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Professor in the Department of Biosciences+44 (0) 191 33 41263
Professor in the Biophysical Sciences Institute 
Biophysical Sciences Institute Executive Board in the Biophysical Sciences Institute

Biography

Research Interests

Post-translational Modifications (PTMs) create distinct proteoforms (protein variants) and modulate almost every biological process. This is particularly evident in multicellular organisms where development requires the integration of signals controlling and coordinating cell fates with the environment. Through the development of new biochemical and computational tools my laboratory aims to understanding how Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) peptide modification in plants enable plants to adapt to a changing environment. Recently my laboratory has led the development of the first Cell Atlas of an entire PTM system in any eukaryote. The SUMO cell atlas is an enabling community resource containing novel cell biological, biochemical and genetic tools that allows users to uncover the rules governing how SUMO-dependent signalling is encoded, received, enacted and reset in multicellular organisms. Given the conservation of SUMO across eukaryotes the SUMO Cell Atlas in Arabidopsis could act as a blueprint not just for SUMO systems in other eukaryotes but also for other PTMs. Understanding protein modifications can enable us to develop new strategies for boosting crop prodcutivity under environmental stress.

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Lab Members:

Dr Cunjin Zhang

Dr. Srayan Ghosh

Dr. Dipan Roy

Dr. Shraboni Ghosh

Dr. Prakash Bhagat

PhD students:

Lisa Clark

Xian Long

Publications

Journal Article

Supervision students