About
Agriculture and Food Security

Rob Thompson
Livestock are a key component in the Human food chain. Ensuring their wellbeing is therefore of critical importance.…
Siobhan Lister
I study Zymoseptoria tritici, a filamentous fungus which infects wheat and is responsible for vast global crop losses.…
Stephen Ashcroft
I read my undergrad degree in biology at Liverpool John Moores University where I became interested in food security and climate change mitigation through crop breeding. After a short break, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree in advanced biological sciences (food security) at the…
Stewart Brown
The aims of this research project are to gain a clear understanding of how selective herbicides reach their target site using a pharmacokinetic approach and based on this, develop kinetic models to better understand the basis of enhance metabolism in non-target site resistance.…
Stuart McEwen
Shiga toxigenic E. coli (STEC) cause several outbreaks per year resulting in potentially life-threatening cases of HUS and TPP.…