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Sixth formers explore plant sciences at Cambridge

1 July 2015

On 30 th June, Plant Sciences welcomed 23 lower sixth students to the Teaching Lab as part of the Corpus Christi's Northern Ireland Experiencing Cambridge Summer School. As well as hearing from John Carr and Elena Kazamia about the Natural Sciences Tripos and the wide range of opportunities open to science graduates they...

A bird's-eye view of forest recovery

30 June 2015

Airborne laser scanning is emerging as an important tool for forest monitoring. By firing 200,000 pulses of light each second, and measuring how long they take to reflect of surfaces, laser scanners construct exquisitely detailed 3-D images of objects. Working with the RSPB and Cambridge Conservation Initiative, the Forest...

Article called "Breakthrough" by Nucleic Acids Research

26 June 2015

Jake Harris, Seb Müller and David Baulcombe together with former colleague Attila Molnar have published an article that has been labelled as a "Breakthrough" by Nucleic Acids Research. The paper involves RNA regulators of gene expression in animals and plants. It reveals how previous methods of analysis give an incomplete...

Congratulations to Chris Gilligan and Jim Haseloff

15 June 2015

Chris Gilligan has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for "services to plant health in the field of epidemiology”. Jim Haseloff has been promoted to Professor with effect from October 2015. This is in recognition of his key contribution in developing the discipline of Plant Synthetic Biology.

Plant Sciences receives Green Impact Silver Award

12 June 2015

Last Wednesday, Martin Howes , Colin Denston and Simon West attended the Green Impact awards ceremony, hosted at the Sainsbury Lab. As hoped for, the department received the Silver award to add to the Bronze award achieved in 2012. The student auditors that visited the department were impressed with the widespread...

Solving the genetic origin of betalain pigmentation

2 June 2015

All land plants are pigmented by flavonoids and their anthocyanin derivatives, with one exception. In the order Caryophyllales, which contains the colourful beetroot, anthocyanins have been replaced with a pigment type called Betalains. Collaborative research between the Brockington Lab and colleagues at the University of...

Dr Nik Cunniffe wins Pilkington Teaching Prize 2015

22 May 2015

Congratulations to Dr Nik Cunniffe who has been awarded one of the University’s Pilkington Teaching Awards for 2015. This is in recognition of Nik’s outstanding contribution to explaining the delights of mathematical biology to undergraduates. Since his appointment as a Lecturer in 2008 he has taught mathematical modelling...

Cambridge seminar on food security, May 2015

18 May 2015

CambPlants and Global Food Security strategic initiative supported the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA) East Anglia Branch and the Cambridge Humanitarian Centre seminar on the theme of Assuring food security to 2050, including implications for climate change and biodiversity loss. Papers are presented by Dr Bojana...

Microbial consortia preserved for industrial biotechnology

13 May 2015

Microalgae is a hugely diverse group with a significant biotechnology potential, particularly in the cosmeceutical and nutraceutical market. But we still have much to learn about their biology and exploitability. Prof. Alison Smith’s group in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge have been looking into...

EUSynBioS: growing networks in Synthetic Biology

11 May 2015

The European Association of Students and Postdocs in Synthetic Biology (EUSynBioS) founded and chaired by Department of Plant Sciences Postgraduate Student Christian R. Boehm continues to attract international attention. Half a year after its establishment, the student-led initiative embraces a membership base of several...

Sixth formers explore plant sciences at Cambridge

A bird's-eye view of forest recovery

Article called "Breakthrough" by Nucleic Acids Research

Congratulations to Chris Gilligan and Jim Haseloff

Plant Sciences receives Green Impact Silver Award

Solving the genetic origin of betalain pigmentation

Dr Nik Cunniffe wins Pilkington Teaching Prize 2015

Cambridge seminar on food security, May 2015

Microbial consortia preserved for industrial biotechnology

EUSynBioS: growing networks in Synthetic Biology

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