Research project

Rewiring photosynthesis with synthetic biology

Research groups:

Marine Biogeochemistry

Plants and Food Security
Lead researcher:

Professor Tom Bibby
Other researchers:

Professor Mark Moore,

Professor Matthew Terry
Research funder:

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Tom Bibby

Professor of Biological Oceanography

Research interests

(1) The role of photosynthetic microbes in global biogeochemical cycles(2) The use of photosynthetic microbes for sustainable products

Connect with Tom

Email: tsb@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Mark Moore

Professor of Oceanography

Research interests

Marine Biogeochemistry
Oceanic nutrient and carbon cycling
Phytoplankton photosynthesis

Connect with Mark

Email: C.M.Moore@soton.ac.uk

Professor Matthew Terry

Professor of Molecular Plant Biology

Research interests

Chloroplast development and retrograde signalling to the nucleus
Light regulation of wheat growth and development
Improving algal photosynthesis

Connect with Matthew

Email: mjt@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Marine Biogeochemistry

We research the biogeochemistry of marine systems, both in the open ocean and in shelf seas. We take on societal and global environmental issues.

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.

Research outputs

Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a cytochrome c oxidase mutant using a heterologous electron sink

Alejandro Torrado, Hannah Connabeer, Annika Rottig, Nicola Pratt, Alison Baylay, Matthew Terry, Christopher Moore & Thomas Bibby, 2022, Plant Physiology, 189(4), 2554-2566

DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac203

Type: article

Isolation and molecular characterisation of Dunaliella tertiolecta with truncated light-harvesting antenna for enhanced photosynthetic efficiency

S. A. Johansson, P. G. Stephenson, R. J. Edwards, K. Yoshida, C. M. Moore, R. Terauchi, M. V. Zubkov, M. J. Terry & T. S. Bibby, 2020, Algal Research, 48

DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101917

Type: article

Rational engineering of photosynthetic electron flux enhances light-powered cytochrome P450 activity

Adokiye Berepiki, John R Gittins, Christopher Moore & Thomas S Bibby, 2018, ACS Synthetic Biology, 3(1), 1-9

DOI: 10.1093/synbio/ysy009

Type: article

An inducible expression system in the alga Nannochloropsis gaditana controlled by the nitrate reductase promoter

Harry O. Jackson, Adokiye Berepiki, Alison J. Baylay, Matthew J. Terry, C. Mark Moore & Thomas S. Bibby, 2018, Journal of Applied Phycology, 31, 269–279

DOI: 10.1007/s10811-018-1510-6

Type: article