A new project led by UCL seeks to develop the plants and food of the future, supported by UK government funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
Professor Saul Purton (UCL Structural & Molecular Biology) and Dr Scott Lenaghan (University of Tennessee) are co-leading a project, supported by an £8.9 million grant, that aims to harness the power of organisms that capture energy from sunlight (photosynthesis) – both land plants and algae – for the sustainable, affordable, and accessible production of valuable compounds for healthcare and manufacturing.
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