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Spencer Whitney

Principal Investigator

Australian National University

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Photosynthesis, Carbon Fixation, Plant Synthetic Biology, Crop Physiology

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Focus on process-level improvements to photosynthesis: engineering and directed evolution of carbon‑fixing enzymes, chloroplast transformation and compartment design, plus species‑specific gas‑exchange and crop modeling to enhance carbon assimilation and inform productivity across environments.

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Australian National University

Enhanced Rubisco enzyme engineering for improved crop nitrogen and resource use efficiency

Research initiative to improve crop nitrogen, water, and light use efficiency by engineering Rubisco, the photosynthetic CO2-fixing enzyme. Building on laboratory-evolved Rubisco variants showing up to 25-30% increased c...

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Spencer Whitney

Principal Investigator

Australian National University

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Australian National University

Principal Investigator

2000 - Present

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