Research group

Patron Group

Developing and applying engineering approaches to understand biological complexity and advance plant biotechnology

Group activities.

In our lab, we develop and apply engineering approaches to understand biological complexity and advance plant biotechnology. 

Our group works both at the Earlham Institute and in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Our research is focused on understanding how quantitative plant phenotypes emerge from network functions and exploring and utilising metabolic diversity. 

Our long-term goals are to develop the knowledge and technologies required to optimise crop performance through the rational engineering of regulatory networks and to provide routes for the sustainable use of natural products used in medicine, industry, and agriculture.

 

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Colleagues from the Patron Group gathered around a table during their weekly lab meetings.