PhD Students
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Mitchell completed his BSc. in Biology at Imperial College London. He is currently undertaking an MSc. in Bioscience at KAUST and has recently started a research project in The Salt Lab. He is studying the role of SOS1 in the mature root stele of Arabidopsis by using an enhancer trap expression system for cell-type specific overexpression of this gene.
Driven by making positive, impactful contributions to society, I am interested in studying plant responses and adaptations to salinity tolerance with views to develop salt-tolerant crop species for improved agricultural productivity in salt-affected soils.
My research focuses on applying novel forward genetics approaches for the discovery of naturally occurring salinity tolerances alleles within wild relatives of crop species, such as the wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium.