Skip to main contentAll experts

ProfessorNikolai Windbichler

Professor of Genetic Engineering

Department of Life Sciences - Faculty of Natural Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0001-9896-1165 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor of Genetic Engineering
    Department of Life Sciences - Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Driving sex conversion for the genetic control of agricultural pests
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou6 Jan 2022 - 10 Sep 2025
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou: Driving sex conversion for the genetic control of agricultural pests (2022-2025)
  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Transmission Zero renewal - testing anti-P.f. effectors in the field
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation5 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Transmission Zero renewal - testing anti-P.f. effectors in the field (2020-2024)
  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Transmission Zero bridge funding
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation1 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Transmission Zero bridge funding (2020-2020)
  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    The universal X-shredder: Enabling genetic control by sex ratio distortion in agricultural pests and disease vectors
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)13 Feb 2017 - 12 Aug 2020
    BBSRC: The universal X-shredder: Enabling genetic control by sex ratio distortion in agricultural pests and disease vectors (2017-2020)
  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Gene Drive: Engineering, evaluation, and drive of antimalarial population replacement traits in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation23 Nov 2016 - 1 May 2020
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Gene Drive: Engineering, evaluation, and drive of antimalarial population replacement traits in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae (2016-2020)
  • GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Synthetic species of the mosquito vectors of human disease: from hybrid genetics to a new type of vector control
    Commission of the European Communities1 Feb 2014 - 31 Jan 2019
    CEC: Synthetic species of the mosquito vectors of human disease: from hybrid genetics to a new type of vector control (2014-2019)
  • PROGRAMME GRANT
    SELECTED
    Selected
    Transmission Zero next phase: achieving field readiness
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Transmission Zero next phase: achieving field readiness (2023-2026)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    Engineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogens¿
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc1 Mar 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc: Engineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogens¿ (2023-2024)
  • GRANT
    Validating the DIVERGE platform for gene‐modulation therapy
    Imperial Confidence in Concept1 Oct 2019 - 31 Mar 2021
  • GRANT
    Generation of ultra-deep libraries of transcriptional activators for gene therapy (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Commission of European Communities1 Apr 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
    MORELEARN MORE (opens in a new tab)
  • GRANT
    Generation of ultra-deep libraries of transcriptional activators for gene therapy POC H2020 ERC
    Commission of the European Communities1 Apr 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
    CEC: Generation of ultra-deep libraries of transcriptional activators for gene therapy POC H2020 ERC (2019-2020)
  • INTERNAL SCHEME
    BBSRC UKRI IAA 22-25
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou: BBSRC UKRI IAA 22-25 (2022-2027)
  • STUDENTSHIP
    Engineering industrially relevant traits in the farmed insect Hermetia illucens
    Beta Bugs Ltd
    Beta Bugs Ltd: Engineering industrially relevant traits in the farmed insect Hermetia illucens (2021-2024)
  • STUDENTSHIP
    Engineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogens
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc: Engineering synthetic disease resistance genes to tackle plant pathogens (2022-2026)
  • STUDENTSHIP
    Generation and Identification of Synthetic Resistance Genes for Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) Resistance
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
    Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc: Generation and Identification of Synthetic Resistance Genes for Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) Resistance (2022-2026)