Dr Dylan Phillips

PhD

Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science

Module Coordinator

• BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
• BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
• BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development

Lecturer

• PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
• BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
• BR37220 - Advances in Crop and Grassland Production
• BR37120 - Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
• BR35820 - Frontiers in Plant Science
• BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
• BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
• BR20620 - Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
• BR19920 - Microbial and Plant Diversity
• BR17120 - Genetics, Evolution and Diversity
• BR01340 - Molecules and Cells
• BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
• BDM3560 - Dissertation

Tutor

• BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
• BRM6160 - MRes Dissertation (B)
• BR27520 - Research Methods
• BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
• BR14410 - Exploring Genetics
• BR01340 - Molecules and Cells
• BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
• BDM5620 - Silage Science
• BDM3560 - Dissertation
• BDM5120 - Grassland Systems

Grader

• BRM2860 - MBiol Research Project
• BR36440 - Research Project

Moderator

• BR35820 - Frontiers in Plant Science
• BR17320 - Biological chemistry

Coordinator

• BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
• BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
• BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture

Course Viewer

• BR17520 - Cell Biology

I have gained over 10 years of teaching experience and currently lecture about all things genetics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. I have the pleasure of being the scheme coordinator for the Genetics degree (C400 & C401); and supervise a number of research students undertaking their PhD projects. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Associate Editor for the journal Genome. I am actively involved in the development and delivery of the distance learning schemes that IBERS offers. These courses deliver innovative training modules tailored to the needs of the agri-food industry, ensuring businesses have the resilience required to meet future challenges of climate change and economic pressures.

I completed my PhD at Aberystwyth and have since continued my research which focuses on understanding and manipulating the meiotic DNA repair pathways in a range of key crop species. These complex repair pathways are responsible for generating the genetically diverse populations that plant breeders select their elite lines from. The aim of the research is to enhance the transferred important traits from diverse germplasm into commercial varieties. Genome editing technology has already had a dramatic effect on how research is performed and will undoubtedly revolutionise the way plant breeding is performed. I am involved in the development and implementation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and have a keen interest in improving current plant transformation methods.

• Forage Crops