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Colin Turnbull is a Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London. His research primarily focuses on plant defense mechanisms against aphid pests, utilizing proteomics and transcriptomics to study the genetic interactions between plants and insects. His work is distinguished by a strong emphasis on genomic analyses and the development of innovative tools for studying plant signaling, including micro-grafting and sap sampling. Turnbull has published extensively on phloem and xylem system functions and has been involved in several research grants aimed at understanding the molecular genetic basis of aphid virulence and plant-fungal symbioses. He is also keen on mentoring PhD students and postdoctoral fellows within his research domain, which includes the impact of climate change on plant immunity, the inheritance of resistance genes, and the ecological speciation among palm species.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.