
DNA damage in seeds reviewed in Bioscience Reports
A new review by Wanda and Atheer highlights recent progress in research that has uncovered the importance of genome maintenance to seed...

Biochemical Journal paper
Our lab published work showing that DNA damage incurred in seeds persists into early seedling growth, reducing genome stability.

New publication in PNAS
Wanda was lead author on a new paper that showed that seeds have reduced responses to DNA damage, compared to seedlings. This might allow...

Visitor from ICRISAT
From Jan-March 2024, Vinay was visiting the lab from ICRISAT (Hyderbad) to study CRISPR Cas9 genome editing and experience English...


13th Triennial Meeting of the International Society for Seed Science
Wanda gave the presentation 'Safeguarding genome integrity in germination and seed longevity' at the 13th Triennial Meeting of the...


Phosphoproteomics of the plant DNA damage response
A new paper from the West lab reveals hundreds of new phosphosites induced by DNA damage and finds a functional role for one of these...


ISTA meeting in Hyderabad
Wanda Waterworth presented a keynote lecture at the 32nd ISTA (International Seed Testing Association) meeting which took place in...


New publication in Frontiers in Plant Science
New review on the importance of genome maintenance mechanisms to germination and seed longevity as part of a special issue in Frontiers...

Seed priming BBSRC project grant
Our lab was awarded a BBSRC funded project,led by Wanda Waterworth, to understand the molecular mechanisms that underpin seed priming and...


BBSRC-NSF project for gene targeting in plants
In collaboration with and led by Stan Gelvin (Purdue) we were awarded a joint BBSRC-NSF funded project grant to develop cleaner ways of ...