Dr Anil Day BA, MA, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Overview
Chloroplasts convert light into chemical energy fuelling life on earth. They contain their own expression apparatus and set of genes. Transplastomic technologies allow precise targeted integration of trait genes into chloroplasts without marker genes. Industrial and therapeutic proteins expressed in chloroplasts accumulate to extraordinarily high levels providing an attractive production platform for manufacture of high-value products for industry and health, which is both sustainable and carbon-neutral. Maternal inheritance of chloroplast genes prevents the pollen-mediated spread of transgenes providing a natural form of gene containment for the next generation of Biotech crops. Biotechnological applications of this new and exciting area of science are underpinned by fundamental research on the genes present in chloroplasts.
Biography
Current
The University of Manchester, UK
Previous
Genetics Laboratory, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
EMBO Long Term Fellow. Dept. de Biologie Moleculaire, Geneva, Switzerland
PhD JIC, Norwich Research Triangle, UK
MA Biochemistry (with Chemical Pharmacology), University of Oxford, UK
Research Networks and Beacons
Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Media coverage and contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Student Theses
UoM administered thesis: Phd
UoM administered thesis: Phd
UoM administered thesis: Phd
Prizes
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)