Edith Forestier

Cambridge, UK

Session 3: Oleosomes, lipids droplets and their functionality in plant and microalgae 

 Exploring terpene accumulation in Marchantia polymorpha oil bodies and the role of MpABCG1. Edith Forestier (Cambridge, UK)

Dr Edith Forestier is an expert on terpene biosynthesis in plants, and has worked with many different systems. She is now using Marchantia as a testbed for engineering secondary metabolism at cellular and organismal scales. https://haseloff.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/people/people.html