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Research groups

Research groups overview Developmental Biology

Cereal Symbiosis

Cereal Symbiosis overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs Public engagement

Chromatin and Memory

Chromatin and Memory overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Circadian Signal Transduction

Circadian Signal Transduction overview Group members Former group members Vacancies and PhDs

Crop Breeding Technologies

Crop Breeding Technologies overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Crop Pathogen Immunity

Crop Pathogen Immunity overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Crop Resilience

Crop Resilience overview Group Members Vacancies and PhDs

Ecosystem and Carbon Science

Ecosystem and Carbon Science overview Group members

Ecosystems and Global Change

Ecosystems and Global Change overview Group members

Environmental Plant Physiology

Environmental Plant Physiology overview Vacancies and PhDs

Group members

Group members overview Former Group Members

Epidemiology and Modelling

Epidemiology and Modelling overview Group members Partners and former group members Vacancies and PhDs

Evolution and Development

Evolution and Development overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs Public engagement

Evolution and Diversity

Evolution and Diversity overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Forest Ecology and Conservation

Forest Ecology and Conservation overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Gene Expression

Gene Expression overview Group members

Methods used by the group

Methods used by the group overview Sequence data PTV: a tobravirus vector VIGS protocol (pgR106/7) Suppressors of gene silencing Induction of systemic GFP gene silencing by Agrobacterium Small RNA Cloning Procedure

PVX expression vectors

PVX expression vectors overview Methods Sequences

Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants

Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Global Change Ecology

Global Change Ecology overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Global Coastal Wetlands

Global Coastal Wetlands overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Legume Crop Resilience and Quality

Legume Crop Resilience and Quality overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Molecular Physiology

Molecular Physiology overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Physiological Ecology

Physiological Ecology overview Former group members

Plant Metabolism

Plant Metabolism overview Group members Vacancies

Plant Molecular Engineering

Plant Molecular Engineering overview Group members

Plant Physiology and Symbiosis

Plant Physiology and Symbiosis overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Plant-Parasite Interactions

Plant-Parasite Interactions overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Quantitative Plant Health

Quantitative Plant Health overview Group members Vacancies and PhDs

Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Growth

Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Growth overview Group members

Transport

Transport overview Group members Vacancies And PhDs

Tropical ecology and conservation

Tropical ecology and conservation overview Group Members

Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology

Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology overview Group members Vacancies and MPhils

Research stories

Research stories overview Beneficial microbes: a blueprint for sustainable agriculture Understanding how wheat measures the days and the seasons Sustainable solutions to plant-nematode interactions How petal surfaces impact pollinator behaviour Unlocking nature's code for healthier crops Protecting the world’s timber supplies Exploring genetic and epigenetic structures of plant genomes Unlocking cellular decision making Improving crop yield through enhanced photosynthesis Dodging a silver bullet: preventing infectious disease Investigating the genetic basis of plant bioactives Reclaiming marginal agricultural lands for nature recovery Sex in plants – the contributions of Bradley and Thomas Fairchild

Undergraduate

Undergraduate overview Part IB Plant and microbial sciences Part II Plant sciences

Postgraduate

Postgraduate overview

Prospective students

Prospective students overview How to apply Available projects Funding

Postdocs

Postdocs overview New research staff

Impact

Impact overview Algal Innovation Centre Centre for Global Wood Security Conservation Research Institute Crop Science Centre Engineering Biology IRC Global Food Security IRC Herbarium Industry collaboration opportunities Plant Sciences Library Plants @ Cambridge Plants @ Cambridge Botanicon 3 July 2026

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Plant Sciences field course fund

Plant Sciences field course fund overview Tropical field course for Ecology: Angie's story Easter field courses: fun and fascinating Tropical field course for Ecology: Dan's story Tropical field course for Ecology: Sudina's story Plant and Microbial Sciences field course: Sofia's story

Tom ap Rees fund

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About us

About us overview
    History of the Department Equality, diversity and inclusion Sustainability commitment Join us Contact us

Research

    Research groups Research stories

Undergraduate

Undergraduate overview
    Part IB Plant and microbial sciences Part II Plant sciences

Postgraduate

Postgraduate overview
    Prospective students

Postdocs

Postdocs overview
    New research staff

Impact

Impact overview
    Algal Innovation Centre Centre for Global Wood Security Conservation Research Institute Crop Science Centre Engineering Biology IRC Global Food Security IRC Herbarium Industry collaboration opportunities Plant Sciences Library Plants @ Cambridge Plants @ Cambridge Botanicon 3 July 2026

Support Plant Sciences

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    Plant Sciences field course fund Tom ap Rees fund
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Mark Johns is the PGF Glasswashing Technician at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

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