Principal Investigator. Attila holds a PhD from Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge and The Sainsbury Laboratory at John Innes Centre before joining Edinburgh in 2013 as a Chancellor’s Fellow in post-transcriptional gene silencing and gene editing. Understanding the principles of gene regulation and genome editing is paramount for the field of engineering biology. Engineering biology is the application of engineering principles to the design and fabrication of biological components and systems, from modifications of natural systems to new forms of artificial biology.In our laboratory, we specialize in studying epigenetics—a mechanism that controls gene activity without altering the DNA sequence, and DNA repair.We focus on both land plants and microalgae, utilizing and advancing genome editing tools and technologies. This knowledge underpins our efforts in crop improvement, spanning from the creation of virus resistance in plants, to the production of high-value compounds in microalgae, such as food supplements. This article was published on 2025-05-23
