Award details

Development analysis and testing of transgenic crops

Reference	JIF13298
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Prof. Howard Atkinson
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Alison Baker, Professor Brendan Davies, Dr Jurgen Denecke, Professor Philip Gilmartin, Professor Andreas Kurt Hans Holzenburg, Professor Paul Knox, Professor Michael McPherson, Professor Peter Meyer, Professor Paul Anthony Millner
Institution	University of Leeds
Department	Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	2,391,815
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/01/2000
End date	01/07/2003
Duration	42 months

Abstract

This first round JIF award provides state-of-the-art facilities for 15 academic staff and over 90 research staff in the Centre for Plant Sciences (CPS). The award underpins all three CPS research themes of: 1) transgenic crop resistance; 2) signal transduction and gene expression by plants; and 3) the manipulation of crop architecture. The new infrastructure supports a continuum in plant molecular biology from basic science through plant transformation to containment and field evaluation. The benefits can be summarised in three components. The first is replacement and augmentation of communal equipment. The second is increased capacity for crop transformation, regeneration and growth which involves construction of a tissue culture suite with contiguous controlled environment rooms and containment glasshouses. A third minor component of the award provides equipment for field trials. The award ensures that the capacity of the facilities will support our increased activity including that of five more recent academic appointments. The JIF award will enable CPS to maintain and enhance its international standing in plant molecular biology research.(Funded by the Wellcome Trust, OST and HEFCE Joint Infrastructure Fund and administered by BBSRC)

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) [1998-2001]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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