Author: Douglas Orr

Why are there so few C2 grasses? Your PhD could be to find the answer to this! Through the Envision DTP program, there is a newly advertised PhD position to work with Marjorie Lundgren, as well Elizabete Carmo-Silva and a great group of external collaborators. Interested and have questions? You can find contacts for Marjorie […]
We are recruiting another postdoc to work with us and a great group of collaborators on the EU Horizon 2020 project CAPITALISE! You’ll get to join the team of Prof Elizabete Carmo-Silva and wider Lancaster Photosynthesis team, as well as the Plant and Crop Sciences group at the Lancaster Environment Centre. This role will contribute […]
We are recruiting *2* postdocs to work with us and collaborators on the EU Horizon 2020 project PhotoBoost! You’ll get to join the team of Prof Elizabete Carmo-Silva and wider Lancaster Photosynthesis team, as well as the Plant and Crop Sciences group at the Lancaster Environment Centre. These roles are both for 42 months initially, […]
Massive congratulations to newly minted Professor Elizabete Carmo-Silva, and new Senior Research Fellow Marjorie Lundgren! Very well deserved and well earned promotions both! Keep up the excellent work. You can learn more about Elizabetes work here, and about Marjs work here. Keep an eye on this page/twitter as we’ll have a number of postdoc opportunities […]
By Juan Alejandro Perdomo, Lancaster Photosynthesis group postdoc. “The relative abundance of wheat Rubisco activase isoforms is post-transcriptionally regulated.” Perdomo, Buchner & Carmo-Silva, Photosynthesis Research (Paper link.) Rubisco, the most abundant enzyme in plants, and its chaperone Rubisco activase (Rca) are key enzymes for photosynthesis. We wanted to get a better understanding of how much […]
Tomorrow Tuesday 18th May is 2021 Fascination of Plants Day! Members of the team have prepared a range of activities, tips, quizzes and even recipes that link to our Lancaster Photosynthesis! You can check out the details here and the team will be tweeting tomorrow to share!  
As part of her UKRI Future Leaders work on C2 Photosynthesis, there are currently 3 opportunities to join her in this exciting area! Links to the positions for further details, and to access to application portal, can be found via our twitter here.  
As part of her recently funded UKRI FLF work on engineering C2 photosynthesis, there is an exciting opportunity to work with Marj for a 42 month Senior Postdoctoral Associate role, with the potential for this to be extended. You can find more about the work here.  Or on her LEC page here. Application details and […]
Well done to Alejandro, Peter, and Elizabete whose work on expression and translation of the different wheat Rubisco Activase isoforms has just been published in Photosynthesis Research. You can check out the paper here: tinyurl.com/3cv9pu8h
Congratulations to Alex Sokolnik who successfully complete his MRes viva this week! Well done! Alex was working on cowpea development, and like many had to adapt and dramatically change his (formerly lab-based) project part way through.