Synthetic Biology

We design and develop molecular tools to engineer genomes and use natural and synthetic biological parts to produce novel functions in plant cells.

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- Published: 24.07.23
Authors: Bentham AR, De la Concepcion JC, Benjumea JV, Kourelis J, Jones S, Mendel M, Stubbs J, Stevenson CEM, Maidment JHR, Youles M, Zdrzałek R, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ (2023)

Allelic compatibility in plant immune receptors facilitates engineering of new effector recognition specificities
- Published: 02.06.23
Authors: Milnes L, Youles M, Maidment JHR (2023)

pOPARA: Vectors for Golden Gate assembly of expression constructs containing the araBAD promoter
- Published: 11.10.22
Authors: Bentham AR, De la Concepcion JC, Benjumea JV, Jones S, Mendel M, Stubbs J, Stevenson CEM, Maidment JHR, Youles Y, Kourelis J, Zdrzałek R, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ (2022)

Allelic compatibility in plant immune receptors facilitates engineering of new effector recognition specificities

Group leader

Mark Youles

Bio

My work within the TSL to date has primarily focused on the adaption and implementation of the Golden Gate modular cloning system.

In addition to this however, I have also generated various DNA constructs which the Synthetic Biology team hopes will push the currently accepted/known boundaries of the use of Synthetic Biology within the field of plant sciences.

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Liam Egan

SynBio Technician

Publications

Allelic compatibility in plant immune receptors facilitates engineering of new effector recognition specificities

pOPARA: Vectors for Golden Gate assembly of expression constructs containing the araBAD promoter