Hugo Alonso-Cantabrana – C4 Rice Project
Engineering rice to implement the C4 carbon concentration mechanism
Jan Anderson
Researching the architecture of thylakoid membranes and molecular mechanisms of light regulation in higher plants.
Carly Conlan – CoETP and RIPE Project
Supporting research into the details of Rubisco biogenesis and catalytic functions.
Anne-Sophie Dielen
Characterising proteins involved in sodium gradient generation on bacteria and plants
Jacob Downs
Characterising the molecular mechanism of the photosynthetic reaction centres in H. hongdechloris
Harsh Garg
Exploring how red-shifted chlorophylls may contribute to extend the photosynthetic active radiation region and improve the light-harvesting efficiency.
Jose Jimenez-Berni
Development of high throughput phenotyping techniques using a suite of remote sensing tools
Maxim Kapralov
Performing computational analysis of the genes encoding the major the CO2 fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Yi-Leen Lim
Providing new avenues for improving the CO2 fixing capacity of Rubisco for crop enhancement
Elena Martin-Avila
Exploring novel approaches to improve the catalytic efficiency of the CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Katherine Meacham
Researching the analysis of light harvesting and spatial and temporal dynamics of electron transport rate in rice
Tendo Thomas Mukassa Mugerwa
Tendo is a microbial ecologist who assists Professor Chen with managing the laboratory.
Bratati Mukerjee
Researching processes involved in light activation of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters
Bala Sonawane
Investigating how light and temperature impact the efficiency and plasticity of the CCM in C4 grasses
Dimitri Tolleter – RIPE Project
Understanding of the inorganic carbon permeability in the chloroplast
Lauren Venugoban
Investigating genes which may be critical to establishing the C4 photosynthetic pathways and anatomy in non-C4 crops
