Plant genome engineering · rice & tomato

We rewrite plant genomes, one base at a time.

A molecular biology lab building climate-resilient tropical crops through precision CRISPR editing, enzyme biotechnology and computational genomics.

5′ — double helix, live —3′
Research focus

Four programmes, one goal: better crops by design.

Every project runs from computational design at the desk to marker-free edited lines in the growth room.

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Disease-resistant rice

Bsr-d1 · elite line MR297

Editing defence loci for broad-spectrum blast resistance, with no yield penalty in high-performing local varieties.

T

Better tomato traits

SGR1 · CYC-B

Tuning ripening, shelf life and provitamin-A content in lowland tomato through targeted knockouts.

G

Enzyme biotechnology

β-propeller phytase

Characterising thermostable phytases from tropical Bacillus for sustainable feed and phosphorus recovery.

C

Computational genomics

phylogenetics · guide design

Homology modelling and guide-RNA pipelines that steer every wet-lab experiment before a single cell is touched.

Interactive · SDN-1

Genome Editing Console

Pick a target gene, choose an edit, and watch a marker-free SDN-1 edit run: guide RNA anneals, Cas cuts three bases upstream of the PAM, and the sequence is repaired with a lesion. This is the same logic behind every construct we design.

crispr_design.session — SDN-1
guide RNA (spacer, 5′→3′)
target locus — protospacer + PAMCas · NGG
Select a gene and press  Run edit  to design a lesion.
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Elite lines edited
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Target genes in the pipeline
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Guide RNAs validated
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Marker-free, SDN-1
People

A small team across wet lab and code.

Swap these cards for your real members — names, roles and a one-line focus each.

PI

Principal Investigator

Lab lead · genome editing

Sets the research direction across rice and tomato programmes.

RA

Research Associate

Tissue culture · transformation

Runs regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated delivery.

PG

Postgraduate

Molecular biology

Guide design, cloning and genotyping of edited lines.

BX

Bioinformatician

Computational genomics

Phylogenetics, structural modelling and analysis pipelines.

Selected publications

Recent work from the bench.

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Join the lab

Work on crops that matter.

We take on motivated students and collaborators who want hands-on genome editing, from guide design to the growth room.

1Undergraduate research projects & internships
2MSc / PhD postgraduate positions
3Postdoctoral fellows & visiting researchers
4Industry & academic collaborations

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