetic variation in plant
performance).
Students will learn: RNA isolation, PCR techniques
including real time quantitative PCR, Southern
blots, protein electrophoresis, microscopy and
imaging techniques, root physiology, gas exchange |
| Functional Ecology |
Ass Prof Owen Atkin
|
Out of the darkness: predicting rates of respiration of illuminated
leaves. (joint supervision with Dr Joana Zaragoza-Castells)
How does phosphorus deficiency influence respiration rates in plant
species adapted to contrasting habitats?
Are there systematic differences among contrasting plant species in the
efficiency of respiratory energy production? (joint supervision with Prof Murray Badger) |
| Genomic
Interactions |
Dr
Georg Weiller |
Bioinformatics:
Genome data mining
Bioinformatics:
Computer programming for biologists |
| Dr
Michael Djordjevic |
Identifying new plants signals.
Using molecular biology and proteomic strategies
combined with bioassays to identify new active
activities. Exploring the role of bioflavonoids
as signal molecules.
Peptide hormones in plants
Exploring the role of secreted proteases
in the production of peptide signal molecules
Identifying bioactive molecules that bridge
the plant and animal systems (with Prof Parish
at the JCSMR)
Using mammalian bioassays to screen for
new drugs in plants.
Biofuels production from algae (with Dr Javier
Fernanzez-Velasco)
Screening for elite variants of single
celled algae to produce improved oils for biodiesel
production.
|
| Dr
Nijat Imin |
How to make embyros: Cellular
and molecular biology of the somatic embryogenesis
in model legume Medicago truncatula
How to make roots: In-vitro induction
of adventitious roots in model legume Medicago
truncatula |
| Molecular
Genetics and Evolution
|
Dr
Eldon Ball
Dr
David Hayward |
Coral
molecular biology and development |
| Dr. Ryszard Maleszka |
Molecular basis of learning and memory in the honeybee. Egigenetic control of queen bee development. |
| Dr
Ruth Arkell |
The initiation of forebrain development
in the mammalian embryo |
| Professor
Robert Saint |
Studying
genes that control how cells divide and migrate
in an animal embryo |
| Molecular
Plant Physiology
|
Prof
Murray Badger
Dr
Dean Price
Dr
Ben Long |
Proteomic
analysis of carboxysome proteins isolated from
cyanobacteria: micro-compartments that contain
Rubisco enzyme and form an integral part of the
CO 2 concentrating mechanism in cyanobacteria. |
| Dr
Dean Price
|
Climate Change Biology: Laboratory-based selection of variant forms of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters that are more suitable for engineering improvements in the water-use-efficiency in grain crops. |
| Dr
Spencer Whitney |
Studying
the CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, in coastal macroalgae
Molecular
and biochemical analysis of plants transplanted
with foreign or mutated versions of the CO2-fixing
enzyme, Rubisco
|
| Directed
evolution of CO2 fixing enzyme, Rubisco, in E.
coli towards novel physiological roles |
|
Prof von Caemmerer |
Studies
on the rate of stomatal opening under different
environments conditions. |
| Photobioenergetics
|
Dr.
Tom Wydrzynski |
Protein Engineering: Determination of the binding properties of various transition metals and porphoryin pigments to model proteins. |
| Dr Warwick Hiller |
Protein structure and function: How do they work so well? A study of light-activated proteins and their chemistry. |
| Prof
Fred Chow |
Studies
on kinetics of photosynthetic electron transfers
in leaves under different environmental conditions |
| Plant
Cell Biology
|
Prof
Adrienne Hardham
Dr Leila Blackman
|
Investigations of the infection
of plants by Phytophthora pathogens,
including cellular and molecular studies of spore
motility, adhesion and plant penetration |
| Dr
David Jones |
Agrobacterium
mediated transformation of the tomato leaf mould
fungus with fluorescent protein reporters.
The role of lipid transfer proteins in plant-fungal
interactions
Detection of interaction between teh tomato
I-3 resistence protein and the fusarium SIXI
protein |
| Visual
Sciences
|
Dr.
Ted Maddess
|
Human
visual function |
| Dr.
Ian Morgan
|
Visual
control of eye growth |
| Dr.
Jochen Zeil
|
Visually
guided behaviour, eye specialisations, and visual
ecology in insects and crabs |
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