Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Nicholas Smirnoff
Current InstitutionUniversity of Exeter
Current DepartmentBiosciences
Institution websitehttp://www.ex.ac.uk
Previous Institutions

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/T005424/1 Elucidating the role of ROS in mediating self-incompatibility induced PCD Principal Investigator 305,538 Research Grant
BB/W006553/1 Finessing, Extending and Developing an Overview of the Regulation of Ascorbate in plants (FEDORA) Principal Investigator 486,030 Research Grant
BB/W018039/1 Transformational blueprint for a blue economy on UK terrestrial farms: integrating sustainable shrimp production in a changing agricultural landscape Co-investigator 1,965,718 Research Grant
BB/W019965/1 Global Meteorological Simulator (GMS): For plant health and disease Co-investigator 700,102 Research Grant

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
00/B1/P/06165 Towards metabolic engineering of vitamin C synthesis in plants Principal Supervisor 37,132 Studentships
02/B1/P/08758 A functional genomics approach to regulation of the plant antioxidant network Principal Supervisor 41,889 Studentships
96/A1/P/02179 Ascorbate metabolism in plants Principal Supervisor 31,623 Studentships
BB/F005903/1 Elucidating Signalling Networks in Plant Stress Responses Co-investigator 546,851 Research Grant
BB/F011652/1 Liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) equipment for plant metabolism and host-pathogen interactions. Principal Investigator 249,420 Research Grant
BB/G021678/1 The control of ascorbate biosynthesis: the role of light and GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase Principal Investigator 375,113 Research Grant
BB/H020667/1 Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Co-investigator 279,005 Training Grants
BB/I020004/1 Development of plant-based hydrogen peroxide YFP nanosensors targeted to multiple sub-cellular locations Principal Investigator 198,295 Research Grant
BB/J004057/1 Decreasing the oxygenase activity of Rubisco: a synthetic biology approach Principal Investigator 174,567 Research Grant
BB/K013602/1 Frequency-Modulated Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy for Label-Free Functional Imaging In-Planta Co-investigator 119,487 Research Grant
BB/L003198/1 Controlling seed coat plasticity for seed quality in industry Co-investigator 365,863 Research Grant
BB/L003198/2 Controlling seed coat plasticity for seed quality in industry Co-investigator 259,444 Research Grant
BB/L00545X/1 Harnessing synthetic biology to improve photosynthesis: preparation of joint grant proposal for BBSRC-NSF photosynthesis initiative Principal Investigator 1,559 Research Grant
BB/M011429/1 14-PSIL Multiple Approaches to Gain Increased Carbon Dioxide Principal Investigator 285,651 Research Grant
BB/N001311/1 The control of specificity in guard cell ROS-based signalling Principal Investigator 349,724 Research Grant
BB/P002366/1 Understanding the mechanism of chloroplast immunity. Principal Investigator 16,554 Research Grant
JE514667 (A) A stable isotope facility for ecological evaluation of plant oxidative stress oxygen exchange and Rubisco characteristics Co-investigator 77,380 Research Grant
JE616481 Metabolic profiling of sugars sugar phosphates nucleotide sugars and antioxidants in plants and fungi Principal Investigator 28,088 Research Grant
P10241 The role of novel L-galactose metabolising enzymes in ascorbate biosynthesis by plants Principal Investigator 216,802 Research Grant
P15790 The role of RACs ROS and antioxidants in cell growth: Arabidopsis root hairs as a model system Principal Investigator 228,648 Research Grant
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