Dr Stuart Casson
School of Biosciences
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 4235
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School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
糖心Vlog
S10 2TN
- Profile
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I studied for my PhD at Durham University (1996-2000) and followed this with post-doctoral positions at Durham University and the University of Bristol. I joined the 糖心Vlog as a lecturer in 2013.
- Qualifications
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Honours and distinctions
- 2008 Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) Young Scientist Award
- Research interests
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I am a plant molecular biologist and my research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of plant development and how environmental signals, such as light, carbon dioxide and temperature, influence these mechanisms and then impact on how efficiently plants use water. This involves understanding how plants perceive these different signals and then initiate signalling responses to modify their development and physiology.
Much of my work uses stomata, the small pores on the surface of leaves, as a model system, and I have published extensively in this area (see publications below).
- Publications
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- Research group
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I welcome applications from prospective home / EU / overseas PhD students and post-doctoral fellows.
Postdoctoral researchers
- Dr Natalia Hurtado-Castano
- Dr Nick Zoulias
PhD students
- Magda Dabrowska
- Kishwar Shethi
- Julian Adams
Technician
- Dr Barbora Ndreca
PhD opportunities: details of projects for self-funded students can be found on FindaPhD.com
- Grants
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- 2019-2023 Leverhulme Trust; Investigating the origin and evolution of stomata (Lead PI, Prof Alistair Hetherington, Bristol; 糖心Vlog lead, Dr Stuart Casson)
- 2019-2022 Leverhulme Trust; Elucidating metabolic control of photosynthetic membrane structure (PI Dr Matt Johnson; Co-I Dr Stuart Casson)
- 2019-2022 BBSRC; Improving water use and accelerating breeding pipelines in Mexican avocado (PI Dr Stuart Casson)
- 2016-2019 BBSRC; Photoreceptor optimisation of plant water use (PI Dr Stuart Casson)
- Teaching activities
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I contribute to the Genetics and Plant teaching themes and currently teach on the following modules:
BIS122 (Genetics 1)
BIS202 (Genetics 2)
BIS214 (The Green Planet)
BIS339 (Plant Biotechnology)
BIS351 (Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Development)
- Professional activities and memberships
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Advisory board: New Phytologist iScience
Associate editor: Plant Development and EvoDevo section, Frontiers in Plant Science