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Dr Adrian Brennan
Expertise: Ecological Genetics
Professor Martin Cann
Expertise: carbon dioxide sensing
Dr Steve Chivasa
Expertise: Plant Molecular Biology & Algal Biology
Dr Miguel de Lucas
Expertise: The role of chromatin in controlling plant development
Dr Peter Etchells
Expertise: Plant Developmental Biology
Professor Elaine Fitches
Expertise: Protection of crops against invertebrate pests
Dr Tim Hawkins
Expertise: Bioimaging and advanced microscopy
Professor Patrick Hussey
Expertise: Structure, function and regulation of the cytoskeleton, cell structure and cell viability in response to biotic and abiotic stresses
Professor Ian Jermyn
Expertise: Bayesian statistics, image processing and computer vision, in particular shape and texture for classification and segmentation
Professor Karen Johnson
Expertise: Soil Science
Professor Heather Knight
Expertise: Gene transcription and plant freezing stress responses
Professor Marc Knight
Expertise: Abiotic and biotic stress and cell signalling pathways
Professor Keith Lindsey
Expertise: Plant genetics, plant development and plant tissue culture and transformation
Dr Junli Liu
Expertise: Systems biology and mathematical modelling
Professor Ehmke Pohl
Expertise: Solving three-dimensional structures of proteins associated with virulence and disease
Professor Nigel Robinson
Expertise: Cell biology of metals
Professor Ari Sadanandom
Expertise: Post-translational regulation of proteins involved in abiotic and biotic stresses
Professor Patrick Steel
Expertise: Bioactive small molecule synthesis, molecular probes of cellular processes
Professor Jen Topping
Expertise: Single-cell isolation