Our members conduct cutting-edge fundamental research across plant science, nutrition, food science, engineering, psychology, education, and space law.
Explore our research publications below:
2026
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Nguyen, V.D.L., Liang, S., Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2026) ‘Application of machine learning and digital twin in smart farming for space and extreme environments’, in Rastogi, K., Pritmani, N., Fichadia, V. and Patel, S. (eds.) Advances in Smart Computing and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer, pp. 66–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97772-5_5
Van Duc Long, N., Liang, S., Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2026). “Application of machine learning and digital twin in smart farming for space and extreme environments.” In: De Paolis, L.T., Arpaia, P. and Sacco, M. (eds) Extended Reality: XR Salento 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 15740. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99188-3_29
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Adebowale, M., Long, N.V.D., Williams, P.M. and Hessel, V. (2025) ‘Microfluidic engineering of chitosan-coated nanoemulsions for controlled release and stability in space pharmaceutics’, Advanced Materials Technologies, admt.202502201. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202502201
Amarante, M.C.A. de (2026) ‘Characterisation of protein isolates and oleosomes extracted from cryo-milled quinoa seeds’, Food Hydrocolloids, 178, 112687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2026.112687
Berkowitz, O., Jost, R., Ng, S., Bacic, A., Whelan, J. and Lewsey, M.G. (2026) 'Transcriptome assemblies for two drug-type cannabis chemotypes by long-read RNA sequencing', The Plant Genome. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.70240
Chen, K., Khan, N., Ahmed, M.B., Kwong, P. and Hessel, V. (2026) 'Environmental and Ecosystem Effects, Risk Assessment, and Mitigation Strategies for Advanced Composting', Compost Science & Utilization, pp. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/1065657X.2026.2637959
Curry, A., Bunchek, J., Morales, C., Khodadad, C., Hummerick, M., Spern, C., Massa, G. and Smith, T. (2026) 'Sowing in space: Seed film enables crew-planted crops on the International Space Station', Acta Astronautica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.05.031
Duwal, R., Vasilev, K., Binner, E., Long, N.V.D., Coad, B.R. and Hessel, V. (2025) ‘Pretreatment of plant biomass waste for better resource extraction: conventional technologies versus nonthermal https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00338
Gill, A.R. (2026) 'Put some pep in your step: Engineering C4 photosynthesis into rice using maize PEPC', Plant Physiology, kiag388. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag388
Gong, Z., Chen, M., Zhang, H., Mortimer, J.C. and Botella, J.R. (2026) 'Evaluation of computational tools for the prediction of CRISPR/SpCas9 gRNA activity in plants', Plant Cell Reports, 45(5), 136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-026-03820-x
Gonzalez Viejo, C., Villarreal-Lara R., Mayorga-Martinez A.A., Harris N. and Fuentes S. (2026) ‘Brewing for beyond Earth: assessing how simulated space environment alters beer perception, with AI-driven sensory prediction from e-nose data’, Future Foods, 101009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2026.101009
He, C., Narsai, R., Liew, L.C., Zhang, Y., Yin, L., Xu, J., Xie, M., Shou, H., Ecker, J.R., Lewsey, M.G., Wang, Y., Berkowitz, O. and Whelan, J. (2026) 'Alternative oxidase and ethylene form a positive feed-forward loop in mitochondrial retrograde signaling', Plant Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2026.101744
Hessel, V., Long, N.V.D., Escriba-Gelonch, M., Tejada, J.O., Arshad, M.Y., Sabharwal, A., Centi, G., Bogaerts, A., Rebrov, E. and Seeberger, P.H. (2026) 'Gas separation in industrial bulk chemistry and relevance for transitioning to industrial plasma chemistry', Chemical Engineering Journal, 544, 178602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.178602
Khan, A., Herring, G., Zhu, J.Y., Petterson, M. and Lister, R. (2025) ‘Designing and testing CRISPRi-based synthetic gene circuits in plants’, Nature Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01312-y
Kwok van der Giezen, F.M. and Small, I. (2026) 'Harnessing Saccharomyces cerevisiae to advance the engineering of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins', FEBS Journal, 293, pp. 3135-3139. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.70438
Le, T.N.Q., Robertson, K., Fisk, I., Tran, N.N., Yang, D., Selomulya, C. and Hessel, V. (2026) 'Flow-Made Fertilisers for Cherry Belle Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Growth in Acidic and Calcareous Soils', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70172
Liew, L.C., Auroux, L., Bassel, G.W. and Lewsey, M.G. (2026) 'Seeds in suspension: Cell type-specific control of seed dormancy and germination initiation', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 102925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102925
Li, Y., Liang, H., Hou, Y., Duncan O., Millar A.H. and Li, L. (2026) ‘Turnover rates of photosynthetic proteins indicate a correlation with photosynthetic capacity under state transitions’, Plant Physiology, 200(3), kiaf638. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf638
Nieuwenhuyzen, M. and Lloyd, J.P.B. (2026) 'Silencing the noise with gene body methylation', Trends in Genetics, 42(6), pp. 484-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2026.04.002
Nguyen, N.V.D.L., Sengupta, S., Zhuang, C., Richter, K. and Hessel, V. (2025) ‘Plasma-activated water in agriculture, food safety, and healthcare’, Chemical Engineering Journal, 172535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.172535
Rintoul, R.C., Gill, A.R., McAusland, L., Murchie, E.H., Gilliham, M. and Mortimer, J.C. (2026) 'Developing carbon assimilation methods in duckweed for insights into photosynthesis and growth mechanisms', Plant Physiology, kiag311. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag311
Schmidt, S., Fisk, I.D., Yang, N., Saarela, M. and Hessel, V. (2026) 'Formulation of Personalized, Fortified Beverage Nanoemulsions for Space Exploration with Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids', ACS Food Science & Technology, 6(4), pp. 1092-1111. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.5c01291
Tamiru-Oli, M., Hurgobin, B., Berkowitz, O., Yin, L., Jost, R., Gvaramiya, S., Welling, M., Doblin, M.S., Bacic, A., Whelan, J. and Lewsey, M.G. (2026) 'Insights into glandular trichome biology from analysis of organ-specific gene expression programmes in cannabis, hop and tomato', The Plant Journal, 125(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70774
Tao, X.-Y., Tan, C., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Raza, A., He, J., Wang, L., Xia, K., Yan, Y., Liao, S., Jiang, W., Qu, Y., Xu, B., Zhou, Y., Yang, X., Roy, S., Denton, M., Tucker, M., Able, J., Gilliham, M., Langridge, P., Hu, H.-W., He, J.-Z., Zhao, C., Zhou, M., Mir, R.R. and Chitikineni, A. et al. (2026) 'The potential of wheat spatial omics', Nature Genetics, 58(5), pp. 962-973. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02542-w
Wijeweera, S., Sharma, D.L., Duncan, O. and Millar, A.H. (2026). “Metabolic responses to salinity identify a role for mitochondrial 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase in wheat tissue tolerance.” Plant, Cell & Environment, 49(3), 1684–1698. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70264
Waymouth, V.J., Keynton, A.C.W., Brumley, D.R., Ebert, B. and Watt, M. (2026) ‘Cell walls and their role in the plant root microbiome’, Trends in Plant Science, 02.005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2026.02.005
Wu, Y., Collins, C., Gilliham, M. and Shelden, M.C. (2026) ‘Salinity stress in grapevine: nutrient dynamics and tolerance strategies’, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 111156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2026.111156
Xu, B., Millar, A.H. and Gilliham, M. 2026, ‘γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): metabolite, messenger, and mediator of stress adaptation’, Annual Review of Plant Biology, vol. 77, in press. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-062425-092239
Xu, B. (2026) 'Divergent ALMT functions underpin aluminum tolerance and growth in woody plants', Plant Physiology, 200(2), kiag004. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag004
Yan, F., Baldoni, P.L., Lancaster, J., Ritchie, M.E., Lewsey, M.G., Gouil, Q. and Davidson, N.M. (2026) 'A comprehensive evaluation of long-read de novo transcriptome assembly', Genome Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-04001-5
2025
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Auroux, L., Liew, L.C. and Lewsey, M.G. (2025). “An overview of single-cell high-throughput technology in plants.” In: Guide to Plant Single-Cell Technology, pp. 1–34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4818-4
Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Life cycle assessment, circular economy, and environmental, social, and governance.” In: Török, B. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Green Chemistry. Elsevier, pp. 141–152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15742-4.00139-3
Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Life cycle design.” In: Török, B. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Green Chemistry. Elsevier, pp. 153–162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15742-4.00140-X
de Zwart, M. (2025). “Boots on the Moon: managing the return of humans to the Moon.” In: The Future of Outer Space Law. Routledge, pp. 93–119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370499
Lydia, O., Ian, B.P., Craig, G.H., Keith, A.J., Prabandha, K.S. and Sally, L.G. (2025). “Cheddar cheese and related dry-salted cheese varieties.” In: Paul, L.H.M., Paul, D.C., David, W.E. and Rani, G.-L. (eds) Cheese (5th ed.). Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 823–852. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18706-3.00020-2
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Bitton, C. (2025). “The Moon as a legal person: granting rights to celestial bodies.” In: IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space: Proceedings of the 76th International Astronautical Congress. International Astronautical Federation, pp. 111–122.
de Zwart, M. and Bitton, C. (2025). “Engineering plants for sustainability in space: legal and ethical implications.” In: IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space: Proceedings of the 76th International Astronautical Congress. International Astronautical Federation, pp. 367–369. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/94950
de Zwart, M. (2025). “Would a concept of Moon ‘environmentalism’ facilitate safer and more sustainable human activities on the Moon?” In: 28th IAA Symposium on Human Exploration of the Solar System: Proceedings of the 76th International Astronautical Congress. International Astronautical Federation, pp. 1–7. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/95368
Finnegan, C. (2025). “Is there a future for the ICRC recommendation to separate military and civilian uses of satellites to reduce the ‘human cost’ of military operations in outer space?” In: IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space: Proceedings of the 76th International Astronautical Congress. International Astronautical Federation, pp. 175–184.
Fuentes, S., Gonzalez Viejo, C. and Tongson, E. (2025). “Unleashing the power of artificial intelligence for viticulture and oenology on Earth and space.” In: GiESCO 2025, IVES Conference Series. https://ives-openscience.eu/ives-conference-series/
Schmidt, S., Vu, H.Q., Tran, N.N., Yang, N., Saarela, M., Fisk, I. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Reimagining space foods: generation of O/W nanoemulsions via spontaneous emulsification in self-assembly, macrofluidics, and microfluidics to produce fortified beverages for astronauts.” Materials Research Proceedings, 53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903933-13
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Auroux, L., Liew, L.C., Whelan, J. and Lewsey, M.G. (2025). “Advances in seed omics.” Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf294. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf294
Bagherian, M., Harris, G., Sathishkumar, P. and Lloyd, J.P.B. (2025). “Start right to end right: authentic open reading frame selection matters for nonsense-mediated decay target identification.” Genes, 16(11), 1297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16111297
Charbeaux, R.S.F., Waymouth, V.J., Calabria, J., Miller, T., Andeer, P. and Watt, M. (2025). “Synchronizing germination rates across plant species for fabricated ecosystems EcoFAB 2.0.” Bio-protocol, 15(23), e5537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.5537
Coates, R.J., Miller, T.K. and Millar, A.H. (2025). “Understanding and overcoming protein production bottlenecks in plants.” Trends in Plant Science, 30, S1360-1385(25)00329-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.10.007
David, R., Situmorang, A., Tran, N.N., Maythwe, T., Hessel, V. and Brewer, P.B. (2025). “Light is sufficient to compensate for random positioning machine-simulated microgravity in plant roots.” npj Microgravity, 11(1), 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-025-00477-4
de Amarante, M.C.A., Ong, L., Spyropoulos, F., Gras, S. and Wolf, B. (2025). “Dispersion conditions affect the physico-chemical and technofunctional properties of quinoa protein isolates precipitated with different acids.” Food Hydrocolloids, 163, 111043. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2025.111043
Dennis, M., Low, S.Y., Viljoen, A., Pullakhandam, A., Colas des Francs-Small, C., Campbell-Clause, L., Bond, C.S., Small, I. and Kwok van der Giezen, F.M. (2025). “GRASP: a modular toolkit for building synthetic pentatricopeptide repeat RNA-binding proteins.” Nucleic Acids Research, 53(20), gkaf1169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1169
Fattah, I., Alom, J., Zaman, J.U., Ban, S., Veza, I., Kalam, M., Hessel, V. and Ahmed, M.B. (2025). “Hydrogel-derived materials for microbial fuel cell.” Journal of Power Sources, 625, 235688. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.235688
Fountain, L.L., Gilliham, M., Amitrano, C., Arouna, N., Barker, R.J., Bohmer, M., Braun, M., Brereton, N.J.B., Brocato, R.L., Bunchek, J.M., Canaday, E., Caplin, N., Castaño, P., Decourteix, M., Del Bianco, M., De Micco, V., Doherty, C., Escobar, C., Franke, M.F., Fuentes, S., Gilroy, S., Hasenstein, K.H., Hauslage, J., Herranz, R., Iyer-Pazcussi, A., Izuma, D.S., Junya, K., Kiss, J.Z., Legué, V., Lloyd, J.P.B., Massa, G.D., Maffei, M.E., Meyers, A.D., Perera, I.Y., Poulet, L., Roychoudry, S., Sena, G., Shippen, D., Stoochnoff, J., Takahashi, H., Wyatt, S.E. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2025). “Expanding frontiers: harnessing plant biology for space exploration and planetary sustainability.” New Phytologist, 249(2), 656–669. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70261
Garcia-Daga, S., Fischer, S. and Gilliham, M. (2025). “Lithium in plants.” New Phytologist. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70523
Garcia-Daga, S., Roy, S.J. and Gilliham, M. (2025). “Redefining the role of sodium exclusion within salt tolerance.” Trends in Plant Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.003
Gill, A.R., Miller, T.K., Wijeweera, S., Herrero, E., Massa, G.D., Mortimer, J.C., Webb, A.A.R., Millar, A.H. and Gilliham, M. (2025). “Turbocharging fundamental science translation through controlled environment agriculture.” Trends in Plant Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.014
Golzarijalal, M., Ong, L., Aickelin, U., Harvie, D.J. and Gras, S.L. (2025). “The effect of freezing and thawing on mozzarella cheese: insights from industrial-scale experiments and mathematical and digital analysis.” Food and Bioprocess Technology, 1–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-025-03787-9
Gonzalez Viejo, C., Mayorga-Martínez, A.A., Harris, N., Villarreal-Lara, R. and Fuentes, S. (2025). “Spaceward senses: examining retronasal aroma and mouthfeel perception in simulated space-microgravity environments.” npj Science of Food, 9(1), 202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-00564-y
Hedrich, R. and Gilliham, M. (2025). “Light-activated channelrhodopsins: a revolutionary toolkit for the remote control of plant signalling.” New Phytologist, 245(3), 982–988. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20311
Hong, U.V.T., Tamiru-Oli, M., Hurgobin, B. and Lewsey, M.G. (2025). “Genomic and cell-specific regulation of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy.” Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(1), 35–51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae317
Inoue, M., Situmorang, A., Kelly, J.H., Chen, W., Zhou, H., Zhu, H., Ferrario, C.C., Gregis, V., Vajani, A., Shaaf, S., Biswas, A., Alqusumi, R., Waters, M.T., Tucker, M.R., Zhang, D., Watts-Williams, S.J., Janiak, A., Marzec, M., Chmielewska, B., Rossini, L., Yoneyama, K. and Brewer, P.B. (2025). “LATERAL BRANCHING OXIDOREDUCTASE specificity for strigolactone branching inhibition in barley.” Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(18), 5367–5381. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf285
Jost, R., Berkowitz, O., Pegg, A., Hurgobin, B., Welling, M.T., Deseo, M.A., Noorda, H., Brugliera, F. and Lewsey, M.G. (2025). “Sink strength, nutrient allocation, cannabinoid yield and associated transcript profiles vary in two drug-type Cannabis chemovars.” Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(1), 152–174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae366
Kelly, J.H., Gilmore, A.J., Situmorang, A., Porker, K.D., Marzec, M., Tucker, M.R. and Brewer, P.B. (2025). “Strigolactones coordinate barley tillering and grain size.” Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf229. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf229
Khan, A. and Lister, R. (2025). “Synthetic gene circuits in plants: recent advances and challenges.” Quantitative Plant Biology, 6, e6. https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.3
Khan, M.A., Herring, G., Zhu, J.Y., Oliva, M., Fourie, E., Johnston, B., Zhang, Z., Potter, J., Pineda, L. and Pflueger, J. (2025). “CRISPRi-based circuits to control gene expression in plants.” Nature Biotechnology, 43(3), 416–430. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02236-w
Korek, M., Buchcik, W., Chmielewska, B., Daszkowska-Golec, A., Fontana, I.M., Melzer, M., Hensel, G., Kumlehn, J., Brewer, P.B. and Uhrig, G.R. (2025). “The cost of survival: mutation in a barley strigolactone repressor HvD53A impairs photosynthesis but increases drought tolerance.” Plant and Cell Physiology, 66(10), 1426–1443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf039
Kwok van der Giezen, F.M., McDowell, R., Duncan, O., Zumkeller, S., Colas des Francs-Small, C. and Small, I. (2025). “High conservation of translation-enabling RNA editing sites in hyper-editing ferns implies they are not selectively neutral.” Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(10), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf200
Lewsey, M.G., Bassel, G.W. and Whelan, J. (2025). “Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination.” Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 86, 102754. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2025.102754
Liang, S., Van Duc Long, N., Parvin, M.I., Escribà-Gelonch, M., Lantin, S. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Digital twin for lettuce growth in six climate zones (‘Climate 2050’).” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 238, 110880. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110880
Liang, S., Van Duc Long, N., Lantin, S., Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Digital twin modelling of lettuce growth under extreme earth conditions on Earth: a very first step to plant growth in outer space.” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-025-02944-6
Lloyd, J.P.B., Khan, A. and Lister, R. (2025). “The switch-liker’s guide to plant synthetic gene circuits.” The Plant Journal, 121(5), e70090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70090
Maddaford, L., Hessel, V., Tran, N.N. and van Eyk, P. (2025). “Cheese, bread and beverages: formulating fermentable foods in the final frontier.” International Journal of Molecular and Physical Gastronomy, 11(1), 1–10. https://hal.science/hal-05104971
Maidment, J.H.R. and Xu, B. (2025). “Open and shut: apoplastic water availability dominates stomatal immunity in determining disease resistance.” Plant Physiology, 198(2), kiaf176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf176
Marzec, M. and Brewer, P.B. (2025). “Culture tames the unruly strigolactones.” Trends in Plant Science, 30(10), 1072–1074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.002
Marzec, M. and Brewer, P.B. (2025). “Zaxinone as a strigolactone antagonist.” Nature Plants, 11, 2455–2456. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02080-5
Masengo, J., Cheong, J.H., Van Duc Long, N., Soebarto, V., Swarup, R. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Biophilic plant design: (nano) fertilising barley in hydroponics for ‘lush space gardens’.” Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 110154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110154
Masiá, C., Fernández-Varela, R., Logan, A., Bose, U., Stockmann, R., Ong, L., Gras, S., Jensen, P.E., Yazdi, S.R. and Gambetta, J.M. (2025). “Assessing the impact of bacterial blends, crosslinking enzyme and storage times on volatile and non-volatile compound production in fermented pea protein emulsion gels.” Food Chemistry, 465, 142030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142030
Ofoedu, C.E., Bozkurt, H. and Mortimer, J.C. (2025). “Towards sustainable food security: exploring the potential of duckweed (Lemnaceae) in diversifying food systems.” Trends in Food Science & Technology, 105073. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2025.105073
Phillips, A.L., Gill, A.R., McGorm, B. and Burton, R.A. (2025). “LED spectra and defoliation independently shape canopy architecture and cannabinoid yield in indoor Cannabis cultivation.” Industrial Crops and Products, 236, 121918. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121918
Phillips, A.L., Matros, A., Seiffert, U., Backhaus, A., McKenzie, P., Jalali, S., Gill, A.R., McGorm, B. and Burton, R.A. (2025). “Hyperspectral measurements of Cannabis sativa fan leaves during early floral development predict final cannabinoid yield.” Industrial Crops and Products, 236, 122010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.122010
Sarić, R., Čustović, E., Akagić, A., Trtílek, M., Lewsey, M.G. and Whelan, J. (2025). “Computer vision-based recognition and distinction of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes using supervised deep learning models.” The Plant Phenome Journal, 8(1), e70041. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.70041
Schmidt, S., Yang, N., Gröger, H., Saarela, M., Hessel, V. and Fisk, I. (2025). “Treatment of fruit juices with β-glucosidase for release of aroma precursors.” Food Chemistry, 145212. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.145212
Schmidt, S., Adebowale, M.N., Rebrov, E., Fisk, I., Yang, N., Saarela, M. and Hessel, V. (2025). “Evaluating the impact of simulated microgravity of a random positioning machine on the stability of emulsions applying scaling analysis via dimensionless numbers.” Soft Matter, 21, 8300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00436E
Schouveiler, P., Liew, L.C., Corso, M., Rajjou, L., Zinsmeister, J. and Lewsey, M.G. (2025). “Deciphering seed development and germination in the single-cell era.” Seed Science Research, 1–10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258524000199
Signorelli, S., Casaretto, E., Etchemendy-Gamundi, M., Bentancor, M. and Millar, A.H. (2025). “The green index: a widely accessible method to quantify the degree of greenness of photosynthetic organisms.” Plant, Cell & Environment, 48(11), 8027–8043. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70102
Tao, X.-Y., Feng, S.-L., Li, X.-J., Li, Y.-J., Wang, W., Gilliham, M., Chen, Z.-H. and Xu, S.-C. (2025). “TTLOC: a Tn5 transposase-based approach to localize T-DNA integration sites.” Plant Physiology, 197(4), kiaf102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf102
Thorpe, F. and Johnson, K. (2025). “The stories of ‘Plants for Space’: exploring intentionally positive and sustainable futures.” Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 41(3), 565–584. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2025.10065
Wijeweera, S., Duncan, O. and Millar, A.H. (2025). “Spatial and development responses in the wheat leaf highlight the loss of chloroplast protein homeostasis during salt stress.” Journal of Proteomics, 316, 105438. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2025.105438
Wu, Y., Henderson, S.W., Walker, R.R., Shelden, M.C. and Gilliham, M. (2025). “Expression of the grapevine anion transporter ALMT2 in Arabidopsis roots decreases the shoot Cl−/NO3− ratio under salt stress.” Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(11), 3088–3104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae416
Xu, B. (2025). “Stomatal economy: EPF1 balances stomatal density and efficiency.” Plant Physiology, 199(2), kiaf440. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf440
Xu, B. (2025). “ALMT12: a dual regulator of S-type anion transport in guard cells?” Plant Physiology, 200(1), kiaf635. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf635
Yang, X., Li, G., Shi, J., Wilkinson, L.G., Aubert, M.K., Houston, K., Shirley, N.J., Gao, H., Lister, R., Colombo, L. and Tucker, M. (2025). “MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules.” Nature Plants, 1–18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01915-z
2024
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Sari, A. and Regan, M. (eds.) (2024) Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The Challenge to Liberal Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197744772.001.0001.
Regan, M. and Sari, A. (eds.) (2024) Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The Challenge to Liberal Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197744772.001.0001.
Bhat B., S. (2024) ‘Space Tourism: Outlining the Legal Issues’. In: Bhat B., S. (ed.) Space Tourism: Legal and Policy Aspects. London: Routledge, pp. 1–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032617961-1.
de Zwart, M. and Lisk, J. (2024) ‘The Effect of Space Tourism on the Concept of “Astronaut” Under International Law’. In: Bhat B., S. (ed.) Space Tourism: Legal and Policy Aspects. London: Routledge, pp. 28–41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032617961-3.
Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2024) ‘Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy, and Environmental, Social, and Governance’. In: Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15742-4.00139-3.
Fuentes, S., Tongson, E. and Viejo, C.G. (2024) ‘Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Revolution in the Agrifood Sector’. In: Food Industry 4.0. Amsterdam: Academic Press, pp. 171–188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91815-8.00008-0.
Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2024) ‘Life Cycle Design’. In: Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15742-4.00140-X
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Cahn, J., Lloyd, J.P.B., Karemaker, I.D., Jansen, P.W.T.C., Pflueger, J., Duncan, O., Petereit, J., Bogdanovic, O., Millar, A.H., Vermeulen, M. and Lister, R. (2024) ‘Characterization of DNA methylation reader proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana’, Genome Research, 34(12), pp. 2229–2243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.279379.124.
Campos Assumpção de Amarante, M., Ong, L., Spyropoulos, F., Gras, S. and Wolf, B. (2024) ‘Modulation of physico-chemical and technofunctional properties of quinoa protein isolate: Effect of precipitation acid’, Food Chemistry, 457, Article 140399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140399.
Conneely, L.J., Hurgobin, B., Ng, S., Tamiru-Oli, M. and Lewsey, M.G. (2024) ‘Characterization of the Cannabis sativa glandular trichome epigenome’, BMC Plant Biology, 24(1), Article 1075. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05787-x.
Doolan, O., Lewsey, M.G., Peirats-Llobet, M., Bricklebank, N. and Aberdein, N. (2024) ‘Micro computed tomography analysis of barley during the first 24 hours of germination’, Plant Methods, 20(1), Article 142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-024-01266-4
Edwards, R.A., Ng, X.Y., Tucker, M.R. and Mortimer, J.C. (2024) ‘Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger’, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 88, Article 103168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103168
Escribà-Gelonch, M., Liang, S., van Schalkwyk, P., Fisk, I., Long, N.V.D. and Hessel, V. (2024) ‘Digital Twins in Agriculture: Orchestration and Applications’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 72(19), pp. 10737–10752. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c01934
Fuentes, S., Ortega-Farías, S., Carrasco-Benavides, M., Tongson, E. and Gonzalez Viejo, C. (2024) ‘Actual evapotranspiration and energy balance estimation from vineyards using micro-meteorological data and machine learning modeling’, Agricultural Water Management, 297, Article 108834. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108834.
Garcia-Daga, S., Roy, S.J. and Gilliham, M. (2024) ‘Redefining the role of sodium exclusion within salt tolerance’, Trends in Plant Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.003.
Gonzalez Viejo, C., Harris, N., Tongson, E. and Fuentes, S. (2024) ‘Exploring consumer acceptability of leafy greens in earth and space immersive environments using biometrics’, npj Science of Food, 8(1), Article 81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-024-00337-5.
Gonzalez Viejo, C., Harris, N. and Fuentes, S. (2024) ‘Assessment of changes in sensory perception, biometrics and emotional response for space exploration by simulating microgravity positions’, Food Research International, 175, Article 113827. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113827.
Govil, S., Long, N.V.D., Escribà-Gelonch, M. and Hessel, V. (2024) ‘Controlled-release fertiliser: Recent developments and perspectives’, Industrial Crops and Products, 219, Article 119160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.119160.
Hong, U.V.T., Tamiru-Oli, M., Hurgobin, B. and Lewsey, M.G. (2024) ‘Genomic and cell-specific regulation of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy’, Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(19), pp. 5848–5866. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae317
Hoyos, M.V., Hessel, V., Salas, E., Culton, J., Robertson, K., Laybourn, A., Escribà-Gelonch, M., Cook, N. and de Zwart, M. (2024) ‘Supply Chain Sustainability in Outer Space: Lessons to Be Learnt from Remote Sites on Earth’, Processes, 12(10), Article 2105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102105.
Huang, S., Roelfsema, M.R.G., Gilliham, M., Hetherington, A.M. and Hedrich, R. (2024) ‘Guard cells count the number of unitary cytosolic Ca²⁺ signals to regulate stomatal dynamics’, Current Biology, 34(23), pp. 5409–5416. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.086.
Morgan, M.F., Diab, J., Gilliham, M. and Mortimer, J.C. (2024) ‘Green horizons: How plant synthetic biology can enable space exploration and drive on Earth sustainability’, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 86, Article 103069. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103069.
Piechatzek, A., Feng, X., Sai, N., Yi, C., Hurgobin, B., Lewsey, M., Herrmann, J., Dittrich, M., Ache, P., Müller, T., Kromdijk, J., Hedrich, R., Xu, B. and Gilliham, M. (2024) ‘GABA does not regulate stomatal CO₂ signalling in Arabidopsis’, Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(21), pp. 6856–6871. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae137.