Dr Sinéad Drea
Senior Lecturer
Department of Genetics and Genome Biology
University of Leicester
United Kingdom
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Genetics Department in the University of Leicester, joining the University in September 2007. This followed postdoctoral research in Yale University, USA, on flower evolution and development and in the John Innes Centre, Norwich, on wheat grain development. I am a Senior Lecturer in the Genetics Department in the University of Leicester, joining the University in September 2007. This followed postdoctoral research in Yale University, USA, on flower evolution and development and in the John Innes Centre, Norwich, on wheat grain development.
Research Interest
Interests include: Comparative and evo-devo analyses in plants Evolution and development of fruits and seeds in cereals (monocots) and poppy (basal eudicot).
Publications
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Geuten K, Viaene T, Vekemans D, Kourmpetli S, Drea S.(2013). Analysis of developmental control genes using virus-induced gene silencing. 975:61-9.