Who is Jill Farrant ? (L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards 2012)

Jill Farrant
L'Oréal-UNESCO Laureate For Africa and Arab States

Jill Farrant, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, is the world's leading expert on resurrection plants, which 'come back to life' from a desiccated, seemingly dead state when they are rehydrated. Professor Farrant is investigating the ability of many species of these plants to survive without water for long periods of time from a number of angles, from the molecular, biochemical and ultrastructural to the whole-plant ecophysiological, using a unique comparative approach and working with many different species of resurrection plants and a variety of tissues. The ultimate goal is to find applications that will lead to the development of drought-tolerant crops to nourish populations in arid, drought-prone climates, notably in Africa, and her research may have medicinal applications as well.

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[khaled rasmy]

So proud of you .God Bless you.

Dr Suzan Abdelhalim Abdallah, (Plant Pathology)Benha University , Faculty of Science ,Botany Department, Egypt

[1234qwe115]

great inspiration