Professor Cristobal Uauy
Group Leader Building Robustness in Crops (BRiC), Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW)
The Uauy lab is focused on using genetics and genomics to improve both yield and quality components in wheat.
Their research comes under three main areas;
The lab uses molecular genetic approaches to identify genes involved in wheat productivity traits and enhance the translation of this knowledge into improved varieties for industry and consumers.
They aim to understand the mechanisms by which these genes function in order to develop the most rational strategies to deploy these genes into commercial varieties.
Selected Publications
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Adamski N,Simmonds J,Brinton J,Backhaus A,Chen Y,Smedley M,Hayta S,Florio T,Crane P,Scott P,Pieri A,Hall O,Barclay J.,Clayton M,Doonan J,Nibai C,Uauy C (2021)Ectopic Expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 Underlies Elongated Glumes and Grains in Hexaploid Wheat in a Dosage-Dependent MannerThe Plant CellPublisher's version: 1532-298X
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Chen Y, Liu Y, Zhang J, Torrance A, Watanabe N, Adamski NM, Uauy (2022)The Triticum ispahanicum elongated glume locus P2 maps to chromosome 6A and is associated with the ectopic expression of SVP-A1.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte GenetikPublisher's version: 0040-5752
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Backhaus A, Lister A, Tompkins M, Adamski N, Simmonds J, Macaulay I, Morris RJ, Haerty W, Uauy (2022)High expression of the MADS-box gene VRT2 increases the number of rudimentary basal spikelets in wheatPlant Physiology (10.1093)Publisher's version: 10.1093/plphys/kiac156
Opportunities
We do not have current openings, but enquiries to join the group from interested Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Scientists are always welcomed.
Fellowship and PhD studentship positions can potentially be funded by the BBSRC, EU or John Innes Centre.