Tenrecs

research to have an impact for good. I have spent the last 20 years studying the hormonal regulation of root growth and development, identifying several of the key signals, genes and regulatory networks that control root length, angle and branching in the model plant Arabidopsis. I recently started BBSRC and ERC research fellowships to manipulate water and nutrient uptake efficiency in crops — important traits that are controlled in large part by their root systems’ architecture. My ambition is to exploit the knowledge I have accrued over the last two decades in Arabidopsis, to improve root development in crops.