Excellence in plant and microbial science
Faced by climate change, and our ever-increasing agricultural demands, what can we do to improve crops being grown? Liz Chapman is working on improving wheat yields by investigating the length of time the crops stay green
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The famous experiments of the 19th century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel set down universal laws that still underpin the field of genetics
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Dr Antony Dodd's research covers circadian rhythm and signalling in plants, we asked him how do plants tell the time and do plants suffer from jet lag?
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Fourteen researchers from eight European countries came together to attend a workshop providing training in genomics-based, pathogen diagnostic and surveillance techniques as part of the Horizon2020-funded RustWatch program
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Genotyping is looking at specific, differences within a population of plants, and within specific areas of their genome, so that you can then use those selected areas of a plant’s genome in plant breeding
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Researchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to soil pathogens
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The secret recipe nature uses to make the diverse leaf shapes we see everywhere around us has been revealed in research
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It is understood that a process called Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays an important role in the formation of membraneless organelles, but how is this important process regulated?
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The team used a combination of 3D imaging, cell and clonal analysis and computational modelling to understand how carnivorous plant traps are shaped, showing how Utricularia gibba traps grow from a near spherical ball of cells into a mature trap capable of capturing prey
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