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Tomasz Czechowski

"I am a research team leader on the CNAP Artemisia research project, University of York, UK. Over the past six years we have successfully developed new non-GM varieties of the medicinal plant Artemisia annua; the primary source of the leading anti-malarial drug artemisinin, using the latest genetic techniques. In January 2013 I also became involved as a senior researcher in the Resilient Rice project. This multinational project focuses on breeding new, non-GM-drought resistant rice varieties for Indian farmers and so addresses increasingly urgent issues around world food security.  My main areas of expertise are primary and secondary plant metabolism, functional genomics, genotyping, markers assisted breeding and TILLING. Both of the projects I am involved in are giving me opportunities to do breathtaking science that directly impacts on other human lives."