CPS Research Groups
CPS research & activities are carried out by over 10 research groups with expertise in plant cell & molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics, epigenetics, stress physiology, environmental physiology, plant-soil interactions and crop science.
Interactions between researchers from the CPS with others within the Faculty of Biological Sciences and in other research areas of the university including chemistry, food science, earth & environment and engineering provide access to an exciting and diverse collaborative enviroment, access to an extensive array of research facilities and research opportunities. Recent CPS Publications
Professor Alison Baker
Peroxisomes biogenesis and function; Protein targeting; Gene expression
Dr Tom Bennett
Systemic Regulation of Plant Development; strigolactone signalling and root development; control of seed set
Dr Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso
Intercellular transport and plant development
Dr Laura Carter
soil; plants; pharmaceuticals; contaminants; plastics; earthworms
Dr Andrew Cuming
Comparative plant genomics; Gene targeting; Physcomitrella
Professor Brendan Davies
Plant development; MADS box genes
Professor Jurgen Denecke:
Plant cell secretory pathway
Dr Laura Dixon
How plants respond to changing temperatures
Dr Marcelo Galdos
Crop modelling; soil carbon and nitrogen; soil erosion; climate-smart agriculture
Professor Stefan Kepinski
Auxin and plant development
Professor Paul Knox
Plant cell walls & Root exudates
Professor Peter Urwin
Nematode-resistant crops
Dr Chris West
DNA repair