Previous Members

Previous Team Members.

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Jonathan Lecoy

PhD Student (2021 - 2025)

Investigating the mechanisms of novel barley lemma shape development in development in 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴-𝘊 https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/43440 

After completing his PhD, Jonathan became a Science Technician at George Watson College.

 

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Dr Anamika Singh

British Council Women in STEM Fellow (2024-2025)

Investigating the genetic regulation of pulvinus formation in maize.

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Natasha Gonet-Frost

Research Assistant (2023-24)

Investigating 𝘌𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘧 growth and development.

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Dr Ayushi Gupta

British Council Women in STEM fellow (2023-2024)

Investigating the role of LIGUELLESS2 in maize.

After The Plant Shape Lab, Ayushi became a DST-INSPIRE fellow at ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology. 

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Dr Jonathan Griffin

Research Assistant  (2021-22)

Growth dynamics in developing cereal leaves.

After The Plant Shape Lab, Jon joined the McKim Lab at the University of Dundee as a postdoc to study barley grain development.

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Past Undergraduate Honours Students:

Every year we host excellent University of Edinburgh undergraduate honours research project students from different degree programs. Students fully integrate into the lab and carry out their own research project making valuable contributions to The Plant Shape Lab.

Past Undergraduate Honours Students include:

Sophie Burne (2025, Awn development and evolution project)

Sam Reid (2025, 𝘌. 𝘵𝘦𝘧 inflorescence architecture project)

Heather Jones (2023, Leaf boundaries project)

Emily Lyon (2022, Leaf boundaries project)

Michael Blakiston Houston (2022, Developing transgenic tools in barley project)

Ella Penny (2021, Growth dynamics project)

Katie Long (2021, Leaf boundaries project)

 

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