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June 2018

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  Scientists unravel effects of alternative splicing on plant responses to cold temperatures

  14 Jun 2018

  Research by a group of scientists from the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute, along with partners from Glasgow and Durham universities, has found that a genetic process known as alternative splicing has a massive effect on the response of plants to stress from cold temperatures. The paper -published in the American Society of Plant Biologists’ journal The Plant Cell - is already proving very influential and attracting wide interest.

April 2009

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  Plant Research at CLS attracts over 1 million pounds in funding from the BBSRC

  01 Apr 2009

  Research at the College of Life Sciences into how plants respond to changes in environmental conditions and stress has been boosted by research grants from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) totalling over £1 million.