The University of NottinghamDr. Chungui Lu
Dr Chungui Lu graduated with an MSc in Plant Science from Yangzhou University, China in 1992. He gained a Ph.D.
in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Nottingham in 1999. Following positions at the University of
Wales in Bangor, Rothamsted Research and the University of Bristol he took up his current post as Lecturer in
Integrative Biology in 2006.
Dr Lu's current research concentrates of the use of post-genomic technologies (cDNA microarray,
Affymetrix) to monitor expression profiles and patterns of wheat genes under cold stress (freezing-tolerance
and vernalization) and different level nitrogen fertiliser. He also has an on-going interest in the study the
roles of miRNAs in controlling the regulation of nitrogen assimilation in organic and inorganic crops. Dr. Lu
has developed a highly efficient 2-step single cell RT-PCR technique (SC-RT-PCR) and is in the process of
developing single-cell microarray analysis which will provide a powerful tool for functional genomic
characterisation of the many signaling pathways that function in plant cell and provide a basis for cell
type specific genomic scale analyses of gene function. Dr Lu's current research interests include Wheat Vernalisation, Tomato ripening and Human Cancer research.
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