Code
01N00916
Duration
01 January 2016 → 31 July 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Epigenetics
- Transcription and translation
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant protection
Keywords
gene co-expression network
epigenetics
immune system
CRISPR-Cas
oryza sativa
monocot plants
Project description
Plants protect themselves from stress using sophisticated plant defence strategies. This proposal will deliver novel insights into key regulators controlling plant defence in monocot plants, based on gene co-expression analyses, site-specific mutagenesis and detailed functional studies. We will work on one of the largest staple crops in the world: rice, feeding 50% of the human population on a daily basis.