Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Anne Osbourn
Current InstitutionJohn Innes Centre
Current DepartmentMetabolic Biology
Institution websitehttp://www.jic.ac.uk
Previous InstitutionsUniversity of East Anglia

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/S009701/1 High Value Biorenewables (HVB) Network Co-investigator 937,921 Research Grant
BB/S016023/1 Harnessing enzymes from plants for selective functionalisation of triterpenoid scaffolds Principal Investigator 542,505 Research Grant
BB/T015063/1 Unlocking the chemical diversity of plant natural product pathways: Accessing the limonoids Principal Investigator 456,703 Research Grant
BB/T015632/1 Streptomyces bacteria: antibiotic production in the wheat endosphere Co-investigator 495,733 Research Grant
BB/V015176/1 Unlocking the chemical potential of plants: Predicting function from DNA sequence for complex enzyme superfamilies Principal Investigator 650,682 Research Grant
BB/W014173/1 21EBTA Engineering specialised metabolism and new cellular architectures in plants Principal Investigator 1,517,514 Research Grant
BB/W017857/1 Engineering saponin biosynthesis pathways for bio-production of novel vaccine adjuants Principal Investigator 646,458 Research Grant
BBS/E/J/000CA527 Exploiting the syntegron technology platform for assembly and optimisation of complex genetic ensembles Principal Investigator 85,959 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA533 A pipeline for the discovery, sustainable production and commercial utilisation of known and novel highvalue triterpenes with new or superior biological activities Principal Investigator 193,589 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000PR9790 Products and Pathways Co-investigator 7,677,550 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000PR9794 Enhanced Research Capacity Co-investigator 3,412,245 Institute Project

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
0014811 Identification of genes required by the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea for proliferation in distinct plant tissues Principal Investigator 94,308 Research Grant
95/A2/C/00198 X-ray structural studies of a saponin-detoxifying enzyme Co-Supervisor 30,553 Studentships
BB/C504435/1 Functional significance of clustering of genes for the tissue-specific synthesis of defence-related secondary metabolites in cereals Principal Investigator 224,248 Research Grant
BB/D524683/1 The impact of environmental variation on plant disease and development Co-investigator 93,685 Research Grant
BB/E009913/1 Acylation of defence-related natural products in cereals Principal Investigator 421,439 Research Grant
BB/H020810/1 Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement Co-investigator 167,403 Training Grants
BB/J020222/1 Building Links between JIC and CAS: Towards a CAS-JIC Joint Centre Co-investigator 30,244 Research Grant
BB/K005952/1 Engineering wheat for take-all resistance Principal Investigator 806,167 Research Grant
BB/L004372/1 13TSB_SynBio A synthetic biology-based approach to engineering triterpenoid saponins and optimisation for industrial applications Principal Investigator 190,731 Research Grant
BB/L013665/1 High Value Chemicals from Plants Network Co-investigator 819,240 Research Grant
BB/L014130/1 OpenPlant Co-investigator 11,787,968 Research Grant
BB/L026651/1 Taiwan Partnering Award - Omics Platforms for Exploration of Bioactive Phytocompounds Co-investigator 25,305 Research Grant
BB/M028712/1 Industrial saponins Principal Investigator 460,524 Research Grant
BB/R005508/1 Engineering Quillaja saponin biosynthesis pathways for bio-production of QS-21 Principal Investigator 1,223,712 Research Grant
BB/R505584/1 Bioengineering non-sugar modifications of saponins Principal Investigator 98,212 Training Grants
BB/T004363/1 CEPAMS Newton Fund: Sino-UK excellence with impact on the Sustainable Development Goals Co-investigator 2,013,638 Research Grant
BB/T01010X/1 Harnessing plant biosynthetic pathways to explore novel chemical space in a class of compounds with significant pharmaceutical potential Principal Investigator 9,678 Research Grant
BBS/E/J/00000614 Plant-derived natural products: Function, synthesis, and metabolic diversification Principal Investigator 2,092,219 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA293 Acylation of defence-related natural products in cereals Principal Investigator 126,391 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA372 Rational design of plant systems for sustainable generation of value-added industrial products (SmartCell) Principal Investigator 229,371 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA397 Sandpit: Synthetic integrons for continuous directed evolution of complex genetic ensembles Principal Investigator 71,817 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA446 Quantitative exploration of catalytic landscapes underlying the functional divergence of triterpene synthases Principal Investigator 54,154 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA511 Engineering wheat for take-all resistance Principal Investigator 169,307 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA516 Metabolic engineering of triterpenoid pathways involved in plant defense in Arabidopsis and rice Principal Investigator 118,712 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA524 Identification of gene clusters for secondary metabolic pathways in plant Principal Investigator 52,400 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA549 High Value Chemicals From Plants Network Principal Investigator 9,037 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA556 OpenPlant: University of Cambridge-John Innes Centre for Synthetic Biology Principal Investigator 1,213,657 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CY051 Analysis of triterpene content in the model legume, Lotus japonicus Principal Investigator 2,898 Institute Project
BBS/OS/GC/000005 Practical Synthetic Biology: Plants, Agriculture and the Environment Co-investigator 39,250 Research Grant
P07880 Saponin-detoxifying enzymes of phytopathogenic fungi as targets for disease control Principal Investigator 159,646 Research Grant
P13269 Genetic analysis of saponin biosynthesis in diploid oat Principal Investigator 276,912 Research Grant
P16460 Characterisation of glycosyltransferases required for synthesis of antimicrobial phytoprotectants in monocots Principal Investigator 189,736 Research Grant
P19716 Dissection of a novel mechanism for suppression of induced defences in plants Principal Investigator 232,506 Research Grant
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