Welcome Felix to Lancaster!
A warm welcome to Felix who has just joined Doug’s groups for a BBSRC project engineering Rubisco. Felix joins having recently finished his PhD in Aberystwyth.
New postdoc position available with Doug
[Edit/update 16th May] This has closed and we will be in contact with candidates. Recruiting has just opened for a Plant Molecular Physiologist postdoc position with Doug to work on Rubisco engineering, biochemistry, and impacts on photosynthesis. This is part of a BBSRC funded project looking at novel approaches to improving Rubisco activity, in collaboration with Prof. Martin Cann at […]
Welcome Louis!
Welcome to Louis Monnier who joins Elizabete’s lab on a 6 month research visit from France. He’s working on wheat and his visit will involve studying the epigenetic effects of nitrogen supplementation on genes related to Rubisco synthesis.
Welcome Nicole!
Welcome (back) to new MRes student Nicole, who has now started her MRes with Sam on understanding solar parks impact photosynthesis in grasses growing under solar panels. Nicole is a returning alumni having previously done her dissertation with the group, contributing to this paper on cowpea. Welcome back Nicole!
Welcome Emma to Lancaster!
A big Lancaster welcome to Dr Emma Raven, who has just joined to work on the RIPE project as a postdoc with Elizabete and Doug. Emma recently finished her PhD at the John Innes Centre, and will be working with us on Improving Rubisco regulation in cowpea and soybean.
New PhD opportunities
[Update] Thanks to everyone who got in touch and applied, this round closed on Jan 6th. We hope to have projects advertised again for the next intake. Exciting news as we have 2 new PhD project opportunities advertised via the North West Bio program. There are projects with Sam and Doug. These projects are intended to be Lancaster-based, but with […]
Welcome new PhD researchers!
A big Lancaster welcome to Anna and Quentin who this week begin their PhD journeys! Anna is joining Elizabete’s group to work on engineering Rubisco Activase thermotolerance, and Quentin joins Marjorie’s group to study C2 engineering in model species. Anna was previously a Masters student with Doug, while Quentin joins from the US having completed his undergraduate studies at the […]
New publication from Catherine and Marj
Well done to Lundgren Lab PhD student Catherine Walsh, who together with Marj has just published a review article on “Nutritional quality of photosynthetically diverse crops under future climates” in Plants, People, Planet. Great work, and an important topic to understand as the climate continues to change and become more variable.
Congratulations to Joana Amaral on her recent promotion!
Very well done to Joana on her well deserved promotion to Senior Research Associate! Joana is a postdoc on the EU funded CAPITALISE programme, you can read more here about her and the programme.
New publication: investigating the regulation of Rubisco by chloroplast metabolites
Congrats to Ana Lobo on leading a publication with Doug and Elizabete that is now available in early access at the Biochemical Journal. This is part of work on understanding how to improve photosynthetic productivity in rice, within the EU funded PhotoBoost programme. The paper focuses on improving our understanding of the potential impacts of some chloroplast metabolites on the […]
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