Research project

A new sensor for detecting mRNA in crops

Research groups:

Plants and Food Security
Lead researcher:

Professor Antonios Kanaras
Other researchers:

Dr Lorraine Williams,

Professor Otto Muskens
Research funder:

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Antonios Kanaras MSc, PhD, FRSC, FRSB, FInstP, FHEA

Professor

Connect with Antonios

Email: a.kanaras@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Lorraine Williams

Associate Professor

Connect with Lorraine

Email: l.e.williams@soton.ac.uk

Professor Otto Muskens

Professor of Physics

Research interests

Programmable photonic circuits using ultralow loss phase change materials.
Infrared metasurfaces for radiative cooling and defence applications.
Deep learning and AI enabled nanophotonic design.

Connect with Otto

Email: o.muskens@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

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.

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Our research group examines the connections between physics, chemistry and engineering.

Research outputs

F-group bZIPs in barley - a role in Zn deficiency

Ahmad Zulhilmi Nazri,

Jonathan H.C. Griffin,

Kerry A. Peaston,

Douglas G.A. Alexander-Webber,

& Lorraine E. Williams

, 2017 , Plant, Cell and Environment , 40 (11) , 2754--2770

DOI: 10.1111/pce.13045

Type: article

Graphene oxide-upconversion nanoparticle based optical sensors for targeted detection of mRNA biomarkers present in Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer

Patrick Vilela,

Afaf El-sagheer,

Timothy M. Millar,

Tom Brown,

Otto L. Muskens,

& Antonios G. Kanaras

, 2017 , ACS Sensors , 2 (1) , 52--56

DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00651

Type: article