Dr Laura Moody

I came to Oxford as a postdoc following the completion of my PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2011. I then secured a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to start my own research programme. During my fellowship, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Wadham College (2020-2022) and then worked as a Biology Lecturer at Pembroke College (2022-2024). I joined St John’s College in 2024 as an Associate Professor in Molecular Plant Biology.

Teaching

I teach Biology at the molecular level, focusing on cell biology and developmental genetics.

My research group aims to unravel the genetic basis of 3-dimensional growth, a fundamental and invariable feature of all land plants.

Selected Publications

Raquid, R.J., Jaeger, R. & Moody, L.A. CURLY LEAF is required for the auxin dependent regulation of 3-dimensional growth specification in Physcomitrium patens. microPublication BIOLOGY (2023) (10.17912/micropub.biology.000797).

Moody, L.A., Kelly, S., Clayton, R., Weeks, Z. & Langdale, J.A. NO GAMETOPHORES 2 is a novel regulator of the 2D to 3D growth transition in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Current Biology (2021) 31, 555.

Moody, L.A., Kelly, S., Rabbinowitsch, E. & Langdale, J.A. Genetic regulation of the 2D to 3D growth transition in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Current Biology (2018) 28, 473.

Moody, L.A., Kelly, S., Coudert, Y., Nimchuk, Z.L, Harrison, C.J. & Langdale, J.A. Somatic hybridization provides segregating populations for the identification of causative mutations in sterile mutants of the moss Physcomitrella patens. New Phytologist (2018) 218, 1270.

Awards and Distinctions

Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2019-2027)