Research Grant (2025-2028)
Unravelling Chloroplast TOC-TIC Assembly, a Vital Component of Plant Greening and Photosynthetic Establishment

Research Grant (2025-2027)
Resolving the Structure and Function of the Plant Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery

Research Grant (2023-2026)
Uncovering How Plant Pathogens Take Control of Chloroplast Protein Import to Limit Chloroplast-Mediated Immunity

Research Grant (2023-2026)
Defining the Role of SUMO in Regulating Chloroplast Biogenesis and Functions

Super Follow-On Funding Grant (2022-2025)
Improving Yields and Stress Tolerance in Wheat by Using CHLORAD as a Technology

Research Grant (2021-2024)
Defining the Scope and Components of Ubiquitin-Dependent Chloroplast-Associated Protein Degradation

Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Research Grant (2020-2021)
Developing CHLORAD as a Technology for Crop Improvement

NIAB Community Resource for Wheat and Rice Transformation (2019)
Manipulating CHLORAD in Wheat: Altering Expression of the Plastid Retrotranslocon SP2 in order to Develop Novel Crop Improvement Strategies

Follow-On Funding Pathfinder (2019)
Manipulation of the Chloroplast-Associated Protein Degradation Pathway (CHLORAD) - Applications in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Research Grant (2018-2021)
Elucidating the Role of SP2 and the SP1-SP2 Machinery in Chloroplast Protein Degradation

Research Grant (2018-2022)
Chloroplast-Associated Degradation (CHLORAD): Molecular Definition of a Ubiquitin-Dependent System for Plastid Protein Removal in Plants

Follow-On Funding Grant (2018-2019)
Application of the Plastidic E3 Ligase SP1 in Crop Improvement, Using Tomato and Rice as Models

ALERT Equipment Grant - As Co-Investigator (2018-2019)
High Throughput Fluorescence Imaging for Plant Sciences

JIC-BRACT Community Targeted Gene Knockout Resource (2018)
Generating Wheat CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout Mutant Lines for the Chloroplast Regulators SP1 and SP2

Research Grant (2016-2019)
Role of the Chloroplast Ubiquitin E3 Ligase SP1 in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

JIC-BRACT Community Targeted Gene Knockout Resource (2016)
Generating Brassica CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout Mutant Lines for the Chloroplast Regulator SP1

Industrial CASE PhD Studentship (2015-2019)
Using SP1 to Control Plastid Development and Yield in Crop Plants

Research Grant (2013-2016)
Control of Plastid Biogenesis by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

NIAB Community Resource for Wheat Transformation (2013)
Manipulating Plastid Development in Wheat Using the SP1 Ubiquitin E3 Ligase

Follow-On Funding Pathfinder (2013)
Regulation of Plastid Biogenesis - Applications in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Research Grant (2012-2015)
Investigating the Function of a ClpC/Hsp100-type Chaperone in Chloroplast Preprotein Import

Research Grant (2012-2015)
Investigating the Roles of Arabidopsis STIC1 and STIC2 in Chloroplast Protein Transport

Research Grant (2010-2013)
SP1 and a Novel Mechanism for the Control of Chloroplast Protein Import

Research Grant (2008-2011)
Characterization of the TOC Complexes which Define Distinct, Client-Specific Chloroplast Protein Import Pathways in Arabidopsis

Research Grant (2006-2009)
Genetic Suppressors of Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Mutations

Research Grant (2005-2008)
Elucidating the Function of the Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus Component, Tic40

Research Grant (2004-2007)
Substrate-Specificity of Protein Import Pathways in Chloroplasts

Committee PhD Studentship (2004-2007)
Probing Toc Complex Composition Using the Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP) Method

Research Grant (2003-2006)
Functional Studies of the Arabidopsis Tic Complex

Research Grant (2000-2003)
Mutations Affecting Ac Transpositional Activity in Arabidopsis

Research Grant (2000-2003)
Genetic Analyses of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

Research Grant (2000-2003)
Biochemical and Genetic Analyses of the Arabidopsis Toc Complex

Sino-British Fellowship Trust (SBFT) Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Feijie Wu (2009-2011)
Characterization of STIC2, a Novel Gene that Affects the Efficiency of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

Rosenheim Research Fellowship (URF) (2000-2005; 2005-2008)
Molecular-Genetic Analyses of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

International Incoming Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Weihua Huang (2007-2008)
Use of Genetics to Identify New Loci Involved in Chloroplast Protein Import

Research Grant (2004-2005)
In Vivo Studies of Putative Substrate-Specific Chloroplast Protein Import Pathways in Arabidopsis

Research Grant (2001-2002)
Toc33 and Chloroplast Protein Import

European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to Dr Bruno Teixeira Peixoto (2025-2026)
X-CHLORO: Crosstalk Between Stress, Energy Signalling and the Chloroplast

British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) Summer Vacation Studentship to Ms Anna Ivanova (2023)
Enhancing Photosynthesis by Fine Tuning the Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery

Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship to Dr Pushan Bag (2023-2026)
Assembly, Dynamics, and Plasticity of Plastid Translocon Biogenesis

EPA Cephalosporin Fund Grant - As Co-Investigator (2022)
Advanced Live-Cell Imaging for the New Department of Biology

European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to Dr Sreedhar Nellaepalli (2021-2023)
TOC-MAKER: The Assembly and Structure of the Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery in Plants

Genetics Society Vacation Studentship to Ms Ella Catherall (2021)
Genetic Analysis of Putative New Regulators of the Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery in Plants

Oxford University Press John Fell Fund Grant (2020)
Ultracentrifugation for Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry

EPA Cephalosporin Fund Grant (2019)
Shaking Incubator System for Preparing Microbial Cultures for Plant Transformation and Plant Molecular Biology

European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to Dr Binquan Huang (2016-2018)
YIELDFACTOR: Using SP1 to Control Plastid Development and Yield in Cereals

EPA Cephalosporin Fund Grant (2016)
Adding Epifluorescence Imaging Capability to An Existing Microscope to Enable Chloroplast Biogenesis Research in Plants

EPA Cephalosporin Fund Grant (2015)
Controlled-Environment Chambers to Enable Chloroplast Biogenesis Research in Plants

EPA Cephalosporin Fund Grant (2014)
High-Speed Centrifuge for Plant Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Carl Tryggers Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Mats Töpel (2012-2014)
The Role of Gene Duplication and Positive Selection in the Evolution of the TOC/TIC Complexes

British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) Summer Vacation Studentship to Mr Rob Berkeley (2012)
Molecular Analysis of Novel Factors Involved in Chloroplast Protein Transport in the Model Plant, Arabidopsis thaliana

Society of Biology (Genetics Society) Undergraduate Research Bursary to Mr Abdulkhaliq Alsaadi (2012)
Molecular and Genetic Analyses of Novel Factors Involved in Chloroplast Biogenesis in the Model Plant, Arabidopsis thaliana

Gatsby Foundation Sainsbury PhD Studentship to Mr Raphael Trösch (2009-2013)
The Protein Import Machinery of Chloroplasts: Using Genetics to Identify Novel Components of the Toc/Tic System

Biochemical Society Vacation Studentship to Mr Nicholas Putz (2006)
Studies on the Targeting, Topology and Role of Arabidopsis Toc12, a Putative Component of the Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus

Genetics Society Vacation Studentship to Ms Izabela Wojcik (2006)
Reverse-Genetic Studies on the In Vivo Role of the Putative Arabidopsis Orthologue of Toc12, a New Component of the Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus

Universities UK Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award to Mr Jocelyn Bédard (2002-2005)
Tic40, a Co-Chaperone Component of the Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery

NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Sabina Kovacheva (2002-2003)
Yeast Two-Hybrid Screens for Toc33 Interactors

Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Henrik Aronsson (2001-2003)
Galactolipids and Chloroplast Protein Targeting in Arabidopsis

Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursary (2001)
Fine Genetic Mapping of the iae2 Mutation in Arabidopsis

Nuffield Foundation Award to Newly Appointed Lecturers in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (2000-2002)
Suppressor Analysis of an Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Mutant