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Department of Plant Sciences
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Cereal Symbiosis
Cereal Symbiosis overview
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Chromatin and Memory
Chromatin and Memory overview
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Circadian Signal Transduction
Circadian Signal Transduction overview
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Development and Reproduction
Development and Reproduction overview
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Developmental Biology
Disturbance ecology and ecosystem function
Disturbance ecology and ecosystem function overview
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Ecosystems and Global Change
Ecosystems and Global Change overview
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Environmental Plant Physiology
Environmental Plant Physiology overview
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Epidemiology and Modelling
Epidemiology and Modelling overview
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Evolution and Development
Evolution and Development overview
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Group members overview
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Evolution and Diversity
Evolution and Diversity overview
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UK Plant Evolution 2016
UK Plant Evolution 2016 overview
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Forest Ecology and Conservation
Forest Ecology and Conservation overview
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Warren Bentley
Laura Spence
David Wright
Natalia Vizcaino Palomar
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Lorenzlidar
Case Studentship
Geiger Professor of Crop Sciences
Geiger Professor of Crop Sciences overview
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Gene Expression
Gene Expression overview
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Methods used by the group
Methods used by the group overview
PVX expression vectors
PVX expression vectors overview
Methods
Sequences
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
Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants
Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants overview
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Machine Learning and Complex Networks
Machine Learning and Complex Networks overview
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Molecular Physiology
Molecular Physiology overview
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Physiological Ecology
Physiological Ecology overview
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Group members overview
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Plant Metabolism
Plant Metabolism overview
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Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions
Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions overview
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Synthetic Biology for engineering plant growth
Synthetic Biology for engineering plant growth overview
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Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology
Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology overview
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Transport
Transport overview
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Research themes overview
Cell function & responses to environment
Developmental biology & signalling
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Ecosystem function and conservation
Evolution and diversity
Microbiology & biotic interactions
Plant pathology and epidemiology
Systems and mathematical biology
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Undergraduate
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Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences
Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences overview
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Field course in Portugal
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Career opportunities overview
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Plants & microbes - equality & diversity
Part II Plant Sciences
Part II Plant Sciences overview
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Published project data overview
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List of available projects overview
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Improving Yield Stability in Wheat: New Tools for Analysis and Understanding
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People Nik Cunniffe
Department of Plant Sciences
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Harvey Armstrong
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Rachel Murray-Watson
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Nick Taylor
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Nicholas Fradgley
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Flora Donald
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Dr Nik Cunniffe
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Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology
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