Professor Paul Lynch
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Job title: Head of Biology, Forensics and Sport; Head of Biological Sciences Research Group
Email: p.t.lynch@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591748
Room: KR N609
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Recent publications
- Johnston, J.W., Harding K., Bremner, D.H., Souch, G., Green, J., Lynch, P.T., Grout, B. and Benson, E.E. (2005) HPLC Analysis of DNA methylation in plants Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43: 844-853.
- Harris, W. Lynch, P.T. Hargreaves, A.J. and Bonner, PLR (2004) Cryopreservation of Helianthus tuberosus cell suspension cultures: The effect of preculture treatments on cytoskeletal proteins and transglutaminase activity Cryo-Letters 25: 213-217.
- Trigwell, S. Griffin, M. Hargreaves, A.J., Lynch, P.T. and Bonner, P.L.R. (2004) A high-throughput colorimetric assay for transglutaminase (type II)-(-glutamyl) Lysine crosslinking activity using biotin-labelled peptide and modified casein. Analytical Biochemistry 330 164-166.
- Brady, C.A.L., Gill, R.A. and Lynch, P.T. (2003). Preliminary evidence for the metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene by Plantago lanceolata. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 25: 131-137.
- Brewin, L., Mehra, A., Lynch, P.T. and Farago, M.E. (2003). Mechanisms of copper tolerance by Armeria maritima in Dolfrwynog Bog, North Wales - initial studies. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 25: 147 - 156
- Lambardi, M. Lynch, P.T. Benelli, C., Mahra, A. and Siddika, A (2002). Towards the cryopreservation of olive germplasm. Advanced Horticultural Science 16: 165 - 174.
- Hornung R., Domas R. and Lynch P.T. (2001). Cryopreservation of plumular explants of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) to support programmes for mass clonal propagation through somatic embryogenesis. Cryo-Letters 22: 211-220.
- Hornung, R., A. Holland, A., Taylor, H.F. and Lynch P.T. (2001). Cryopreservation of Auricula shoot tips using the encapsulation/dehydration technique. Cryo-Letters 22: 27 - 34.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Science
Subject Area: Biological Sciences
Teaching responsibilities
- I am Head of Subject for Biological and Forensic Sciences.
- My teaching includes plant biology, conservation, microbiology, molecular biology and research methods.
Professional interests
Plant biology; plant biotechnology; plant conservation; and cryopreservation.
Research interests
As a plant biotechnologist with a long-standing interest in the culture and manipulation of plant cells and tissue under in vitro conditions: current research focused on the use of biotechnology for plant conservation, particularly cryopreservation and the use of plant biotechnology in environmental science.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Society for Low Temperature Biology - Treasurer (1996-1999); Secretary (2002-2005)
- International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
- Society of In Vitro Biology
Recent Conferences
- Trigwell, S.M. Siddika, A. Johnston,J.W. Harding,K. Benson,E.E. Genus,J.M.C. Hargreaves,A.J. Bonner,P.L.R. and Lynch P.T. (2006) The Effect of Desferrioxamine on the Quality of Olive Somatic Embryo Tissue Post-thaw Regrowth. Proceedings of 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Hamburg, Germany July 2006. pp161.
- Trigwell, S.M. Govindaraju, S. Lynch, P.T. Griffin, M., Hargreaves A.J. and Bonner P.L.R. (2005) The use of biotinylated substrates to assay for transglutaminases. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Protein Crosslinking and Transglutaminases (PCL8). Lubek, Germany September 2005. pp53.
- Lynch, P.T., Siddika, A. and Trigwell S.M. (2004) CRYMCEPT: An EC Project Building on Multi-Disciplinary Fundamental Studies to Enhance Plant Cryopreservation Protocols. AGM of the Society for Low Temperature Biology, Royal Free Hospital London, September 2004, Symposium Cryostress and Cryotolerance.
Additional Interests and Activities
Membership of journal editorial boards:
- Associate editor Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology (April 2005 - present)
- Member of editorial board of Cryo-Letters (January 2004 - present)
- Member of editorial board of Cryobiology (January 1998 - January 2001)
Research Students:
Completed supervisions:
- M. Davidson - Biotechnological approaches for the improvement of quince (PhD completed July 1999).
- X. Luan - Bacteria associated with late onset asthma (PhD completed December 2000).
- C.A.L. Brady - Plant metabolism of xenobiotics (MPhil Completed September 2002).
- T.W. Swan - In vitro plant cultures as biomonitors of xenobiotic chemicals (PhD completed September 2004).
- L. Brewin - Elucidation of the mechanisms of copper tolerance in Sea Thrift (A. maritima) (PhD completed November 2005).
- M. Al-Majathoub - Development of cryopreservation approaches for the conservation of strawberry germplasm (PhD completed December 2005).
- G. Souch - Cryopreservation of Allium spp. (PhD completed December 2006).
Ongoing supervisions:
- A. Siddika - In Vitro Conservation of Woody Fruit Tree Species
- Siti Saizah Md. Said Cryopreservation of Musa spp. External supervisor, student registered at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Media experience
Numerous stories about cryopreservation
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Botany, University of Liverpool
Research qualifications
- PhD Plant and Fungal Biotechnology, University of Liverpool
