Investigations

Project to test effects of temperature cycles on expression of Arabidopsis florigen gene FT, and whether these are mediated by temperature-dependent leaf development or temperature-specific FT expression, or both. Re-used and extended Arabidopsis Framework Model v1 to address this question. Led by Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz in Kim and Imaizumi labs, collaborating with Millar lab.

Project to test effects of natural compared to growth chamber 16:8 LD cycles, on expression of Arabidopsis flowering-time genes, and to define the genetic mechanisms and environmental triggers involved. Led by Young-Hun Song and Akane Kubota in the Imaizumi lab, with collaborators testing plants in parallel in Zurich and Edinburgh.