Research Group
Crop Sciences based at the Crop Science Centre
Biography
I lead and manage the delivery and continuous improvement of the Crop Science Centre Scientific Services, including Labs, Horticultural Facility and Microscopy Facility. I am a senior researcher with broad experience in molecular genetics, synthetic biology, bioimaging, morphogenesis and plant development.
As Deputy Safety Officer, I manage the implementation of safety procedures. I facilitate the achievement of wider ambitions from the UoC on creating a positive and inclusive Research Culture, improving Scientific Facilities connectivity, developing the Technician Commitment and ensuring good Data Management practices.
Key Publications
‘The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia’, (2024), The Plant Cell.
'Systematic Tools for Reprogramming Plant Gene Expression in a Simple Model, Marchantia polymorpha', (2020), ACS Synthetic Biology.
'JAGGED controls Arabidopsis petal growth and shape by interacting with a divergent polarity field', (2013), PLoS Biology.
'Transient gibberellin application promotes Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl cell elongation without maintaining transverse orientation of microtubules on the outer tangential wall of epidermal cells', (2011), The Plant Journal.
'A mutant impaired in the production of plastome-encoded proteins uncovers a mechanism for the homeostasis of isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes in Arabidopsis plastids', (2008), The Plant Cell.
