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Plant Biology

Fundamental problems from across plant biology including physiological adaptation, plant nutrition, primary and secondary metabolism, and intracellular and intercellular signalling are tackled using diverse approaches spanning classical molecular genetics and biochemistry through to post-genomic and advanced imaging technologies.

Our results are contributing to a wide range of applications from improving production of the anti-malarial drug, artemisinin to increasing the yield of bioenergy crops.

Associated units

Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP)

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)

Associated staff

Professor Sue Hartley, Director of York Environmental Sustainability Institute
Dr Jennifer Rowntree, NERC Research Fellow
Professor Dianna J Bowles OBE, Professor
Professor Neil C Bruce, Professor of Biotechnology
Dr Steven Penfield, Research fellow
Dr Angela Hodge, Senior lecturer
Dr Louise Jones, Lecturer
Professor Ian A Graham, Director of CNAP
Dr Antony Dodd, Research Fellow