Research Groups
Amtmann Lab
P.I.: Prof. Anna Amtmann
Research Focus: Plant stress responses
Affiliation: University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow, UK
Current Research Focus:
- Understanding how plants respond to abiotic stress
- Unravelling the mechanisms of plant adaptation to nutrient deficiency
- Exploring the role of HDC1 in the epigenetic regulation of stress responses
Gardiner Lab
P.I.: Dr. Jason Gardiner
Research Focus: Epigenetic variation in patterning events
Affiliation: University of Utrecht
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Current Research Focus:
- Understanding the role of epigenetic marks in regulating stochastic events, such as transposon jumping
- Understanding the spatial-temporal patterns of DNA Methylation silencing and what drives them
- Translation of epigenetic editing technology into a broader host range
Epigenetic Regulation in Plants Research Group
P.I.: Dr. Maike Stam
Research Focus: Gene regulation by epigenetics and cis-regulatory elements
Affiliation: University of Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Current Research Focus:
- Elucidating mechanisms underlying non-Mendelian segregation in maize and tomato
- Identification of oilseed rape cis-regulome involved in drought tolerance
- Gene regulation by distal cis-regulatory elements in maize