![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/emily-beardon-150x150.jpg) | Emily Breardon University of Sheffield | Discovery and functional analysis of Striga resistance genes in rice for targeted breeding of durable defence. |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Thomas-Hartley1-150x150.jpg) | Thomas Hartley University of York | Increasing the potassium use efficiency in crops |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Marc-Cabry2-150x150.jpg) | Marc Cabry University of York | Structural analysis of dioxygenases from opium poppy: towards the production of new biocatalytic tools for morphinan production |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Thomas-Irving1-150x150.jpg) | Thomas Irving University of York | How plants maintain a good relationship with beneficial fungi |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-07-26-11-24-241-150x150.jpg) | Elizabeth Hollwey University of Leeds | Leeds - Generating epigenetic diversity in plants |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whiterosemb-site-icon-150x150.png) | Hannah Southam University of Sheffield | CO-releasing molecules as novel antimicrobial agents: mechanisms of transport and resistance |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whiterosemb-site-icon-150x150.png) | Ian Bennet University of Sheffield | Protein and DNA Dynamics in 5'-Nuclease Mechanistic Biology |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Bryony-Cotterell1-150x150.jpg) | Bryony Cotterell University of Sheffield | Bacterial Cell Wall Mapping at the Nanoscale |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whiterosemb-site-icon-150x150.png) | Aidan Taylor University of Sheffield | Understanding the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to host innate defences |
![](https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Elliot-Jokl-150x150.jpg) | Elliot Jokl University of York | Mechanotransduction through z-disc complexes of the skeletal muscle |