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New paper has been published. AbstractThe molecular architecture of plant secondary cell walls is still not resolved. There are several proposed structures for cellulose fibrils, the main component of plant cell walls and the conformation of other molecules is even less well known. Glucuronic acid (GlcA) substitution of xylan (GUX) enzymes, in CAZy…

The Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list 2015 has been officially published.About three thousand researchers earned the distinction of being included, by publishing a number of papers designated by Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited papers- raking among the top 1% most cited in their subject field and year of publication.Prof Pau…

Darshil Shah presented a paper on ‘Probing the role of xylan in irreversible deformation of stems of Arabidopsis thaliana’ at the 8th Plant Biomechanics International Conference in Nagoya, Japan which took place from 30 Nov – 5 Dec 2015.There were over 250 participants at the conference for interdisciplinary exchanges, at the interfaces of material…

On June 12 2015, the group hosted a workshop with the representatives from industry such as forestry, wood product and engineering areas. Our main focuses of the day were reviewing our latest paper and discussing on the direction of the Group and research target.The workshop was very successful. We have received an excellent feedback from industry …