Principal investigators in theme:
Name: Dr Sebastian Ahnert
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Network analysis, genotype-phenotype maps, biological self-assembly, protein quaternary structure, evolution complexity
WWW: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, evolutionary biology
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Professor Sir David Baulcombe
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: dcb40@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Gene expression
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidbaulcombe
Themes: plant biology, infection and immunity, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sam Brockington
Dept: Department of Plant Science
Email: sb771@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolution and diversity
WWW: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sambrockington
Themes: plant biology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor John Carr
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Virology and molecular plant pathology
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johncarr
Themes: plant biology, infection and immunity
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr David Coomes
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: dac18@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Forest ecology and conservation
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidcoomes
Themes: plant biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Julia Davies
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Transport
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Paul Dupree
Dept: Department of Biochemistry
Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Bioenergy, proteomics, bioinformatics and glycobiology
WWW: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/dupree.html
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, plant biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: se389@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions
WWW: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sebastianevesvandenakker
Themes: evolutionary biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, infection and immunity, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Ian Furner
Dept: Department of Genetics
Email: ijf1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetics and gene silencing in Arabidopsis
WWW: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/ian-furner
Themes: plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Beverley Glover
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: bjg26@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolution and development
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/beverleyglover
Themes: plant biology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Howard Griffiths
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: hg230@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Physiological ecology
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/howardgriffiths
Themes: plant biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Jim Haseloff
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: jh295@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Synthetic Biology for engineering plant growth
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/jimhaseloff
Themes: plant biology, developmental biology and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Yka Helariutta
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory)
Email: yrjo.helariutta@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication, carbon allocation and hormonal signaling in plants
WWW: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/helariutta-group
Themes: plant biology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Ian Henderson
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/ianhenderson
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, evolutionary biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Julian Hibberd
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: jmh65@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular physiology
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/julianhibberd
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, evolutionary biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Christopher Howe
Dept: Department of Biochemistry
Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis
WWW: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, plant biology, evolutionary biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Alexander Jones
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Determining the mechanisms controlling plant hormone patterns and dynamics
WWW: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jones-group
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Henrik Jönsson
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: henrik.jonsson@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Development of live imaging techniques and Computational Morphodynamics models at the cellular level.
WWW: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/jonsson-henrik
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Johannes Kromdijk
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: jk417@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Environment plant physiology
WWW: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johanneskromdijk
Themes: plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Ottoline Leyser
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: ottoline.leyser@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Understanding the role of plant hormones in plant developmental plasticity
WWW: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/leyser-ottoline
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr James Locke
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory)
Email: james.locke@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Plant and microbial systems biology
WWW: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/locke-james
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Edwige Mouroud
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: edwige.moyroud@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Plant biology, Genetics, Development, Evolution, Flower, Molecular Biology, Imaging, Modeling, Pattern formation, Cell differentiation, Pollinator behaviour, Behavioural Ecology
WWW: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/moyroud-group
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, evolutionary biology, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Giles Oldroyd
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: giles.oldroyd@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Development of symbiotic associations in plants
WWW: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/oldroyd-group
Themes: plant biology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology,
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: up220@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Cereal symbiosis
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Adam Pellegrini
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: ap2188@cam.ac.uk
Topic: How ecosystem functioning will respond to global change, with a current focus on how disturbances affect carbon cycling
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/pellegrini-adam/
Themes: ecology and conservation, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sarah Robinson
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory)
Email: sarah.robinson@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Plant development with a particular focus on biomechanics
WWW: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/robinson-group
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack
Dept: Sainsbury Laboratory
Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis, developmental processes
WWW: http://www.schornacklab.net
Themes: plant biology, evolutionary biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, infection and immunity, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Alison Smith
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: as25@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Plant metabolism
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/alisonsmith
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Alex Webb
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: aarw2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Circadian signal transduction
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/alexwebb
Themes: plant biology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
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