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Emily Flashman is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, focusing on Molecular Plant Science. Her research centers on the engineering of catalytic properties of plant enzymes, particularly those that improve plant stress tolerance and productivity. A significant aspect of her work involves studying Plant Cysteine Oxidases, enzymes that play a crucial role in triggering plant adaptive responses to flood-induced hypoxia. By utilizing both structural and functional understanding of these enzymes, Emily aims to manipulate their activity on a molecular level to correlate enzyme engineering with biochemical and biological outcomes. Her ultimate goal is to reduce the activity of Plant Cysteine Oxidases under specific conditions to enhance the prolonged tolerance of plants against flooded environments. She employs similar engineering approaches for enzymes involved in stress growth signaling, making significant contributions to the field of molecular plant science.
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