head of Characterising the genes responsible for segregation distortion in wheat Genome editing for low acrylamide wheat Improving plant cold tolerance to enhance agricultural resilience to abiotic stress
selected publications article The transcript composition of egg cells changes significantly following fertilization in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Journal. 2005 abstract WatkinsG2B: The unique legacy of wheat landraces assembled by AE Watkins 2022
principal investigator on A pipeline for efficient recombination in wheat 2021 - 2023 Australia Partnering Award: Are wheat introgressions the breeders' friend or foe? 2020 - 2022 Releasing natural variation in bread wheat by modulating meiotic crossovers 2016 - 2021 A multi-channel liquid handler for the Bristol Genomics facility 2019 - 2020 CerealsDB: A community resource for wheat genomics 2014 - 2018 High throughput sample handling for high throughput genomics 2017 - 2018 Development of specific TALENs for precision engineering in wheat 2014 - 2015 Purchase of Affymetrix GeneTitan for use in high throughput genotyping 2014 Enhancing diversity in UK wheat through a public sector prebreeding programme 2011 - 2014 Development and validation of a flexible genotyping platform for wheat 2011 - 2013 A community resource for wheat functional genomics 2008 - 2013 Large scale mapping of wheat transcripts and simultaneously defining the A B and D genome contribution to the hexaploid transcriptome 2008 - 2012 Increasing genetic diversity in wheat by interfering with mismatch repair 2008 - 2012 Mining the allohexaploid wheat genome for useful sequence polymorphisms 2009 - 2011 High throughput genomics 2007 - 2008 Development of new tools and resources to enhance wheat functional genomics 2006 - 2008 A wheat SNP chip for the study of homoeologous gene expression in hexaploid wheat 2006 - 2007
co-principal investigator on 15-IWYP -Wider and faster: high-throughout phenotypic exploration of novel genetic variation for breeding high biomass and yield in wheat 2016 - 2019 Indo-UK Centre for the improvement of Nitrogen use Efficiency in Wheat (INEW) 2016 - 2019 15-IWYP. A genetic diversity toolkit to maximise harvest index by controlling the duration of developmental phases 2016 - 2018 Confocal microscopy 2009 - 2010
