Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Projects

Improve Crop Yields Through Advanced Precision Breeding

Reduce the footprint of agriculture on the planet by generating high-yielding crop plants that thrive in diverse agricultural systems.  

Project Examples: 

  • Develop plants that are better at turning sunlight and CO2 into biomass and grain by improving photosynthesis using advanced genome editing techniques.
  • Alter plant architecture and physiology to optimise growth and enhance yield in indoor agricultural systems. 
  • Develop plants that use less water, are more efficient at obtaining nutrients from the soil, and produce less waste material. 

Skills: 

  • Plant Biology 
  • Molecular Biology 
  • Genetics
  • Systems Biology
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Data Analysis