Future Food Beacon, U Nottingham

We are translating our findings with the University of Nottingham’s Future Food Beacon.

Here’s a blip where I descibe how we integrate with this interdisciplinary group.

Representative works:

-Busoms S, da Silva A, Escolà G, Abdilzadeh R, Curran E, Bollmann-Giolai A, Bray S, Wilson M, Poschenrieder C and Yant L Local cryptic diversity in salinity adaptation mechanisms in a wild outcrossing Brassica PNAS

-Kitony J, Colt C, Abramson B, Hartwick N, Petrus S, Konozy E, Karimi N, Yant L, Michael T Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation Nature Communications

-Grewal S, Yang C, Scholefield D, Ashling S, Ghosh S, Swarbreck D, Collins J, Yao E, Sen T, Wilson M, Yant L, King I, King J Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii. Scientific Data

-Liu Z, Cheema J, Vigouroux M, Hill L, Reed J, Paajanen P, Yant L, and Anne Osbourn Genetic basis for assembly and diversification of biosynthetic gene clusters in plants Nature Communications

-Zhou M, Zheng S, Liu R, Lu J, Lu L, Zhang C, Zhang L, Yant L and Yu Wu The genome-wide impact of cadmium on microRNA and mRNA expression in contrasting Cd responsive wheat genotypes BMC Genomics

-Zhou M, Zheng S, Liu R, Lu J, Lu L, Zhang C, Liu Z, Luo C, Zhang L, Yant L and Yu Wu Genome-wide identification, phylogenetic and expression analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) BMC Genomics

-Preite V, Sailer C, Syllwasschy L, Bray S, Krämer U, Yant L Convergent evolution in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa on calamine metalliferous soils. Phil Trans Roy. Soc. B

-Busoms S, Paajanen P, Marburger S, Bray S, Huang X, Poschenrieder C, *Yant L, and *Salt D Ecological and population genomics reveals fluctuating selection on migrant adaptive sodium transporter alleles in coastal Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS (*co-corresponding)