Ari Sadanandom International Plant Molecular Biology Conference 2024

Ari Sadanandom

After attaining his PhD at the John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research and a postdoctoral position at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Ari Sadanandom was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Glasgow in 2003, and then as senior lecturer at Warwick University in 2009. At 2011 Ari Sadanandom moved to the University of Durham where he is currently Professor of Plant Molecular Sciences. Ari Sadanandom is also co-director of the Durham Centre for Crop Improvement technology, a multi-disciplinary research centre that works with Agriculture industry to develop technology that is effective in field conditions. Ari Sadanandom’s research group wants to understand how protein modifications control plant growth and adaptation to their environment. Proteins can be modified by the addition of chemical groups and this process acts at the core of all molecular pathways in eukaryotes. The current focus of Ari’s research is to understand how protein modifications influence plant responses to pests and pathogens.