Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Plant Sciences is a department of the University of Cambridge that conducts research and teaching in plant sciences.Research
, the department pursues three strategic targets of research
- Global food security
- Synthetic biology and biotechnology
- Climate science and ecosystem conservation
See also the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, the department also has 66 members of faculty and postdoctoral researchers, 100 graduate students, 19 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Doctoral Training Program PhD students, 20 part II Tripos undergraduate students and 44 support staff.History
The University of Cambridge has a long and distinguished history in Botany including work by John Ray and Stephen Hales in the 17th century and 18th century, Charles Darwin’s mentor John Stevens Henslow in the 19th century, and Frederick Blackman, Arthur Tansley and Harry Godwin in the 20th century.More recently, the department has been home to:
