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Glasshouse facilities for plant based research at the University of Liverpool

Reference	REI18510
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Mark Caddick
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Alexander McLennan, Professor Arthur Tomsett
Institution	University of Liverpool
Department	Sch of Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	54,860
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/06/2003
End date	30/11/2004
Duration	18 months

Abstract

By the end of 2002 the School of Biological Sciences will have re- located to a new purpose built research building that will bring staff from six existing buildings together. As part of the project, glasshouses had been planned, along with six environmentally controlled growth rooms, to facilitate plant based research. However, due to budgetary limitations there are now insufficient funds to build a suitable roof-top glasshouse facility, although space has been allocated and appropriate services will be provided. Without this facility the only glasshouses on the campus will be at two other sites, and unsuitable for GM work. We are therefore seeking funds for a glasshouse facility, which will service the new building, built to a specification suitable for the cultivation of transgenic plants, thus also upgrading our present facilities. The research within the School is very diverse ranging from population genetics to proteomics. Consequently in supporting this case we have included a brief DESCription of seven different projects, all of which would use this facility. This is not an exhaustive list but represents a selection of both current and proposed research with scientific goals directly within the BBSRC remit and encompassed by current themes and priorities. The projects are: 1) The development and utilisation of a regulated gene switch to characterise gene function in plants, focussing on genes involved in regulating the plant cell cycle; 2) Characterisation of interactions between plants and other organisms, including host- pathogen and plant-herbivore interactions; 3) The molecular characterisation of the Nudix hydrolases of Arabidopsis thaliana; 4) The flavour and nutrichemicals of onion and garlic; 5) Genetic and developmental causes, and evolutionary consequences, of sex- dependent inbreeding depression; 6) Cloning and characterisation of enzymes required for the in vitro synthesis of the antimalarial artemisinin; 7) Assessing the potential scale and impact of transgene outcrossing in cereals and grasses.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Research Equipment Initiative 2002 (REI) [2002]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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