Can plants adapt their CO2-fixation capacity in response to climate change?

This project will focus on related plant species that grow naturally in contrasting climatic extremes to examine whether the catalytic phenotype of their CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, has adapted accordingly.

Photosynthesis and plant energy biology

Student intake

Not open to students.

Project status

Complete

Research groups

Whitney Group - Synthetic Photosynthesis - bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation

Project team

Supervisor