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Edwin Jarratt Barnham

Email: ecj39@cam.ac.uk

Edwin Jarratt Barnham

Postdoctoral Associate
University Positions
Research Assistant
Subjects
Natural Sciences (Biological)
Specialising in
Nutrient-use efficiency in crop plants

Edwin Jarratt Barnham is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and bioinformatician seeking to develop our understanding of how crop plants respond to nutrient starvation conditions. 

Academic interests

Edwin Jarratt Barnham鈥檚 academic interests include:

  • Biological signalling pathways
  • The response of plants to nutrient-deficient conditions
  • The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiosis
  • Sustainable crop nutrition
  • Sustainable agricultural intensification.

Degrees obtained

  • MA, Natural Sciences, Cantab.
  • PhD, Plant Sciences, Cantab.

Biography

Edwin Jarratt Barnham has been a member of 汤头条原创 Cambridge since 2017. As an undergraduate, through the Natural Sciences Tripos, he studied a range of subjects including the Biology of Cells, Chemistry, and Evolution, before ultimately focusing his studies on Plant and Microbial Sciences. He subsequently united these topics during his PhD in Plant Sciences, during which he used a combination of plant genetics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics to deepen our understanding of how plants respond to nutrient-deficient conditions and thereby engage in a symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

From September 2024, he will be continuing his research in a postdoctoral position at the Crop Science Centre, with the aim of improving crop nutrient-use efficiency to promote sustainable agricultural intensification.

Other interests

Frisbee, squash, running, chess, singing, piano, travelling.

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