Outcome of the PhenomUK 2nd call for Funding – October 2020

PhenomUK are pleased to announce the following projects were successful in the 2nd call for pilot project funding:

A third call for funding pilot projects will be made in early 2021

John Ferguson – University of Nottingham

Project Title

Leveraging optical topography for rapid reconstructions of 3D leaf surfaces to address key questions in plant biology

Total Fund Requested

£25,000.00

Matt Jones – Institute of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow.

Project Title

Measuring the consequences of abiotic stress in vivo using fluorescent and bioluminescent probes.

Total Fund Requested

£23 687

Eric Ober – NIAB

Project Title

In-field 3D imaging for high resolution morphometric phenotyping in wheat

Total Fund Requested

£24,772

Michael Pound – Computer Vision Laboratory, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham.

Project Title

Predicting plant root growth from time-series data using deep learning

Total Fund Requested

£24,677.34