Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Plant Sciences Theme has broad interests, which address many aspects of Plant Biology and includes groups in The Sainsbury Laboratory.
Research in the theme includes looking at plant resistance to parasites and pathogens, studying molecular and physiological adaptations to biotic and abiotic stress, identifying signalling mechanisms in plant responses to disease and using RNA silencing as an antiviral mechanism.
The theme has many close assoications with the John Innes Centre and the NRP. Funding comes primarily from the BBSRC and the Gatsby Foundation.
We welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students, postdocs and fellows. We also run a successful MSc in Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Janneke Balk
- School of Biological Sciences - Group Leader
- Molecular Microbiology - Member
- Plant Sciences - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Charles Brearley
- School of Biological Sciences - Professor of Biochemistry
- Molecular Microbiology - Member
- Plant Sciences - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Tamas Dalmay
- School of Biological Sciences - Professor of RNA Biology
- Plant Sciences - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Biostimulant for abiotic stress
Miller, B., Suntharalingam, P., Todd, J., Wohl, C., Bilham, L. & Wells, P.
1/08/24 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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PIKOBODIES: Made-to-order plant disease resistance genes using receptor-nanobody fusions
Kamoun, S., MacLean, D., Menke, F., Smoker, M. & Youles, M.
1/11/23 → 31/10/28
Project: Research
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Potato PCN Resistance: Cloning effective resistances against potato cyst nematodes
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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An intron-split microRNA mediates cleavage of the mRNA encoded by low phosphate root in Solanaceae
Medina-Calzada, Z., Jing, R., Moxon, S., Zhu, H., Xu, P. & Dalmay, T., 7 Jan 2025, In: Planta. 261, 2, 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of phytase supplementation on energy and nutrient availability, and phytate degradation in turkeys
Pirgozliev, V., Mansbridge, S. C., Watts, E. S., Whiting, I. M., Rose, S. P., Brearley, C. A. & Bedford, M. R., 16 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Poultry Science. 105309.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iron-sensing and redox properties of the hemerythrin-like domains of Arabidopsis BRUTUS and BRUTUS-LIKE2 proteins
Pullin, J., Rodríguez-Celma, J., Franceschetti, M., Mundy, J. E. A., Svistunenko, D. A., Bradley, J. M., Le Brun, N. E. & Balk, J., 24 Apr 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 3865.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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LC-ICP-MS Analysis of Inositol Phosphate Isomers in Soil Offers Improved Sensitivity and Fine-Scale Mapping of Inositol Phosphate Distribution
Brearley, C. (Creator), Wiley, 27 Dec 2023
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Supplementary material from "Control of seminal fluid protein expression via regulatory hubs in Drosophila melanogaster"
Mohorianu, I. (Creator), Fowler, E. (Creator), Dalmay, T. (Creator) & Chapman, T. (Creator), Figshare, 10 Sept 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4226339.v1
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Prizes
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Hemmings, Andrew (Recipient), 13 Dec 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Hemmings, Andrew (Recipient), 1 Nov 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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Journal of Experimental Botany (Journal)
Ben Miller (Peer reviewer)
7 Feb 2025Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Methods in Next Generation Sequencing (Journal)
Tamas Dalmay (Editor)
2015 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role