Engineering of plant systems

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The University of Cambridge has a long history as a centre for study of the natural history and function of plant systems. New initiatives continue to promote these activities in Cambridge. Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the genetic and biophysical basis of morphogenesis are providing opportunities for rational design and engineering of new plant forms. The pages in this section provide links to recent research and web-based resources.

 
A team of allergists, molecular biologists and plant physiologists in Italy are collaborating to develop a hypo-allergenic apple that could represent the next frontier in genetically-modified foods. Apples aren’t typically known as a potent allergen — at worst, they may cause your tongue and lips to become itchy and blister. But the team of scientists is using the apple as a test case, and...
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Publication Date: 2013 Mar 15 PMID: 23493713 Authors: Noordally, Z. B. - Ishii, K. - Atkins, K. A. - Wetherill, S. J. - Kusakina, J. - Walton, E. J. - Kato, M. - Azuma, M. - Tanaka, K. - Hanaoka, M. - Dodd, A. N. Journal: Science Circadian timekeeping in plants increases photosynthesis and productivity. There are circadian oscillations in the abundance of many chloroplast-encoded transcripts,...
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Publication Date: 2013 Mar 15 PMID: 23503846 Authors: Collen, J. - Porcel, B. - Carre, W. - Ball, S. G. - Chaparro, C. - Tonon, T. - Barbeyron, T. - Michel, G. - Noel, B. - Valentin, K. - Elias, M. - Artiguenave, F. - Arun, A. - Aury, J. M. - Barbosa-Neto, J. F. - Bothwell, J. H. - Bouget, F. Y. - Brillet, L. - Cabello-Hurtado, F. - Capella-Gutierrez, S. - Charrier, B. - Cladiere, L. - Cock, J....
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Publication Date: 2013 Mar 16 PMID: 23510604 Authors: Denton, A. K. - Simon, R. - Weber, A. P. Journal: Curr Opin Plant Biol C4 photosynthesis represents the most productive modes of photosynthesis in land plants and some of the most productive crops on the planet, such as maize and sugarcane, and many ecologically important native plants use this type of photosynthesis. Despite its ecological...
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In 2010, a group of sustainability academics launched a global eco-social enterprise called MAYA to make sure their research would have real world impact. Now, the team has come up with a new way to raise funds for their sustainability initiatives whilst increasing UK wildflowers: Seedball. Each marble-sized Seedball is a mini-ecosystem in itself, where wildflower seeds are mixed with clay,...
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You couldn't make it up: as recently as a few years ago, Mattias Lepp was an orchestra conductor. After realizing that he 'would never be a great conductor,' humble Estonian took to developing a home gardening system, and the rest, as they say, is history. Click and Grow has established itself in Europe and has been looking to expand into the US market as of last year. According to their...
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Publication Date: 2013 Feb 19 PMID: 23434180 Authors: Dudareva, N. - Dellapenna, D. Journal: Curr Opin Biotechnol Plant metabolic engineering: future prospects and challenges post to: CiteULike" (Via Current Opinion in Biotechnology.)
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As one of the most densely populated cities in China, Shenzhen has been dealing with a sudden population boom for years now, leaving urban planners scrambling for innovative building designs that manage resources and space more efficiently. There have been a few unusual proposals, but the latest design from French architectural firm, Vincent Callebaut Architects, probably takes the cake. The...
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Plants produce thousands of specialized metabolites, many of which have medicinal uses. More than half of the top 150 prescribed drugs in the US have at least one compound derived from plants, and about 80% of the worlds population depends on plants or plant extracts as a major source of healthcare. This lecture looks at the history of medicinal plants, herbal remedies in traditional and...
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Engineered To Grow The farm's 280 plants thrive on nutrients dissolved in water. When the sun goes down, ribbons studded with red, white, and blue LEDs keep shining. Justin Steele A soil-free gardening system developed by a DIY community Britta Riley grew up in rural southeast Texas, where locals with a mastery of gardening subsisted on their land. 'They really turned me on to the idea of...
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