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
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
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
Harris Lab
P.I.: Dr. Jake Harris
Research Focus: Plant epigenetics and immunity
Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, UK
Current Research Focus:
- Epigenome-engineering the primed state
- DNA methylation and transcriptional activation
- Reading the chromatin landscape
Genome Organisation Lab
P.I.: Dr. Hans-Wilhelmt
Research Focus: genome organisation, epigenetic gene regulation and chromosome architecture
Affiliation: University of Exeter
Location: Exeter, UK
Current Research Focus:
- Our lab investigates genome organisation, epigenetic gene regulation and chromosome architecture in the context of plant and microbial metabolism, immunity and evolution.
Marquardt Lab
P.I.: Dr. Andreas Sebastian Marquardt
Research Focus: Chromatin and transcription interplay in plants
Affiliation: Lund University
Location: Lund, Sweden
Current Research Focus:
- Interplay between chromatin and RNAPII transcription with a focus on plant gene expression.
Ton Lab
P.I.: Prof. Jurriaan Ton
Research Focus: Plant environmental signalling
Affiliation: University of Sheffield
Location: Sheffield, UK
Current Research Focus:
- The perception and downstream signalling of priming chemicals ("plant vaccines").
- Mechanisms by which plants establish, maintain, and erase stress-specific immune memory.
- (Epi)genetic regulation of root exudates shaping disease-suppressive rhizosphere interactions with beneficial soil microbes.