Professor Alex Webb
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Year started
2001
Subject
Plant Sciences
Fellow Type
Lecturers, Professors and College Officers,
Professor Webb is the Head of the Circadian Signal Transduction research group in the Department of Plant Sciences. The group is working out how plants measure time by studying a 24hr timing device called the circadian clock. The research identifies how the circadian clock provides benefits to plants to maximise plant growth and productivity.