About the Centre
The Centre for Plant Integrative Biology is a Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, funded by BBSRC and EPSRC in 2007. Since then, the Centre has expanded beyond the CPIB ‘virtual root’ core research programme and provides a focal point for systems approaches to plant and crop science research within the University of Nottingham and beyond.
The Centre brings together expertise from across four schools/departments within the University of Nottingham:
School of Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
The Core CPIB Programme Management Team:
Centre Director: Charlie Hodgman
Domain Director (Biology): Malcolm Bennett
Domain Director (Data): Tony Pridmore
Domain Director (Engineering): Nicola Everitt
Domain Director (Modelling): John King
Domain Director (Outreach): Sean May
Manager (Strand One): Mike Holdsworth
Manager (Strand Two): Nick Monk
Manager (Strand Three): Jon Garibaldi
Manager (Strand Four): Oliver Jensen
The Management of the Centre is informed by an International Advisory Board, who meet annually:
Philip Benfey (Duke University)
Pierre Hilson (Ghent University)
Peter Hunter (University of Auckland)
Jonathan Lynch (Penn State University)
Eric Mjolsness (University of California, Irvine)
Mike Bushell (Syngenta)
Chris Brock (East Midlands Development Agency)
Chris Rawlings (Rothamsted Research)
Jacquie De Silva (Unilever)
Nikolay Kolchanov (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Peter Gregory (SCRI)