Professor Paul Lynch

About

Head of Research Governance

Chair of the University Professorial Council

Teaching responsibilities

My teaching focuses on plant biology, conservation and environmental science

Professional interests

Plant Biology: plant biotechnology; plant conservation; and cryopreservation

Research Governance: Open Research

Research interests

My academic focus is plant biotechnologists with a long-standing interest in the culture and manipulation of plant cells and tissue under in vitro conditions. My more recent research is focused on the use of biotechnology for plant conservation, particularly cryopreservation and the use of plant biotechnology in environmental science.

Membership of professional bodies

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Member of the Executive Committee of the Heads of University Biosciences - a Special Interest Group of the Royal Society of Biology
Society for Low-Temperature Biology - Treasurer (1996-1999); Secretary (2002-2005)

Qualifications

Undergraduate qualifications

BSc (Hons) Botany, University of Liverpool

Research qualifications

PhD Plant and Fungal Biotechnology, University of Liverpool

Teaching qualifications

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Recent conferences

Photiou, M. Radford, N. and Lynch, P.T. (2021) Supporting community belonging and building cohort identity among postgraduate research students. UKCGE Annual Conference 2021. Resilience in Postgraduate Education, July 2021
Butler, E. and Lynch, P.T. (2019) Responsible Metrics at the University of Derby. SciVal User Group meeting 2019. Nottingham Trent University
Lynch P.T. (2018) Plant Cryopreservation: Cell suspension cultures to shoot tips. Society of Low-Temperature Biology, Science Meeting, Aurora, British Antarctic Survey, September 19-20 2017. Cryo Letters: 39: 95
Lynch, P.T., Souch G.R., Harding, K. (2015) Effects of Post-harvest Quality and Storage on the Cryopreservation of Allium sativum In Vitro Cultures by Encapsulation/Dehydration. ESBB Annual Conference Sept 2015
Lynch, P.T., Souch G.R., Harding, K. (2015) Optimisation of Cryopreservation for the Conservation of Allium sativum In Vitro Cultures by Encapsulation/Dehydration. ESBB Annual Conference Sept 2015
Lynch, P.T., Souch G.R., Harding, K. (2014) Optimisation of Cryopreservation for the Conservation of Allium sativum In Vitro Cultures by Encapsulation/Dehydration. SLTB 50^th Anniversary Conference, Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, October 2014

Additional interests and activities

Membership of journal editorial boards:

Former associate editor Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
Former member of the editorial board of Cryo-Letters
Former member of the editorial board of Cryobiology

Research Student Supervisions

Completed supervisions:

M. Davidson - Biotechnological approaches for the improvement of quince (PhD 1999)
X. Luan - Bacteria associated with late-onset asthma (PhD 2000)
C.A.L. Brady - Plant metabolism of xenobiotics (MPhil 2002)
T.W. Swan - In vitro plant cultures as biomonitors of xenobiotic chemicals (PhD 2004)
L. Brewin - Elucidation of the mechanisms of copper tolerance in Sea Thrift (A. maritima) (PhD 2005)
M. Al-Majathoub - Development of cryopreservation approaches for the conservation of strawberry germplasm (PhD completed 2005)
G. Souch - Cryopreservation of Allium spp. (PhD completed 2006)
A. Siddika - In Vitro Conservation of Woody Fruit Tree Species (PhD completed 2007)
O.A Okunade - Establishment of multiplication and cryopreservation approaches to support the conservation of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk) Shoot tips based at University Putra Malaysia (PhD completed 2013)
L. Chan - Human exposure assessment of fluoride from tea (Camellia sinensis L.) with specific reference to bioaccessibility. (PhD completed 2014)
G. Arumugan - Cryopreservation of medicinally important herbaceous Malaysian plant species based at University Putra Malaysia (PhD completed 2018)

Ongoing supervisions:

J. Davies

In the media

Numerous stories about cryopreservation, plant biotechnology and plant conservation

Recent publications

Arumugam, G., Sinniah, U.R., Swamy, M.K. and Lynch P.T. (2020) Micropropagation and essential oil characterization of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Sprengel, an aromatic medicinal plant. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology – Plant 56: 491-503
Arumugam, G., Sinniah, U.R., Swamy, M.K. and Lynch P.T. (2019) Encapsulation of in vitro Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. shoot apices for propagation and conservation. 3 Biotech 9: article number 298
Okunade O.A., U.R. Swamy, Namasivayam, P., Swamy M.K and Lynch P.T. (2017) Influence of seed position within fruit on seed quality and in vitro shoot tip production of jackfruit. Journal of Horticultural Sciences and Biotechnology 93: 510-518
Lynch, P.T. Souch, G.R. Zamecnik, J and Harding K. (2016). Optimisation of water content for the cryopreservation of Allium sativum in vitro cultures by encapsulation-dehydration. Cryoletters 37: 308-317
Lynch, P.T. Siddika A., Mehra, A., Benelli, C. and Lambardi, M. (2014) Cryopreservation of Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) Cryoletters 35: 188-196
Chan, L. Mehra, A., Saikat, S. Lynch, P.T. (2013) Human exposure assessment of floride from tea (Camellia sinensis L.); A UK based issue? Food Research International 51: 564-570