Professor Staffan Persson

ARC Future Fellow, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

What plant proteins can tell us about Alzheimer’s

Plant biologists have described how a protein called CC1 helps plants to grow under salt stress and, intriguingly, it shares features with a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Environment

Engineering plants for a sustainable future

Scientists have discovered the genetic master switches for a plant’s body mass production and it brings with it the potential to produce new biomaterials and bioplastics

Sciences & Technology

Finding the building blocks of wood

Scientists are looking inside plant cells to learn how wood is formed and how that process can help develop materials for the future

Environment

Unlocking the inner workings of plant growth

Sustainable biofuels are closer to reality after the discovery of a key step in plant cell wall production.