Biography:
Michael Handford is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department of the Faculty of Sciences in the Universidad de Chile. Since completing his PhD and postdoctoral fellowships in the University of Cambridge, he has focused his research on various aspects of plant metabolism, such as cell wall synthesis, and more recently on the metabolic changes that plants undergo in order to withstand abiotic stress conditions, including antioxidant and sugar alcohol metabolism. He also carries out multiple teaching and administrative commitments in the University, and for Chilean organisations.
Title : Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) possesses multiple lipoyl synthases capable of increasing lipoylation levels in vivo
Title : Identifying and characterising putative aldose 6-phosphate reductases in Arabidopsis thaliana