Professor Peter Meyer

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

Research interests

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

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

DipBiol, PhD 1986, Cologne.