Birmingham based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Dr Marco Catoni	Epigenetics contribution to plant genome evolutionLink opens in a new window
Dr Lindsey Compton	Understanding genetic mechanisms of complex traits to improve potato breedingLink opens in a new window
Professor Dan Gibbs	Build or destroy? Investigating how plants connect protein synthesis and degradation during mRNA translation to regulate protein qualityLink opens in a new window
Professor Dan Gibbs	From start to finish: Investigating functions for the N-degron pathway of proteolysis in controlling plant development and stress responseLink opens in a new window
Dr Graeme Kettles	Understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant disease resistanceLink opens in a new window
Dr Estrella Luna-Diez	Impact of increasing environmental CO2 on plant immunityLink opens in a new window
Professor Zewei Luo	Ploidy driven change in meiotic recombination frequencyLink opens in a new window
Professor Zewei Luo	Methods for quantitative genetic analyses in autotetraploidsLink opens in a new window
Dr Megan McDonald	Chromosomal plasticity and horizontal gene transfer in plant pathogenic fungiLink opens in a new window
Dr Andrew Plackett & Dr Graeme Kettles	Identifying genetic regulators of reproductive transitions in evolutionarily-divergent trees to facilitate rapid breedingLink opens in a new window
Professor Zhibing Zhang	Co-encapsulation of bacteria and fungi as biopesticides for dual pest and disease controlLink opens in a new window

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Harper Adams based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Professor Dawn Arnold	Effector gene persistence in bacterial plant pathogensLink opens in a new window
Dr Matthew Back	Development of novel plant breeding and biological strategies for the protection of parsnips and carrots from free living plant parasitic nematodesLink opens in a new window
Dr Andrew Beacham	How Do Crops Respond to Combined Biotic and Abiotic Stress? – Implications for Integrated Pest ManagementLink opens in a new window
Dr Ed Harris	Rapid, continuous monitoring for farming and ecological diversity best practice for hedgerows and field margins: an artificial intelligence approachLink opens in a new window
Dr Simon Jeffery	The impact of conservation agriculture on above-belowground interactionsLink opens in a new window
Professor Peter Kettlewell	Physiology of potato tubers disorders from heat and drought-stressed cropsLink opens in a new window
Professor Peter Kettlewell	Physiology of fruit growth and ripening in strawberryLink opens in a new window
Dr Nicola Randall	Productivity, natural pest control, and arable plants in population wheat. What are the tradeoffs compared with single varieties?Link opens in a new window
Dr Joe Roberts	Developing novel biostimulant products based on Black Soldier Fly by-products for sustainable agricultureLink opens in a new window
Dr Joe Roberts	Incorporating silicon-based bioproducts into crop protection programmes to improve agricultural sustainabilityLink opens in a new window
Dr Simon Segar	Drivers of chemical diversity, niche-partitioning and insect resistance in cultivated and wild species of CoffeeLink opens in a new window

Leicester based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Dr James Higgins	CRISPR/Cas mediated chromosome engineering in ArabidopsisLink opens in a new window

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Warwick based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Professor Gary Bending	Circadian rhythms in plant-microbe-soil interactionsLink opens in a new window
Professor Gary Bending	Unravelling the global microbiome of crop plants to improve sustainability and food securityLink opens in a new window
Professor Claudia Blindauer	The role of plant metallothioneins in drought tolerance and zinc seed fillingLink opens in a new window
Professor Steven Brown	Analysis of Lignin Interactions and Breakdown in Plant Cell Walls by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Towards More Efficient Biomass PathwaysLink opens in a new window
Professor Greg Challis	Elucidating and exploiting molecular mechanisms of bacterial natural product biosynthesisLink opens in a new window
Dr David Chandler	Developing a sustainable management system for the diamondback moth, a globally important crop pestLink opens in a new window
Dr Miriam Gifford	Staying alert: clock-control of plant-microbe mutualistic interactionsLink opens in a new window
Dr Erin Gorsich	Rice farming and rodent-borne zoonosesLink opens in a new window
Professor Murray Grant	Life saving bananas!Link opens in a new window
Professor Murray Grant	Plant systemic immunity; imaging long distance signallingLink opens in a new window
Professor Jose Gutierrez Marcos	Uncovering the molecular basis of cellular memory in plantsLink opens in a new window
Professor Jose Gutierrez Marcos	How do nematodes hijack root development in plants?Link opens in a new window
Professor Jose Gutierrez Marcos	Single-cell analysis of stress memory in plantsLink opens in a new window
Professor Jose Gutierrez Marcos	Targeted engineering of quantitative traits in plantsLink opens in a new window
Dr Matthew Jenner	Genomics-driven exploitation of aphid-killing bacteria as a source of novel biopesticidesLink opens in a new window
Dr Alex Jones	How plants influence their root microbiome during phosphate starvationLink opens in a new window
Professor Richard Napier	Functional assays for purified hormone transport proteinsLink opens in a new window
Professor Vardis Ntoukakis	Epigenetic regulation of plant immunityLink opens in a new window
Professor Vardis Ntoukakis	Engineering plants tolerant to high temperaturesLink opens in a new window
Dr Kristen Panfilio	Comparative genomics of insects and their microbiomes to explain feeding ecology dynamicsLink opens in a new window
Dr Corinne Smith	Cryo-electron microscopy of plant clathrin cagesLink opens in a new window
Professor John Walsh	The dissection and identification of resistance genes controlling extreme disease resistance in brassicaLink opens in a new window

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Aston based projects

There are no projects of this type at Aston University

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