
Sanu Arora group
The focus of the Arora lab is to explore the natural diversity of the Pisum (pea) species for environmental resilience
Read about sanu arora groupWe are home to over 40 research groups, working on a variety of plant and microbial science research projects, led by our Group Leaders
The focus of the Arora lab is to explore the natural diversity of the Pisum (pea) species for environmental resilience
Read about sanu arora groupThe Balk lab explores how plants balance the uptake of iron with cellular and developmental demands
Read about janneke balk groupThe Banfield lab explores the structure and function of intracellular disease resistance proteins, plant receptors which detect non-self molecules released by pathogens on infection
Read about mark banfield groupJames Brown’s group studies the evolution of plant diseases, especially fungal diseases of crops and trees
Read about james brown groupResearch in the Buttner lab focuses on the biological processes underpinning Streptomyces sporulation, the master regulators that control these processes, and the regulatory networks that link them
Read about mark buttner groupThe Byers Group studies the evolution and diversification of floral scent at a wide range of scales, from genus-wide evolutionary patterns (lots of species) to floral scent evolution of pairs of species with different pollination systems
Read about kelsey byers groupThe Carella group’s research aims to better understand how the diversity of land plants defend against pathogen infection
Read about phil carella groupThe Charpentier group works on nuclear calcium signalling in plants and how these signals are produced in response to environmental and biological stimuli
Read about myriam charpentier groupThe Coen lab combine molecular, genetic, imaging, population, ecological and computational approaches to investigate how small groups of cells in microscopic buds turn themselves into the diverse flower and leaf shapes we see around us
Read about enrico coen groupThe Dean lab dissects mechanisms underlying epigenetic regulation of gene expression
Read about caroline dean groupThe Ding group investigates the role of RNA structure in gene regulation, such as translation, spicing and degradation
Read about yiliang ding groupThe Dixon group focuses on molecular understanding of biological nitrogen fixation in bacteria and its regulation in response to environmental cues
Read about ray dixon groupThe Dodd lab investigates the adaptation of plants to fluctuating environments, focusing on circadian regulation and signal transduction
Read about antony dodd groupThe Domoney group investigates the genetic basis for seed quality traits in legumes, using pea both as a research tool and as a crop which is important to UK agriculture
Read about claire domoney groupResearch in the Faulkner lab addresses how cell-to-cell communication in plants contributes to the initiation and execution of plant immune responses
Read about christine faulkner groupThe Feng group investigates epigenetic reprogramming in plant germlines
Read about xiaoqi feng groupThe Griffiths group studies height and flowering time in bread wheat and the genes which control the interaction between these traits to influence yield
Read about simon griffiths groupResearch in the Hogenhout group spans (functional) genomics, molecular genetics, entomology, plant pathology, virology, bacteriology, population biology and mechanistic modelling
Read about saskia hogenhout groupThe Howard group combines simple, predictive mathematical modelling with long-lasting experimental collaborations, to dissect complex biological phenomena
Read about martin howard groupMatt’s group works on the specialised metabolites made by Streptomyces species and closely related actinomycete bacteria, which include more than half of all known antibiotics
Read about matt hutchings groupTung Le’s group studies how the bacterial chromosome is organised spatially and segregated faithfully
Read about tung le groupThe Lomonossoff group uses nanotechnology to create virus-like particles which can be used for immune recognition and vaccine development
Read about george lomonossoff groupThe Malone group investigates how bacterial signal transduction pathways respond to inputs from the environment, and how this in turn regulates bacterial behaviour
Read about jacob malone groupThe Martin group works on biofortification and using plant metabolic engineering to enhance foods nutritionally
Read about cathie martin groupThe Maxwell lab investigates the structure and mechanism of DNA topoisomerases and associated proteins, with a particular emphasis on
Read about tony maxwell groupThe Miller group investigates plant nitrogen content and how a balance between nitrate and ammonium is facilitated by nitrogen transporters to maintain pH within the cell
Read about tony miller groupThe Moore group research aims to understand chromosome pairing within wheat and enable the incorporation of genes from wild relatives into the wheat genome
Read about graham moore groupThe Morris lab are interested in how plants carry out this information processing to guide their responses to external challenges
Read about richard morris groupThe Moubayidin group aims to reveal the mechanism at the cellular, molecular and genetic level that determines organ symmetry in plants
Read about laila moubayidin groupThe focus of the Nicholson lab’s research is on investigating the genetic basis of resistance to a number of pathogens of wheat and barley
Read about paul nicholson groupThe Osbourn group investigates plant natural product biosynthesis and a synthetic biology platform for rapid gram-scale production
Read about anne osbourn groupThe Østergaard group investigates the genetic and hormonal regulation of fruit development in the Brassicaceae family
Read about lars Østergaard groupThe Penfield group works to understand how weather and climate affect plant reproductive development and seed quality
Read about steve penfield groupThe Sablowski lab works on the genetics and cell biology of meristem and early organ development in the model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana and in related crop species
Read about robert sablowski groupThe Sanders group explores the transport of ions across plant cell membranes and the roles of ions in signalling and nutrient status
Read about dale sanders groupThe Saunders group focuses on (re-)emerging plant pathogens that pose a significant threat to agriculture
Read about diane saunders groupThe Schlimpert lab studies cell division and multicellular development in Streptomyces and related bacteria
Read about susan schlimpert groupThe Seung group aims to develop a full molecular understanding of how plants make starch
Read about david seung groupThe Smith group investigates the genetic, biochemical and molecular control of starch degradation in leaves and storage organs, and how this is coordinated with plant growth
Read about alison smith groupThe Richard Smith group's research uses mathematical and computer simulation techniques to investigate questions in plant development
Read about richard smith groupThe Truman group is focused on biosynthesis of natural products, genome-led discovery of new natural products and understanding the role of natural products in nature
Read about andy truman groupThe Uauy lab is focused on using genetics and genomics to improve both yield and quality components in wheat
Read about cristobal uauy groupThe Wilkinson group researches the discovery and biosynthesis of microbial natural products
Read about barrie wilkinson groupThe Wulff group explores the genetics of disease resistance in wheat and how microbial effector proteins, their host targets, and plant immune receptors co-evolve
Read about brande wulff groupThe Zilberman group studies cytosine methylation as a mechanism for epigenetic inheritance
Read about daniel zilberman group