Harnessing Cell Permeable Peptides to enhance crop development and biochemistry.

Funder	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Recipient Organization	Aberystwyth University
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Sep 29, 2028
Duration	1,460 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2926594`

Grant Description

Cell Permeable Peptides (CPPs) are a delivery mechanism, able to translocate a range of 'cargo' including proteins into a living cell.

With each potential cargo inducing an individual effect, it is possible to create as many temporary changes in the cell's proteome as there are proteins.

As such, this project has narrowed down such a wide range of possibilities to solely focusing on crop development; more specifically, enhancing crop vigour and growth rate, and enhancing metabolite synthesis.