Ryan Lister

University of Western Australia
 
Professor Ryan Lister is an NHMRC Investigator and member of the International Space Centre, and leads research laboratories at the University of Western Australia School of Molecular Sciences and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Ryan’s research is focused upon understanding the role of the epigenome in regulating cell identity, and developing molecular tools to manipulate the epigenome and gene activity to control cell functions.

Ryan’s extensive experience in plant science, epigenetics, genomics, stem cells, and cell reprogramming drives his focus on the creation of completely new programmable biological factories for Plants for Space. Ryan’s research has pioneered new (epi)genomics technologies to create foundational maps of the epigenome in plants and humans, and developed new molecular tools to precisely reprogram the (epi)genome and gene activity. This focus suits the lead for P4S program 2.1 perfectly, to create smart plants for rapid, versatile, and on-demand biomolecule synthesis through understanding and manipulating plant life at the molecular level. 

“I could not go to Space without a sneaky bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce"