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Enhancing carotenoid levels in cereals by esterification

We have identified a carotenoid esterase and are looking to understand its function in plants and to manipulate it in 1-2 cereals species to enhance antioxidant and provitamin A levels.

Possible techniques: molecular genetics, biochemistry, developmental biology, GMOs and plant transformation

Our first manuscript on this project is in preparation

Photosynthesis and plant energy biology
Plant environmental biology and functional ecology
Plant genetics and gene regulation

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Sexual selection in the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus	Jennions Group - Behavioural and reproductive ecology	Not open to students.
The Compound Eyes of Fiddler Crabs: A Tutorial	Zeil Group - Ecological neuroscience	Not open to students.