Dr. Alison Tidy is a Research Fellow in Prof. Zoe Wilson’s lab group, in Plant and Crop Sciences.

Current Research areas are focused on understanding male development in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica which includes;

• Understanding the dynamics involved tapetal development pathway in anthers.
• Further understanding the role of the transcription factor ABORTED MICROSPORE in the regulation of tapetal development.
• Programmed cell death in male development
• Heat and cold stress during flower development

Dr. Alison Tidy (previously Ferguson) obtained her BSc. Hons in Biotechnology at the Univerisity of Nottingham in 2007. She then completed her Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham under the supervision of Dr. Ranjan Swarup in 2012, before joining Prof. Zoe Wilson’s lab as a Research Fellow.