CPIB

Research Programme

The research programme will involve multidisciplinary teams working simultaneously in sub-programmes at the molecular, cellular and organ levels. The research activities will be structured as three overlapping 3-year strands of increasing sophistication.

Strand 1 will focus on cell elongation during radicle emergence and primary root growth [more].

Strand 2 will commence in the second year and will focus on the root apical meristem, the principal site for cell division during primary root growth [more].

Strand 3 will begin in year three and will examine the initiation, patterning and emergence of lateral roots which enable the root system to elaborate its architecture and secure resources such as water and nutrient [more].

Strand 4 also commences in the third year and will integrate the models at different physical scale across the first three strands [more].

The output of the programme will be quantitative observational data, validated models constituting the prototype "virtual root" and proofs of concept which will form the basis for further research programmes.

Research staff

Located in: Room A14, Plant Sciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham
Tel: +44 (0) 11595 16108

	Rosemary Dyson Mathematical Modelling email: rosemary at cpib.ac.uk
	Andrew French Image analysis email: andrew.french at cpib.ac.uk
	Tara Holman Gene expression email: tara.holman @ cpib.ac.uk
	Caroline Howells Transgenic plant analysis email: chowells @ cpib.ac.uk
	Alistair Middleton Network modelling email: alistair.middleton @ cpib.ac.uk
	Jaesung Oh Root cell biology email: jaesung.oh @ cpib.ac.uk
	Benjamin Peret Lateral Root Emergence (FEBS/Marie Curie Fellow) email: Benjamin.Peret @ cpib.ac.uk
	Ming Qian Finite Element Analysis modelling email: ming.qian @ cpib.ac.uk
	Mike Stout Bioinformatics Engineer email: Michael.Stout @ cpib.ac.uk
	Jamie Twycross Computational Modelling, Multiscale Modelling, Systems Biology email: jamie.twycross @ cpib.ac.uk
	Susana Ubeda-Tomas Mapping sites of action and roles of hormones email: susanaut @ cpib.ac.uk
	Darren Wells Biophysics email: darren.wells @ cpib.ac.uk
	Michael Wilson Bioinformatician email: michael.wilson @ cpib.ac.uk