Professor Peter Meyer

Position: Emeritus Professor
Areas of expertise: Plant Epigenetics; DNA methylation
Email: P.Meyer@leeds.ac.uk

Plant epigenetics and its role in transgene expression.

Epigenetics, chromatin, genome organisation, cytokinins, and transgenic plants.

Characterisation of chromatin factors involved in transcription, repair and recombination
The role of transgene integration regions in transgene expression
Removal of selectable marker genes from transgenic plants
Plant genes involved in repair and recombination
Cytokinin-mediated resistance against biotic stress
Cytokinin-mediated delay of senescence
Microarray-based analysis of cell-cycle genes and plastid genes
Activation tagging of plant genes