Our current research program falls into three broad areas :
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Root Systems Biology
Root Systems Biology
The laboratory has recently embraced an Integrative Systems Biology based approach in collaboration with the US modeller Eric Kramer to study the hormonal regulation of root growth and development. This work has led to the creation of The Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) at the University of Nottingham. The £8.5m BBSRC funded Centre aims to create a virtual root which will serve as an exemplar for using Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) to model multi-cellular systems. CPIB researchers ultimately aim to integrate our virtual root with other international projects that model shoot development, leading to a generic computer model of a plant which will be used to advance crop and plant science (see www.cpib.info for further details).
Nature Cell Biology 7, 1057 - 1065 (2005)
Root
gravitropism requires lateral root cap and epidermal cells for transport
and response to a mobile auxin signal.
Swarup R, Kramer EM, Perry
PJ, Knox K, Leyser HMO, Haseloff J, Beemster GTS, Bhalerao R, Bennett
MJ
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