Dr Dylan Phillips
PhD
Lecturer
Contact Details
- Email: dwp@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-9139-5727
- Office: 1.07, Edward Llwyd Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621617
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Lecturer
- BR20620 - Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
- BDM3560 - Dissertation
- BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
- BR37120 - Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
- BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
- BRM6400 - Research Methods in the Biosciences
- BRM6420 - Research Methods in the Biosciences
- BRM0620 - Crop Biotechnology
- BR01340 - Molecules and Cells
- BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
- BR36220 - Conservation Genetics and Evolution Field Course
- BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
- BR35820 - Frontiers in Plant Science
Coordinator
Course Viewer
Tutor
- BR14410 - Exploring Genetics
- BDM5820 - Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
- BDM3560 - Dissertation
- BR21820 - Chromosome Dynamics
- BR36220 - Conservation Genetics and Evolution Field Course
- BR01340 - Molecules and Cells
- BG12410 - Sgiliau Astudio a Chyfathrebu
- BDM5620 - Silage Science
- BRM0620 - Crop Biotechnology
Grader
- BR36400 - Research Project
- BRM2860 - MBiol Research Project
- BR36440 - Research Project
- BRM2800 - MBiol Research Project
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.
Research
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 in IBERS, and have a keen interest in improving current plant transformation methods.
Research Groups
- Plant Breeding for the Future