Plant Science Themes

Plant molecular genetics and developmental/cell biology

Name	Area of expertise
Professor Alison Baker Professor in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology	Peroxisomes: Biogenesis, Protein Import and Function
Dr Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso Lecturer in Plant Sciences	Symplastic communication in root development
Dr Tom Bennett University Academic Fellow	Plant hormonal signalling, Control of shoot architecture, Root development
Dr Andrew Cuming Senior Lecturer	Evolution of gene function, ABA signalling and desiccation tolerance, Gene targeting
Professor Brendan Davies Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation, Professor of Plant Development	Study of plant development using molecular genetics and genomics
Professor Jurgen Denecke Professor of Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnology	Plant cell secretory pathway
Professor Christine Foyer Professor in Plant Science
Dr Stefan Kepinski Senior Lecturer	Auxin and plant development
Professor Paul Knox Professor of Plant Cell Biology	Plant cell walls
Professor Peter Meyer Professor of Plant Genetics	Plant epigenetics and its role in transgene expression
Professor Peter Urwin Professor of Plant Nematology
Dr Christopher West Senior Lecturer	DNA double strand break repair in Arabidopsis