Collaborators

We work with a number of fantastic collaborators and their groups located around the world, including:

• Prof Wout Boerjan, VIB, Belgium
• Dr Dave Bolam, University of Newcastle, UK
• Prof Vincent Bulone, KTH School of Biotechnology, Stockholm, Schweden
• Prof Gideon Davies, University of York, UK
• Prof Taku Demura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
• Prof Ray Dupree, University of Warwick, UK
• Dr Mylene Durand-Tardif, INRA Versailles, France
• Prof Harry Gilbert, University of Georgia, CCRC, USA
• Prof Claire Grierson, University of Bristol, UK
• Prof Claire Halpin, University of Dundee, UK
• Prof Bernard Henrissat, University of Marseille, France
• Dr Katja Johansen, Novozymes, DK
• Dr Angela Karp, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Prof Paul Knox, University of Leeds, UK
• Dr Toshihisa Kotake, Saitama University, Japan
• Prof Dr Kathryn Lilley, University of Cambridge, UK
• Dr Leila Lo Leggio, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Prof Simon J McQueen-Mason, University of York, UK
• Prof Ewa J Mellerowicz, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Schweden
• Dr Rowan Mitchell, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Prof Ariel Orellana, Andres Bello University, Chile
• Prof Pamela C Ronald, University of California, Davies, USA
• Prof Henrike V Scheller, Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA
• Prof Peter Shewry, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Dr Katherine Stott, University of Cambridge, UK
• Prof Yoichi Tsumuraya, Saitama University, Japan
• Prof Dave Twell, University of Leicester, UK
• Prof Simon Turner, University of Manchester, UK
• Prof Paul Walton, University of York, UK
• Prof William Willats, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Funding

Our work would certainly not be possible without the generous financial support we receive to fund our research, purchase equipment, and sponsor our postdoctoral researchers and graduate students.

BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 

European Community 

The Leverhulme Trust

We acknowledge the University and its Colleges for their support and grants, particularly for undergraduate project students.