Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology

Projects

Projects per year 2000 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2023 2026

• 10 Active
• 100 Finished

Projects per year

Search results

• Active

  Africa Bridge Project - Engineering Nitrogen Symbiosis for Africa (ENSA2 - Cassava Horizons)

  Fraser, P. (PI), Perez, L. (CoI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  1/05/24 → 30/04/25

  Project: Research

• EBioAct: Environmentally sustainable production of bioactive triterpenes

  Fraser, P. (PI), Enfissi, G. (CoI) & Perez, L. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  14/02/24 → 13/02/26

  Project: Research

• Germination, morphoanatomy and establishment of Cerrado grasses and their resilience to fire

  Steinbrecher, T. (PI), Leubner, G. (CoI), Chandler, J. (CoI), Kolb, R. M. (PI) & Pilon, N. (CoI)

  5/12/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research

• ENSA - Engineering Nitrogen Symbiosis for Africa

  Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  1/04/23 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• ENSA: Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture

  Drapal, M. (Researcher), Fraser, P. (PI), Enfissi, G. (CoI) & Perez, L. (Researcher)

  1/04/23 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• Raphanus: Fruit evolution and adaptation to Mediterranean habitats in Raphanus (Brassicaceae)

  Mummenhoff, K. (PI), Leubner, G. (CoI), Steinbrecher, T. (CoI), Barazani, O. (CoI), Ziffer-Berger, J. (CoI), Hijawi, T. (CoI) & Samara, N. (CoI)

  1/09/16 → …

  Project: Research

• WESTFOCUS, PARK SEED FUND INVESTMENT AWARD, £36214

  Devoto, A. (CoI)

  9/07/14 → …

  Project: Other

• RHE Consultancy Service Sugarbeet Seed Quality and Technology for KWS SAAT AG

  Leubner, G. (PI)

  1/04/13 → …

  Project: Consultancy

• Bench top refrigerated digital shaker - exploiting cell wall degrading microorganisms to improve saccharification

  Devoto, A. (PI)

  University of London Central Research Fund

  4/11/10 → …

  Project: Research

• British-Italian Partnership Programme 2006-2007

  Bramley, P. (PI)

  British Council

  1/09/06 → …

  Project: Research

• Finished

  SUSCAR: Improving the SUStainability profile of CARotenoid products

  Fraser, P. (PI), Enfissi, G. (CoI) & Berry, H. (Researcher)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/08/23 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• CARDEL: Sustainable production of carotenoid compounds and their delivery into the marketplace

  Fraser, P. (PI), Enfissi, G. (CoI), Perez, L. (CoI) & Berry, H. (Researcher)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/07/23 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• AgriBio: The potential of agrivoltaics as a means of enhancing bioactives from horticultural crops and their by-products

  Fraser, P. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/04/23 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• Improving Sugar Beet Seed Quality with Gas Plasma Activated Water (EPOWER)

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Steinbrecher, T. (CoI)

  KWS SAAT SE

  1/12/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Studying the impact of novel seed treatments on crop seeds

  Leubner, G. (PI), Mani, A. (Student) & Steinbrecher, T. (CoI)

  1/10/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Novel gas-plasma and heat-shock priming technologies to improve seed quality and enhance vegetable food production sustainability with Tozer Seeds

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Walker, M. (CoI)

  1/05/22 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• Transformation of constructs with engineered promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana to assess expression characteristics

  Lopez Juez, E. (PI)

  Phytoform

  1/05/22 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Engineering plant cell factories for the production of biomedicines and their ingredients

  Drapal, M. (Researcher), Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  31/01/22 → 30/01/24

  Project: Research

• Impact of seed treatment with biostimulants on the resilience of sugar beet early development to drought stress

  Leubner, G. (PI), Chandler, J. (CoI) & King, J. (Student)

  1/10/21 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• SaToBa: Improving salt tolerance and stress memory in barley

  Devoto, A. (Mentor) & Ganie, S. (Fellow)

  European Commission

  1/09/21 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Improving Crop Seed Quality with Gas Plasma Activated Water (EPOWER)

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Steinbrecher, T. (CoI)

  KWS SAAT SE

  1/08/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

• Enabling precision-agriculture in Ethiopia’s “orphan” teff crop by seed priming and seed pelleting

  Leubner, G. (PI), Steinbrecher, T. (CoI), Chanyalew, S. (CoI), Tadele, Z. (CoI) & Fatelnig, L. (Other)

  15/03/21 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Resilience of sugar beet early development to multiple environmental stresses

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Chandler, J. (Researcher)

  KWS SAAT SE

  1/04/20 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Understanding the Food Chain of Teff (Eragrostis tef) and the Application of Seed Technology in Teff

  Leubner, G. (CoPI), Hassen, S. M. (PI), Steinbrecher, T. (Other), Petrikova, I. (Other), Chanyalew, S. (CoI), Tesfaye, B. (CoI), Woldetsadik, B. (CoI) & Negussie, E. (CoI)

  Academy of Medical Sciences

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Other

• PlasSeed: Gas Plasma for Seed Disinfection

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Steinbrecher, T. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/06/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• PROSTRIG: Delivering novel maize genotypes with improved resilience and PROductivity through the application of predictive breeding technologies to modulate STRIGolactone levels

  Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  15/04/19 → 14/04/22

  Project: Other

• Activation of Non-Photosynthetic Leaf Cells for Improved Productivity

  Lopez Juez, E. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/01/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• African Cassava Whitefly Phase 2

  Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  21/11/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• A tale of two morphs: bet-hedging survival strategies in the Brassicaceae as adaptations in unpredictable environments

  Steinbrecher, T. (PI), Arshad, W. (PI), Collinson, M. (PI) & Leubner, G. (PI)

  5/09/18 → 7/09/18

  Project: Research

• KWS pericarp mechanics / pelleting mass follow-up project (follow-up of Project Code: R10791)

  Steinbrecher, T. (PI)

  KWS Saat AG

  15/08/18 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research

• Newcotiana: Developing Multipurpose Nicotiana Crops for Molecular Farming using New Plant Breeding Techniques

  Drapal, M. (Researcher), Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  1/01/18 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• New methodologies for removal of methane from the atmosphere

  Nisbet, E. (PI), Lowry, D. (CoI), Basu, A. (CoI), Stead, T. (CoI), Lopez Juez, E. (CoI), Lanoiselle, M. (Researcher) & Fisher, R. (Researcher)

  Natural Envt Research Council NERC

  1/07/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Other

• RTB: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and bananas Agri-Food systems

  Drapal, M. (Researcher), Fraser, P. (PI) & Price, E. (Researcher)

  1/01/17 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Optimisation of tomato fruit carotenoid content for nutritional improvement and industrial exploitation.

  Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/11/16 → 31/10/19

  Project: Other

• Mechanisms of Celery Seed Morphological Dormancy, Longevity and Quality

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Gawthrop, F. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Analysis of the regulation of stress tolerance and growth to improve stress responses under water scarcity in crops

  Devoto, A. (PI) & Bogre, L. (CoI)

  European Union

  1/10/16 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

• RHE Consultancy Seed-Microbe Interaction for Azotic Technologies

  Leubner, G. (PI)

  1/08/16 → 31/07/17

  Project: Consultancy

• Useful and high-value CO-PROducts from waste streams associated with staple crops in Low Medium Income Countries (LMICs) – COPRO

  Hogg, P. (CoI), Fraser, P. (PI) & Enfissi, G. (PI)

  Eng & Phys Sci Res Council EPSRC

  1/07/16 → 1/10/17

  Project: Other

• Sugar beet pericarp mechanics and pelleting mass characterization

  Steinbrecher, T. (PI)

  KWS Saat AG

  1/06/16 → 15/10/16

  Project: Other

• Prediction of drug cocktails with anti-trypanosomal effect

  Paccanaro, A. (PI)

  Eng & Phys Sci Res Council EPSRC

  1/06/16 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

• Rocket Science with RHS

  Leubner, G. (PI)

  20/05/16 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• TomGEM: A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varietites and management practices to improve yield and quality in the face of climate change

  Fraser, P. (PI)

  European Union

  1/03/16 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• LBNet Feedstock Resource

  Devoto, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/02/16 → 29/02/16

  Project: Research

• Chemical manipulation and mechanisms of weed seed persistence, dormancy release and germination

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Stock, D. (CoI)

  Weed Control Research Biology, Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/11/15 → 31/10/18

  Project: Research

• Gas plasma treatment as a novel seed technology to release dormancy and to improve germination uniformity of vegetable seeds

  Leubner, G. (PI)

  1/10/15 → 1/10/19

  Project: Research

• The biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying colour retention trait in hot pepper (Capsicum)

  Fraser, P. (PI)

  1/10/15 → 1/10/19

  Project: Research

• Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Sugar Beet during Germination and Early Seedling Development with a focus on Chilling Tolerance

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Ignatz, M. (Researcher)

  KWS SAAT SE

  1/08/15 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Bilateral NSF/BIO-BBSRC - Translational landscape to link cell growth with proliferation in the root meristem

  Bogre, L. (PI) & Paccanaro, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/07/15 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

• Karrikins and the environmental control of black-grass dormancy and germination

  Leubner, G. (PI)

  Syngenta Ltd

  1/06/15 → 31/10/15

  Project: Research

• Novel biomaterial engineering technologies, molecular and hormone analyses to improve vegetable seed priming and production in stressful environments

  Leubner, G. (PI) & Steinbrecher, T. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC

  1/09/14 → 28/02/16

  Project: Research