Alistair McCormick
Professor in Plant Engineering Biology

Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 5316
- Email: alistair.mccormick@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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1.04 Daniel Rutherford Building
Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
School of Biological Sciences - City
- King's Buildings
- Post code
- EH9 3BF
Background
2023 Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2020 Reader, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2013 Chancellor's Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2011 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre
2010 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
2008 NRF Research Fellow, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
Qualifications
2007 PhD, Biological Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal
2003 MSc, Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch
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Editorial: Structure and function of chloroplasts, Volume III
(4 pages)
In:
Frontiers in plant science, vol. 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1145680
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
New horizons for building pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in plants to improve yields
(19 pages)
In:
Plant physiology, vol. 190, pp. 1609-1627
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac373
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The small subunit of Rubisco and its potential as an engineering target
(19 pages)
In:
Journal of Experimental Botany
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac309
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Development of a biotechnology platform for the fast-growing cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. PCC 11901
(20 pages)
In:
Biomolecules, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12070872
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genetic variation in photosynthesis: Many variants make light work
(4 pages)
In:
Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 73, pp. 3053-3056
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac129
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published)