Spatial and temporal mapping of the pea root secretome and its control of bacterial rhizosphere colonisation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Plant Sciences
Abstract
Bacteria are simple single celled organisms that lack the membrane bound structures found in higher cells of plants and animals. However, while bacteria may have a less complex cellular organisation they carry out a huge range of chemical reactions not found in plants and animals. Bacteria are responsible for the cycling of many nutrients such as N2 (N2 is also known as nitrogen gas and consists of two nitrogen atoms bound by a strong triple bond), which is a very inert atmospheric gas. N2 makes up 78% of the atmosphere but is very unreactive and cannot be used directly as a source of nitrogen, which is needed for amino acid, protein and DNA synthesis. However, a small number of bacteria can reduce (add hydrogen) to N2 and convert it into ammonia (NH3), which is readily incorporated into amino acids and then all the other building blocks of life, by a wide range of organisms including bacteria and plants. In many parts of the world the limitation to growth of plants, which in turn support animal life, is the supply of nitrogen as ammonia or related compounds. Since up to 65% of available nitrogen (eg ammonia) comes from bacteria this makes them essential for life on earth. Within the bacteria, most of the nitrogen is actually produced by one family known as the Rhizobiacea. This remarkable group of bacteria form a symbiotic association (both partners benefit) with plants of the legume family, that results in the formation of root nodules (on pea plants these are 2-3 mm bulbs that can easily be seen by pulling up a plant and inspecting its roots). The rhizobia are held inside the nodules where the plant provides them with an ideal environment (low O2 and lots of energy) in which they can reduce N2 to ammonia. The ammonia is supplied to the plant as its nitrogen source so this is why this is known as a symbiotic interaction. It means that the plant does need any nitrogen added to the the soil and enables rapid growth. The purpose of this research is to understand how the bacteria (rhizobia) first associate with roots in a process called colonisation. This is a vital step if the bacteria are going to go on to elicit nodule formation by the plants and reduce N2 to ammonia. Many rhizobia with desirable argonomic features, such as the ability to fix large amounts of N2 to ammonia, are out competed for nodule formation by less desirable rhizobia. We want to understand the genetic basis for the "fitness" of some strains that allows them to out compete other strains.
Technical Summary
Plant productivity is critically dependent on the interaction between micro-organisms and roots in the nutrient rich rhizosphere, with micro-organisms essential to nutrient and carbon cycling. A two way dialogue occurs with plants manipulating the rhizosphere microbial community which in turn affects plant growth. Many bacteria promote plant growth or reduce disease as illustrated by Take-all, where the fungus Gaeumannomyces gaminis var tritici accumulates in the rhizosphere of second and third plantings of wheat leading to severe root disease. However, repeated planting of wheat often suppresses Gaeumannomyces, probably by the buildup of antagonistic microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Plants exude around 10% of fixed carbon via their roots, including both small organic compounds and signalling molecules. Export on this scale must offer a significant fitness benefit to the plant, via alterations in the rhizosphere microbial community structure and/or functioning, and involves co-evolved mutualistic relationships between plants and microbes. To understand bacterial colonisation of plant roots, which is a key determinant of plant productivity, we developed the first detailed transcription maps of rhizobial colonisation of different plant roots and performed a ground breaking global analysis of compounds secreted by pea roots (secretome). Combining this information will allow us to transform the understanding of the chemical environment of pea roots by temporally and spatially mapping ligand secretion using a bacterial lux biosensor library. This enables distinction between broadly diffusible chemicals from those restricted to parts of the root or dependent on physical components of colonisation (e.g. biofilm formation). Concomittantly, the bacterial regulator hierarchy controlling rhizosphere expressed genes (rhi) will be determined and linked to the spatial and temporal secretome map.
Planned Impact
Our aim is to understand bacteroid development and nitrogen fixation by legumes. Nitrogen is one of the main constraints on agricultural productivity so its use is essential for high crop yields. In a world where food security is now considered a national priority crop yield is of critical importance. However, the drive for yield alone has led to very high application of nitrogen with consequent nitrate contamination of groundwater and problems of eutrophication. The problem is so serious that reactive nitrogen in the biosphere has doubled from preindustrial levels primarily through massive inputs into agriculture. It also results in the production of N2O which is around 300 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. These are problems of regional, national and international scope that require urgent amelioration and are at the forefront of the grand challenges for UK science. By improving our understanding of how rhizobia develop into N2 fixing bacteroids in legume nodule we acquire the understanding to improve the competitive success of desirable strains of Rhizobium. It also lays down a foundation of understanding for the transfer of bacteria to nodules in other plants such as cereals. These aims are long term but ultimately this work has relevance to farming practice as well as government policy in decisions about nitrogen utilization in agriculture. It is also relevant to UK attempts to reduce greenhouse emissions and produce a low carbon economy. Understanding the nitrogen fixation and its role in the nitrogen cycle in agricultural has wider benefits applicable to the UK public because of its importance in food security and meeting international obligations for mitigating the effects of climate change. We propose to reach a wide audience of farmers, the public, national and international policy makers and charitable institutions through active outreach (Friends of John Innes). We also have strong links with "The Nitrous Oxide Focus Group" and the newly formed "Consortium for Legumes in Agriculture, Society and Environment", which is an international consortium to promote understanding on the use of legumes. In addition we have broad links to the environmenral impact of this work through the Earth and Life Systems Alliance between JIC and UEA (ELSA) and to the UK government via the "Living With Environmental Change program (LWEC)" which has its secretariat at UEA. The proposal is also broadly in the highlight area "Effects of environmental change on the soil-water interface: Implications for food production and water supply". This is because legume use has a substantial impact on soil and water quality particularly for nitrogen run off problems. Legumes use reduces the need for nitrogen fertilizer and therefore decreases the carbon footprint of agricultre associated with fertilizer production in the energy intensive Haber-Bosch process.
Organisations
- University of Oxford (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Collaboration)
- James Hutton Institute (Collaboration)
- ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Calcutta (Collaboration)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Montana State University (Collaboration)
- University of Hyderabad (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Collaboration)
- John Innes Centre (Collaboration)
- THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- Plant Biology Division (Collaboration)
- Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) (Collaboration)
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Philip Poole (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Rubia MI
(2020)
A novel biosensor to monitor proline in pea root exudates and nodules under osmotic stress and recovery.
in Plant and soil
Garcia-Fraile P
(2015)
Arabinose and protocatechuate catabolism genes are important for growth of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in the pea rhizosphere.
in Plant and soil
Pini F
(2017)
Bacterial Biosensors for in Vivo Spatiotemporal Mapping of Root Secretion.
in Plant physiology
Turner TR
(2013)
Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants.
in The ISME journal
Terpolilli J
(2014)
Genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain WSM1689, the microsymbiont of the one flowered clover Trifolium uniflorum.
in Standards in genomic sciences
Frederix M
(2014)
Mutation of praR in Rhizobium leguminosarum enhances root biofilms, improving nodulation competitiveness by increased expression of attachment proteins.
in Molecular microbiology
Poole P
(2018)
Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts.
in Nature reviews. Microbiology
Wheatley RM
(2017)
Role of O2 in the Growth of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841 on Glucose and Succinate.
in Journal of bacteriology
Tkacz A
(2015)
Role of root microbiota in plant productivity.
in Journal of experimental botany
Poole P
(2017)
Shining a light on the dark world of plant root-microbe interactions.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Description | Surrounding the roots of plants is a fascinating environment - full of bacteria which live on compounds released from the roots. Little is known about the chemical composition of secretions from roots, but we have developed a method which can non-invasively reveal the compounds released from roots while the plant is growing. Using a special camera we can detect light released when a particular chemical is detected. We have developed probes to reveal the spatial and temporal presence of specific amino acids, sugars and organic acids. These are important tools for exploring other environments too. |
Exploitation Route | The biosensors developed can be used to non-destructively examine a wide variety of different environments. They are already being used in other research projects to examine the roots of different plants, including crops. In addition, they are being used to investigate plant-microbe interactions, competition between different microbes and also the process of formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legume roots. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals |
Description | This grant has used research to understand the compounds released from roots and developed ways that they can be detected in the environment surrounding roots. Microbiome analysis, examining the microbes in an environment, be it human gut, skin or the soil in which plants grow, has become very popular in recent years and is of widespread interest. The linkage of human health with the microbes that inhabit different niches of the body and plant health/yield with the soil in which they are grown, is a subject that the general public easily relates to, as garnered by the response at the engagement activities undertaken. Building on the results of this research we are developing ways to mark and tag bacterial components of the soil microbiome and use synthetic communities to establish which are crucial (keystone) participants, which will go on to yield further impacts in the fields of agriculture, many of which are at their infancy. Awareness of the importance of the soil microbiome has led to no-till agricultural practices coming to the attention of the media and their implementation on many farms. Scientific analysis has shown that different plant species are reproducibly accompanied by their own microbiomes, explaining some of the benefits obtained from the practice of crop rotation, in addition to that of nitrogen fixation from the planting legume crops. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | BioSciences DTP, University of Oxford |
Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 1211269 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Continuation of ENSA (RL) |
Amount | $226,932 (USD) |
Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS |
Amount | £1,146,829 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/L011484/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2013 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | Factors controlling N2-fixing ability and competitiveness of rhizobia to nodulate legumes |
Amount | £784,606 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/W006219/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 01/2025 |
Description | India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) |
Amount | £1,680,948 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N013387/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2016 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | Marie Curie (IA) |
Amount | € 224,933 (EUR) |
Organisation | Marie Curie |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | Peptidoglycan remodelling during Rhizobium leguminosarum life cycle, from the rhizosphere to the formation of bacteroids |
Amount | £658,994 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/W013800/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 04/2026 |
Description | Phyloquant Metagenomic Identification and Quantification Technology (Pathfinder) |
Amount | £13,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N016335/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2015 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Role of the SYM pathway in selecting the root microbiota |
Amount | £607,262 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/R017859/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | The effect of early-life prebiotic feeding on adult rat hippocampal function, central and peripheral metabonomics and microbial metagenomics |
Amount | £81,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N010035/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | Understanding and Exploiting Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Improvement of Brazilian Agriculture (Co-I with Prof. Ray Dixon as Lead PI) |
Amount | £1,624,659 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N013476/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 01/2019 |
Description | Understanding and Exploiting Biological nItrogen Fixation for Improvement of Brazilian Agriculture |
Amount | £1,624,659 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N013476/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 01/2019 |
Description | Brazil and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
Department | Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our emphasis is to study the physiology of bacterial growth and survival in the rhizosphere and how they establish symbiotic interactions with plants. A further focus of our work is the physiology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation in legume nodules. Most recently we have been studying how bacteria attach to and colonise roots and have developed methods to open up the whole area of how plants control the microbial root microbiome. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our major emphasis is on signal transduction cascades that regulate nitrogen fixation genes in response to oxygen, carbon and fixed nitrogen status. A long-term goal of this research is to exploit and engineer nitrogen fixation genes for agricultural benefit. (JIC) Research in the Farrar lab focuses on increasing Miscanthus yields in order to replace fossil fuel usage, sequester atmospheric carbon, and ultimately contribute to climate change mitigation. In order to achieve this, there are two main research areas: Plant developmental biology & genetics and Plant-soil-microbe interactions. (IBERS) Plant electron microscopy: the ultrastructure of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions. I also specialise in immunolocalisation of both conventionally (chemically)- and cryo-fixed plant material. Expertise in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes (JHI) |
Impact | Grant awarded from BBSRC Newton Fund. Grant Ref: BB/N013476/1 Understanding and Exploiting Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Improvement of Brazilian Agriculture. PI: Prof. Ray Dixon |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Brazil and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | James Hutton Institute |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Our emphasis is to study the physiology of bacterial growth and survival in the rhizosphere and how they establish symbiotic interactions with plants. A further focus of our work is the physiology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation in legume nodules. Most recently we have been studying how bacteria attach to and colonise roots and have developed methods to open up the whole area of how plants control the microbial root microbiome. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our major emphasis is on signal transduction cascades that regulate nitrogen fixation genes in response to oxygen, carbon and fixed nitrogen status. A long-term goal of this research is to exploit and engineer nitrogen fixation genes for agricultural benefit. (JIC) Research in the Farrar lab focuses on increasing Miscanthus yields in order to replace fossil fuel usage, sequester atmospheric carbon, and ultimately contribute to climate change mitigation. In order to achieve this, there are two main research areas: Plant developmental biology & genetics and Plant-soil-microbe interactions. (IBERS) Plant electron microscopy: the ultrastructure of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions. I also specialise in immunolocalisation of both conventionally (chemically)- and cryo-fixed plant material. Expertise in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes (JHI) |
Impact | Grant awarded from BBSRC Newton Fund. Grant Ref: BB/N013476/1 Understanding and Exploiting Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Improvement of Brazilian Agriculture. PI: Prof. Ray Dixon |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Brazil and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | John Innes Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our emphasis is to study the physiology of bacterial growth and survival in the rhizosphere and how they establish symbiotic interactions with plants. A further focus of our work is the physiology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation in legume nodules. Most recently we have been studying how bacteria attach to and colonise roots and have developed methods to open up the whole area of how plants control the microbial root microbiome. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our major emphasis is on signal transduction cascades that regulate nitrogen fixation genes in response to oxygen, carbon and fixed nitrogen status. A long-term goal of this research is to exploit and engineer nitrogen fixation genes for agricultural benefit. (JIC) Research in the Farrar lab focuses on increasing Miscanthus yields in order to replace fossil fuel usage, sequester atmospheric carbon, and ultimately contribute to climate change mitigation. In order to achieve this, there are two main research areas: Plant developmental biology & genetics and Plant-soil-microbe interactions. (IBERS) Plant electron microscopy: the ultrastructure of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions. I also specialise in immunolocalisation of both conventionally (chemically)- and cryo-fixed plant material. Expertise in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes (JHI) |
Impact | Grant awarded from BBSRC Newton Fund. Grant Ref: BB/N013476/1 Understanding and Exploiting Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Improvement of Brazilian Agriculture. PI: Prof. Ray Dixon |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Gut microbiome |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Psychiatry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Analysis of the microflora of the rat gut. |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of the effects of the periphery on brain biology, memory and mood. Diet and gut bacteria increase body levels of glutamate receptor stimulating amino acids. Research is now testing if these amino acids and intestinal microbes affect brain neurotransmission and behaviour. The goal is to find the best ways to help the treatment of psychiatric disorders, and maintain healthy brain function during aging. |
Impact | Award of BBSRC grant 'The effect of early-life prebiotic feeding on adult rat hippocampal function, central and peripheral metabonomics and microbial metagenomics' Grant Ref: BB/N010035/1 |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
Department | ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi |
Country | India |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
Department | ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science |
Country | India |
Sector | Learned Society |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | James Hutton Institute |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | John Innes Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
Department | Department of Bio-Chemistry |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | The Energy and Resources Institute |
Country | India |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | University of Calcutta |
Department | Department of BioChemistry |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | India and nitrogen fixation |
Organisation | University of Hyderabad |
Department | Department of Plant Sciences |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have developed high-throughput community analysis to characterise the microbiome of the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants. Using the latest techniques in synthetic biology I have developed high-throughput screening techniques to assess rhizobial competitiveness and ability to fix nitrogen. We have developed biosensor reporter technology linked to Lux imaging of whole roots to assess root secretion and its impact on microbial colonization and nitrogen fixation. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Hyderabad- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea. Also experience in metagenomic diversity of rhizospheric microbes of major crops. M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat - experience with different Indian soils and agricultural expertise of growth of pigeon pea ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - interaction with India subsistence farmers and legume-Rhizobium symbiosis under salt and nitrate stress. Also expertise on coordinating microbiological trials in different agroclimatic zones in India. University of Calcutta - expertise in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi - bioengineering of rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. John Innes Centre - world-leading expertise in the molecular biology of nitrogen fixation and biochemical characterisation of its transcriptional control. James Hutton Institute - specialised in nitrogen fixation by legumes and non-legumes, particularly those from the tropics. Techniques include high-resolution microscopy (light and EM) and 15N-based methods, which in combination have been used to confirm the effectiveness of many novel nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial interactions Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)-(inter-disciplinary) expertise on Indian life, cultural and practices from the aspect of sustainable development. Examining the interactions and trade-offs between different players in socio-ecological systems, especially in the Indian food system. |
Impact | A successful application was made to BBSRC-DBT as part of the Newton initiative by this group, led by Prof. Philip Poole. We have set up a VJC - the India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) which was funded from Jan 1st 2016 in UK. This funding is likely to lead to many outputs, and as this collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in many areas, however as the project has only just begun, these are yet to be realised. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | SynSym Project |
Organisation | John Innes Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bacterial physiology and genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microorganisms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genetics of legumes (JIC and University of Wisconsin), the enzyme nitrogenase, responsible for fixing nitrogen in both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Montana State university), plant physiology (Noble Foundation) and synthetic biology (MIT). We are working together on a project - Synthetic Symbioses - which aims to use synthetic biology to enable bacteria associating with plant roots to fix nitrogen. This symbiotic association, where the bacteria fixes nitrogen and benefits the plant, occurs naturally between legumes (plants) and rhizobia (bacteria). |
Impact | A research grant from BBSRC/NSF was obtained to study Synthetic Symbioses. GRANT TITLE: ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS Grant Ref: BB/L011484/1 |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SynSym Project |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bacterial physiology and genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microorganisms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genetics of legumes (JIC and University of Wisconsin), the enzyme nitrogenase, responsible for fixing nitrogen in both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Montana State university), plant physiology (Noble Foundation) and synthetic biology (MIT). We are working together on a project - Synthetic Symbioses - which aims to use synthetic biology to enable bacteria associating with plant roots to fix nitrogen. This symbiotic association, where the bacteria fixes nitrogen and benefits the plant, occurs naturally between legumes (plants) and rhizobia (bacteria). |
Impact | A research grant from BBSRC/NSF was obtained to study Synthetic Symbioses. GRANT TITLE: ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS Grant Ref: BB/L011484/1 |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SynSym Project |
Organisation | Montana State University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bacterial physiology and genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microorganisms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genetics of legumes (JIC and University of Wisconsin), the enzyme nitrogenase, responsible for fixing nitrogen in both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Montana State university), plant physiology (Noble Foundation) and synthetic biology (MIT). We are working together on a project - Synthetic Symbioses - which aims to use synthetic biology to enable bacteria associating with plant roots to fix nitrogen. This symbiotic association, where the bacteria fixes nitrogen and benefits the plant, occurs naturally between legumes (plants) and rhizobia (bacteria). |
Impact | A research grant from BBSRC/NSF was obtained to study Synthetic Symbioses. GRANT TITLE: ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS Grant Ref: BB/L011484/1 |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SynSym Project |
Organisation | Plant Biology Division |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Bacterial physiology and genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microorganisms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genetics of legumes (JIC and University of Wisconsin), the enzyme nitrogenase, responsible for fixing nitrogen in both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Montana State university), plant physiology (Noble Foundation) and synthetic biology (MIT). We are working together on a project - Synthetic Symbioses - which aims to use synthetic biology to enable bacteria associating with plant roots to fix nitrogen. This symbiotic association, where the bacteria fixes nitrogen and benefits the plant, occurs naturally between legumes (plants) and rhizobia (bacteria). |
Impact | A research grant from BBSRC/NSF was obtained to study Synthetic Symbioses. GRANT TITLE: ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS Grant Ref: BB/L011484/1 |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SynSym Project |
Organisation | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bacterial physiology and genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microorganisms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genetics of legumes (JIC and University of Wisconsin), the enzyme nitrogenase, responsible for fixing nitrogen in both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (Montana State university), plant physiology (Noble Foundation) and synthetic biology (MIT). We are working together on a project - Synthetic Symbioses - which aims to use synthetic biology to enable bacteria associating with plant roots to fix nitrogen. This symbiotic association, where the bacteria fixes nitrogen and benefits the plant, occurs naturally between legumes (plants) and rhizobia (bacteria). |
Impact | A research grant from BBSRC/NSF was obtained to study Synthetic Symbioses. GRANT TITLE: ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSES BETWEEN PLANTS AND BACTERIA TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CROPS Grant Ref: BB/L011484/1 |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | 1st Plant Microbiome Symposium, Brazil Feb 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 1st Plant Microbiome Symposium, Brazil attended by approx. 200 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 21st Congress on Nitrogen Fixation - 10th-15th Oct 2019, Wuhan, China - Philip Poole |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a talk at this international conference. He had many questions on his work and spent time exchanging ideas with colleagues in this research area. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://2019icnf.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65580 |
Description | 5th Annual Missouri University Plant Research Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a talk entitled 'Improving legume symbiosis or engineering cereals' in this virtual symposium: The Next Green Revolution: Challenges and Strategies towards a Sustainable Agriculture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.corteva.com/our-impact/innovation/symposiaseries.html |
Description | American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) conference of Plant Biology 2015, Minneapolis, USA July 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Interesting questions and discussion followed the talk. Colleagues were interested in my work and follow-up plans for collaboration were made. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Attending UBNFC Annual Meeting in Brazil, Nov 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Meeting of all collaborators on an international project or annual meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | BBSRC Senior Executive visits Plant Sciences Dept. Nov 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | BBSRC visited the lab and heard short presentations from members of the group. Interest was shown by the visitors in the work that was going on. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://synthsym.org/news/ |
Description | Back2Roots Advisor, annual project meeting. Jan 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | International advisor to the Back2Roots research programme in the Netherlands |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, Portugal, March 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussion. Helped refine ideas for the rest of research project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Bacterial World, Natural History Museum, Oxford, Dec 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a talk to school children on an open day at the museum as part of the Bacterial World exhibition. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/bacterialworld/ |
Description | Bath Science Café presentation, June 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Discussion followed presentation. Increased requests for delivering talks at similar science cafe events in other geographical areas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Bayer Crop Science 16th-17th Feb 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bayer Crop Science 16th-17th Feb 2016. A group of academics advised industry |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Botanic Gardens seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I talked to the Botanic Gardens about nitrogen and humanity Lots of questions and feedback. This is widely advertised to the public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), Shanghai, China - Philip Poole (Oct 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Phil visited Dr Jeremy Murray at CEPAMS and gave a talk to scientists and students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Development of Poole Lab website (Rhizosphere.org) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Rhizosphere website is used to describe work performed, profiles lab members, lists outreach activities and celebrates achievements. Also includes a list of Lab publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org |
Description | ENFC, Budapest posters and talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | An international conference. Group members presented posters and gave talks to approx. 500 scientists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Early Career Researcher Workshop on Plant-Microbe Interactions, Thailand, Feb 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop generated discussion and made links with other researchers. Affected way of thinking about experiments. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Facebook LIVE video by Oxford Sparks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Oxford Sparks FacebookLIVE podcast on nitrogen and the importance of nitrogen-fixing legumes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/OxSparks/videos/1210777428999882/ |
Description | FacebookLIVE - the future of food |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Facebook LIVE podcast in association with Oxford Sparks (latest 6.6k views) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/OxSparks/videos/1210777428999882/ |
Description | Fascination of Plants Day, University of Oxford, Harcourt Arboretum, May 2014; 2015; 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interest shown by general public in our displays and conversations concerning the importance of legumes. Praise from public and interest in plants rose. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Future of Food, Food Security Forum, Annual Conference, Oxford, May 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | poster presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Poster provided a starting point for discussions. Broad-reaching workshop aimed at lots of charity and development issues. Increased knowledge of the whole are of the future of food. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, Hawkshill, July 2018 (Phil Poole, Vinoy Ramachandran) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Summer school for undergraduates interested in Plant Sciences. Phil gave a talk. Vinoy attended as a post-doc mentor to the undergraduates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Give peas a chance |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | We made a film with Oxford sparks on nitrogen fixation Lots os hits on the web site |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Graduate School Speaker, Lunteren, The Netherlands, April 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Graduate School Speaker, Lunteren, The Netherlands, April 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | International Conference on Nitrogen Fixation (ICNF) Asilomar, USA, Oct 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussions. Poster sparked interest amongst audience. Interest and approval of work from respected colleagues. Discussion of new ideas in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | KEYS conference, Amsterdam, June 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk to an industry-sponsored conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Lecture at Cirencester Science and Technology Society, Royal Agricultural University, 9th May 2018, (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture given to general public interested in science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany Dec 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Seminar and discussion with colleagues at Max Planck Institue. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Meeting minds Oxford Alumni |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I gave a talk to the Oxford biological sciences Alumni Enthusiastic response from the audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Michigan State University, student workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Student workshop at an American University where I was an international expert. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Microbiota studies - satellite meeting of European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug 2018 (Andrzej Tkacz, Rachel Wheatley, Vinoy Ramachandran, Marcela Mendoza-Suarez, Tim Haskett, Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talks were given by all those listed to the audience of scientists from all over the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Mini-symposium Chemical Signalling in the Rhizosphere (Cumbria, Sept. 2019)- Phil Poole |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A group of international scientists focussed on a very defined problem in a retreat-like setting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | NIAB-East Malling Research seminar series, Jan 2019 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lunch time seminar at Research Institute. Spent much of the day in discussion with colleagues there. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | NUCLEUS UBNFC (VJC meeting) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A joint meeting of two VJCs who are working in UK and Brazil, held in Brazil, Nov 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Nitrogen and Humanity- a Perpetual Crisis - Phil Poole |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Phil Poole gave a talk in Oxford Town Hall as part of an evening on Microbiology. Audience was made up of the general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Organise and run OxBacNet meeting - Alison East |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I plan and design the programme, inviting all the speakers and organising the whole meeting (from tea and coffee, projectors, display of posters and pizza delivery for the networking sessions). This is an extremely successful initiative reaching the bacteriologists working in the many different locations around Oxford. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/oxbacnet/ |
Description | Organised Nitrogen Network Workshop, June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Nitrogen Network wa a one-day meeting for researchers interested in common themes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Outreach at Somerville College, Oxford Feb 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School students asked questions about the course. They were asked to think about nitrogen and its fixation by legumes. Local schools were keen to participate next year. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | OxBacNet presentation - Feb 2021 (LC) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Laura gave a talk entitled 'Where should I invest my resources? How host plants regulate interactions with bacterial symbionts'. This was well received (by Zoom) and she answered the audience's questions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/oxbacnet/ |
Description | Oxford Botanic Gardens Seminar Series, Nov 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Evening seminar to interested members of general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Plant Genomes, Systems Biology and Engineering, Cold Spring Harbor, 1st-3rd Dec 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On-line conference. Plant Genomes, Systems Biology and Engineering. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=PLANTS&year=21 |
Description | Plant-Microbe Interactions Symposium, Society for Applied Microbiology, Oct 2020 (PSP) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a talk entitled 'Rhizobium from rhizosphere to root nodule' at this online conference. It reached a wide audience who asked a series of questions after the talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://sfam.org.uk/career/ems-event-calendar/plant-microbe-interactions-series-part-1.html |
Description | Poster presented at SynBioBeta 2023, Oakland, California, May 2023 (BT) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presented: Understanding and Optimising Targeted Nitrogenase Expression in Gammaproteobacteria for Sustainable Cereal Agriculture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.synbiobeta.com |
Description | Posters at ICNF, Granada, Spain, Sept. 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | International conference. 11 posters from Lab. 2 short presentations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Posters presented at 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC), Naples Sept 2023 (JD, A-KM, OT, MC, IA, RL, AKE, BJ) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Eight posters were presented at the 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference from the Poole group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.enfc2023.org |
Description | Ratan Tata visits Poole Lab, June 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Ratan Tata, the prominent Indian businessman, visited the Poole Lab as part of a visit to Oxford. He expressed interest in the work that we are doing. Increased awareness of our research amongst businessmen. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Research Seminar, Lisbon, March 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Research Seminar, Lisbon, March 2017 at II Semana Bioengenharia, Instuto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Rhizosphere4, Maastricht, the Netherlands, June 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | poster presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Four posters from the lab were the focus of much interest. Scientific audience appreciated the ideas behind the work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Rothamsted Research invited seminar - Phil Poole |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a lunch-time research seminar. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, seminar, Nov 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussion with audience. As well as giving the seminar, I held discussions with colleagues working in related research areas. New ideas for research have emerged from thee talks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/events/2015/nov/13/plant-control-rhizosphere-microbiome |
Description | School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK. Seminar, 29th April 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK. Seminar, 29th April 2016, addressed audience made up of academic colleagues and post-grad students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Schools one week Intensive course |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Intensive one week course for A level students in practical plant and microbial science Students all keen to apply for science based university courses |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Science Cafe, Sherborne, Dorset |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A science cafe held in a village hall for approx. 60 members of the general public. Many interested participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://sites.google.com/site/sherbornesciencecafe/ |
Description | Seminar at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Oct 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussion. Met with interested parties for discussions over the course of the day. Improved understanding of the area by colleagues working in closely related fields. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Seminar, University of Southampton, Feb 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar, Crop Systems Engineering Seminar Series, University of Southampton, Feb 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Seminars in Frontiers on Genomics, Centro de Ciencias Genomicas (CCG) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico, Oct 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | I presented three seminars to a group of undergraduates from Mexico in Seminars in Frontiers on Genomics series, organised by Centro de Ciencias Genomicas (CCG) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The seminars are broadcast to participating institutions in Mexico. One-to-one discussions were had with the students on a wide-range of topics to stimulate their interest. Enormous appreciation and interest from the post-grad and under-grad students that I interacted with. Discussions with academics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms 2020 (Jan 2020) - Sam Aroney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sam gave a talk entitled ' Strategically navigating through the soil: the integrated sensory systems of the legume symbiont Rhizobium leguminosarum' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Society for General Microbiology 'Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Soil Microbiology', Loughborough, Sept. 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussions Audience showed interest and discussions were had with colleagues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Society for General Microbiology Annual Conference, The Microbiome, Birmingham, April 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussion with audience. Increased collaboration with colleagues in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Symbiosis Day at Museum (April 2019) - Carolin Schulte and Brandon Ford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Brandon and Carolin had a display (including 3D-printed bacteroids!) to engage with the public on the subject of nitrogen fixation and symbiosis. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Talk at Curtin University, Western Australia - Phil Poole (Nov 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a seminar on his research to an audience of scientists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Talk at Natural History Museum Oxford - Sam Aroney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Sam gave a presentation at the Museum open day |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Talk at OxBacNet Oct 2021 (RL) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation to OxBacNet members |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Talk to Zoological Society of London, London Zoo,13th March 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Seminar to an audience interested in science, but not specialists in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Talks given at 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC), in Naples, Sept 2023 (CSC, BT, TU, HK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Four talks were given by the Poole Lab at ENFC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.enfc2023.org |
Description | Thatcher Development Programme's Foundation Day Panel Discussion, 'Climate Change: Approaches and Innovations for the Future' - Feb 208 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Broad-ranging panel discussion with students from different disciplines held at Somerville College, Oxford. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | The Gairdner Foundation & University of Calgary Symposium on the Microbiome, Canada, Nov 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk led to discussion and questions from the audience. The talks were organised as a launch for a new unit investigating the microbiome. A lot of interest in this area from Medics. Improve understanding of the problems and an appreciation of other related areas of research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | The Microbiome: human medicine and agriculture in a bacterial world, Royal Society, Oct 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Royal Society organised two days of discussion to formulate policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Twitter account Rhizosphere @PooleLabOxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Twitter account to publicise the work of the Poole Lab |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
URL | https://twitter.com |
Description | UK Legume Research Community Conference, Norfolk Jan 2023 (PSP) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attended workshop and participated in networking and discussions concerning future research directions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news-current/ |
Description | VI Annual Meeting of the Plant Genetic and Biotechnology Network, Graduate School, Italy, June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | VI Annual Meeting of the Plant Genetic and Biotechnology Network, Graduate School, Italy, June 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Visit to Centre of Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Perth - Philip Poole (Nov 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Phil visited CRS and gave a seminar. Also during his visit he was able to interact with post-graduate students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Visit to Murdoch University, WA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Spent 1 month in Australia as Sir Walter Murdoch Adjunct Professor with Australian colleagues. Liaising, gave a seminar and got involved with their research activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Visit to Murdoch University, Western Australia as Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Fellow, Dec 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Visit to another laboratory for several weeks. Included giving two seminars and extended discussions with colleagues in the field. Strong ties formed and fostered with the research groups in universities in Western Australia. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Winchester College, Nov 2018 (Phil Poole) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Phil gave a talk to the students of Winchester College. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Wow! How? Family Science Fair, March 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Demonstrations stimulated discussion about simple science with children aged 5-10yrs and their parents/carers Favourable comments from the audience on how the stand sparked their interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
URL | http://rhizosphere.org/lab-news/ |
Description | Wymondham academy school visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk to 6th form students to encourage them to consider science as a career Students keen to apply for university places |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |