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Richard M. Twyman is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within the biological sciences, with a focus on plant science and molecular biology.

The scientist's research output includes publications predominantly in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Plant Cell Reports

Richard M. Twyman's recent papers cover various aspects of plant biotechnology applied to human health and crop improvement. Notable publications include:

  • Potential Applications of Plant Biotechnology against SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against human infectious diseases - part 1: epidemic and pandemic diseases, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans-part 2: Affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • The Major Floral Promoter NtFT5 in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Is a Promising Target for Crop Improvement, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Omics and Multi-Omics Analysis for the Early Identification and Improved Outcome of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis, 2022, Biomedicines

Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields in which they have made significant contributions are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Insect Science

Richard M. Twyman's research focuses on several topics within plant molecular biology and biotechnology. These main topics include:

  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Dirk Prüfer
  • Gundula A. Noll
  • Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey
  • Paul Christou
  • Kai-Uwe Roelfs

Best Publications

  • Molecular farming in plants: host systems and expression technology.

    Richard M. Twyman;Eva Stoger;Stefan Schillberg;Paul Christou

  • Bacillus thuringiensis: a century of research, development and commercial applications.

    Georgina Sanahuja;Raviraj Banakar;Richard M. Twyman;Teresa Capell

  • Plant-based production of biopharmaceuticals.

    Rainer Fischer;Eva Stoger;Stefan Schillberg;Paul Christou

  • Plant cell cultures for the production of recombinant proteins

    Stephan Hellwig;Jürgen Drossard;Richard M Twyman;Rainer Fischer

  • Molecular farming for new drugs and vaccines. Current perspectives on the production of pharmaceuticals in transgenic plants

    Julian K C. Ma;Eugenia Barros;Ralph Bock;Paul Christou

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil

    A. H. Fitter;C. A. Gilligan;K. Hollingworth;A. Kleczkowski

  • Transgene integration, organization and interaction in plants

    Ajay Kohli;Richard M. Twyman;Rita Abranches;Eva Wegel

  • Principles of Gene Manipulation

    Sandy Primrose;Richard Twyman;Bob Old

  • Linear transgene constructs lacking vector backbone sequences generate low-copy-number transgenic plants with simple integration patterns

    Xiangdong Fu;Le Tan Duc;Stefania Fontana;Bui Ba Bong

  • Plant-derived pharmaceuticals – the road forward

    Julian K.-C. Ma;Rachel Chikwamba;Penny Sparrow;Rainer Fischer

  • Molecular characterization of transforming plasmid rearrangements in transgenic rice reveals a recombination hotspot in the CaMV 35S promoter and confirms the predominance of microhomology mediated recombination.

    Ajay Kohli;Simon Griffiths;Natalia Palacios;Richard M. Twyman

  • Regulatory approval and a first‐in‐human phase I clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody produced in transgenic tobacco plants

    Julian K-C. Ma;Jürgen Drossard;David Lewis;Friedrich Altmann

  • GMP issues for recombinant plant-derived pharmaceutical proteins.

    Rainer Fischer;Rainer Fischer;Stefan Schillberg;Stephan Hellwig;Richard M. Twyman

  • Practical considerations for pharmaceutical antibody production in different crop systems

    Eva Stoger;Markus Sack;Yolande Perrin;Carmen Vaquero

  • The potential of genetically enhanced plants to address food insecurity

    Paul Christou;Richard M. Twyman

  • Transgenic plants in the biopharmaceutical market

    Richard M Twyman;Stefan Schillberg;Rainer Fischer

  • Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria.

    Mohammad Rahnamaeian;Małgorzata Cytryńska;Agnieszka Zdybicka-Barabas;Kristin Dobslaff

  • Promoter diversity in multigene transformation

    Ariadna Peremarti;Richard M. Twyman;Sonia Gómez-Galera;Shaista Naqvi

  • A rubber transferase activator is necessary for natural rubber biosynthesis in dandelion

    Janina Epping;Nicole van Deenen;Eva Niephaus;Anna Stolze

  • Opportunities for recombinant antigen and antibody expression in transgenic plants : technology assessment

    Stefan Schillberg;Richard M. Twyman;Rainer Fischer;Rainer Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Christou
Paul Christou University of Lleida
Rainer Fischer
Rainer Fischer Purdue University West Lafayette
Teresa Capell
Teresa Capell University of Lleida
Dirk Prüfer
Dirk Prüfer University of Münster
Stefan Schillberg
Stefan Schillberg Fraunhofer Society
Changfu Zhu
Changfu Zhu University of Lleida
Eva Stoger
Eva Stoger BOKU University
Julian K.-C. Ma
Julian K.-C. Ma St George's, University of London
Ajay Kohli
Ajay Kohli International Rice Research Institute
Gerhard Sandmann
Gerhard Sandmann Goethe University Frankfurt

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