Dr Peter Crisp
Dr

Peter Crisp

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Background

Dr Peter Crisp is an expert in crop genomics, epigenomics and molecular genetics. He is a Group Leader and Senior Lecturer in the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability at The University of Queensland. Peter’s research program is focused on crop functional genomics, epigenetics and biotechnology, and has significantly advanced our understanding of the contribution of epigenetics to heritable phenotypic variation in plants.

His group has invented groundbreaking technologies for harnessing (epi)genetic variation and their discoveries have led to exciting new avenues for decoding genomes and for the rational engineering of gene regulation for trait improvement in plants. Having benefited immensely from brilliant mentors, Peter is passionate about training. He leads a budding group of talented students and researchers and is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding and the International Research Training Group for Accelerating Crop Genetic Gain. Peter is also an affiliate of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture. His research group seeks to understand the contribution of epigenetics to heritable phenotypic variation in crop plants, focusing on cereals including barley, sorghum, wheat and maize. This includes the development of methods to harness epigenetic variation for crop improvement; understanding the role of epigenetics in environmental responses and using innovative epigenomic approaches to distill large genomes down to the relatively small fraction of regions that are functionally important for trait variation. Research in the Crisp Lab spans both wet lab and computational biology providing a powerful platform to integrate genetic, genomic and biotechnological approaches.

Peter is a former recipient of an ARC DECRA Fellowship and a UQ Amplify Fellowship and an ASPS Goldacre awardee.

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Availability

Dr Peter Crisp is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Agricultural biotechnology Agricultural molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Biological Sciences Crop and pasture production Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics) Genetics Plant biology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Research impacts

Read about Dr Crisp’s work on plant stress memory and epigenetics in New Scientist here

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57 works between 2009 and 2025
All (57) Journal Article (53) Book Chapter (2) Other Outputs (2)

1 - 20 of 57 works

2025

Journal Article

A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine

Schmidt, Maximilian, Strack, Timo, Andrews, Haylie, Hickey, Lee T., Crisp, Peter A. and Voss-Fels, Kai P. (2025). A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine. Molecular Horticulture, 5 (1) 44, 44. doi: 10.1186/s43897-025-00171-1

A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine

2025

Journal Article

Precision plant epigenome editing: what, how, and why

Leech, Dale, Previtera, Dominic A., Zhang, Yan (张妍), Botella, José Ramón and Crisp, Peter A. (2025). Precision plant epigenome editing: what, how, and why. Trends in Plant Science. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.009

Precision plant epigenome editing: what, how, and why

2025

Journal Article

Haplotype‐based insights into seminal root angle in barley

Aldiss, Zachary, Lam, Yasmine, Baraibar, Silvina, Van Der Meer, Sarah, Dinglasan, Eric, Massel, Karen, Crisp, Peter, Godwin, Ian, Borrell, Andrew, Moody, David, Hickey, Lee and Robinson, Hannah (2025). Haplotype‐based insights into seminal root angle in barley. The Plant Genome, 18 (3) e70088, 1-15. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.70088

Haplotype‐based insights into seminal root angle in barley

2025

Journal Article

The <i>PIN2</i> ortholog in barley modifies root gravitropism and architecture

Aldiss, Zachary, Lam, Yasmine, Robinson, Hannah, Dixon, Richard, Steinhardt, Laura, Crisp, Peter, Godwin, Ian, Borrell, Andrew, Hickey, Lee and Massel, Karen (2025). The PIN2 ortholog in barley modifies root gravitropism and architecture. The Plant Genome, 18 (3) e70061, e70061. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.70061

The <i>PIN2</i> ortholog in barley modifies root gravitropism and architecture

2025

Journal Article

Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum

López-Gómez, Carla F., Morris, Marc T., Massel, Karen, Smith, Millicent, Crisp, Peter, Schenk, Gerhard and Godwin, Ian D. (2025). Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 27, 3328-3336. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2025.07.035

Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum

2025

Journal Article

Comprehensive benchmarking of genome editing quantification methods for plant applications

Gong, Zheng, Zhang, Yan, Xia, Di, Yoon, Sohye, Crisp, Peter Alexander and Botella, José Ramón (2025). Comprehensive benchmarking of genome editing quantification methods for plant applications. iScience, 28 (6) 112350, 112350. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112350

Comprehensive benchmarking of genome editing quantification methods for plant applications

2025

Journal Article

Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum

López-Gómez, Carla F., Morris, Marc T., Massel, Karen, Smith, Millicent, Crisp, Peter, Schenk, Gerhard and Godwin, Ian D. (2025). Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.06.658324

Decoding PDI diversity: insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum

2025

Journal Article

The association between the flesh colour and carotenoid profile of 25 cultivars of mangoes

Takagi, Tatsuyoshi, Hong, Hung, Dillon, Natalie, Crisp, Peter, Cozzolino, Daniel and O’Hare, Tim (2025). The association between the flesh colour and carotenoid profile of 25 cultivars of mangoes. Molecules, 30 (8) 1661, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/molecules30081661

The association between the flesh colour and carotenoid profile of 25 cultivars of mangoes

2025

Other Outputs

Raw AmpSeq reads for the quantification of CRISPR/SpCas9 genome edits in Nicotiana benthamiana plants

Gong, Zheng, Zhang, Yan, Xia, Di, Yoon, Sohye, Crisp, Peter and Ramon Botella, Jose (2025). Raw AmpSeq reads for the quantification of CRISPR/SpCas9 genome edits in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a32ca0d

Raw AmpSeq reads for the quantification of CRISPR/SpCas9 genome edits in Nicotiana benthamiana plants

2025

Journal Article

Functional genomics implicates <i>ebony</i> in the black pupae phenotype of tephritid fruit flies

Paulo, Daniel F., Nguyen, Thu N. M., Ward, Chris M., Corpuz, Renee L., Kauwe, Angela N., Rendon, Pedro, Ruano, Rocio E. Y., Cardoso, Amanda A. S., Gouvi, Georgia, Fung, Elisabeth, Crisp, Peter, Okada, Anzu, Choo, Amanda, Stauffer, Christian, Bourtzis, Kostas, Sim, Sheina B., Baxter, Simon W. and Geib, Scott M. (2025). Functional genomics implicates ebony in the black pupae phenotype of tephritid fruit flies. Communications Biology, 8 (1) 60. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07489-y

Functional genomics implicates <i>ebony</i> in the black pupae phenotype of tephritid fruit flies

2025

Journal Article

Testing the potential of zebularine to induce heritable changes in crop growth and development

Finnegan, E. Jean, Crisp, Peter A., Zhang, Peng, Eglitis-Sexton, Judith, Greenwood, Julian, Hintzsche, Jessica, Li, Jianbo, Taylor, Jen, Wallace, Xiaomei and Swain, Stephen (2025). Testing the potential of zebularine to induce heritable changes in crop growth and development. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 (1) 26, 26. doi: 10.1007/s00122-024-04799-3

Testing the potential of zebularine to induce heritable changes in crop growth and development

2024

Journal Article

Dynamics of mRNA fate during light stress and recovery: from transcription to stability and translation

Smith, Aaron B., Ganguly, Diep R., Moore, Marten, Bowerman, Andrew F., Janapala, Yoshika, Shirokikh, Nikolay E., Pogson, Barry J. and Crisp, Peter A. (2024). Dynamics of mRNA fate during light stress and recovery: from transcription to stability and translation. The Plant Journal, 117 (3), 818-839. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16531

Dynamics of mRNA fate during light stress and recovery: from transcription to stability and translation

2024

Journal Article

Utilisation of Methylome Data to Identify Stably Unmethylated Regions in Plant Genomes

Eglitis-Sexton, Judith, Mangila, Leroy, Andrews, Haylie, Hickey, Lee and Crisp, Peter (2024). Utilisation of Methylome Data to Identify Stably Unmethylated Regions in Plant Genomes. Bio-Protocol, 14 (4), 1-16. doi: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4944

Utilisation of Methylome Data to Identify Stably Unmethylated Regions in Plant Genomes

2023

Journal Article

Genetic mapping, candidate gene identification and marker validation for host plant resistance to the race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis

Chen, Andrew, Sun, Jiaman, Viljoen, Altus, Mostert, Diane, Xie, Yucong, Mangila, Leroy, Bothma, Sheryl, Lyons, Rebecca, Hřibová, Eva, Christelová, Pavla, Uwimana, Brigitte, Amah, Delphine, Pearce, Stephen, Chen, Ning, Batley, Jacqueline, Edwards, David, Doležel, Jaroslav, Crisp, Peter, Brown, Allan F., Martin, Guillaume, Yahiaoui, Nabila, D’Hont, Angelique, Coin, Lachlan, Swennen, Rony and Aitken, Elizabeth A. B. (2023). Genetic mapping, candidate gene identification and marker validation for host plant resistance to the race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis. Pathogens, 12 (6) 820, 820. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12060820

Genetic mapping, candidate gene identification and marker validation for host plant resistance to the race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis

2022

Journal Article

Epigenetic features drastically impact CRISPR–Cas9 efficacy in plants

Weiss, Trevor, Crisp, Peter A., Rai, Krishan M., Song, Meredith, Springer, Nathan M. and Zhang, Feng (2022). Epigenetic features drastically impact CRISPR–Cas9 efficacy in plants. Plant Physiology, 190 (2), 1153-1164. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac285

Epigenetic features drastically impact CRISPR–Cas9 efficacy in plants

2022

Journal Article

Modeling chromatin state from sequence across angiosperms using recurrent convolutional neural networks

Wrightsman, Travis, Marand, Alexandre P., Crisp, Peter A., Springer, Nathan M. and Buckler, Edward S. (2022). Modeling chromatin state from sequence across angiosperms using recurrent convolutional neural networks. The Plant Genome, 15 (3) e20249, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.20249

Modeling chromatin state from sequence across angiosperms using recurrent convolutional neural networks

2022

Journal Article

Identifying transcription factor-DNA interactions using machine learning

Bang, Sohyun, Galli, Mary, Crisp, Peter A., Gallavotti, Andrea and Schmitz, Robert J. (2022). Identifying transcription factor-DNA interactions using machine learning. In Silico Plants, 4 (2) diac014, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diac014

Identifying transcription factor-DNA interactions using machine learning

2022

Journal Article

Enzymes degraded under high light maintain proteostasis by transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis

Li, Lei, Duncan, Owen, Ganguly, Diep R., Lee, Chun Pong, Crisp, Peter A., Wijerathna-Yapa, Akila, Salih, Karzan, Trösch, Josua, Pogson, Barry J. and Millar, A. Harvey (2022). Enzymes degraded under high light maintain proteostasis by transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (20) e2121362119, 1-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2121362119

Enzymes degraded under high light maintain proteostasis by transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis

2022

Journal Article

Genome‐wide loss of CHH methylation with limited transcriptome changes in Setaria viridis DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE (DRM) mutants

Read, Andrew, Weiss, Trevor, Crisp, Peter A, Liang, Zhikai, Noshay, Jaclyn, Menard, Claire C, Wang, Chunfang, Song, Meredith, Hirsch, Candice N, Springer, Nathan M and Zhang, Feng (2022). Genome‐wide loss of CHH methylation with limited transcriptome changes in Setaria viridis DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE (DRM) mutants. The Plant Journal, 111 (1), 103-116. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15781

Genome‐wide loss of CHH methylation with limited transcriptome changes in Setaria viridis DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE (DRM) mutants

2022

Journal Article

Decoding the sorghum methylome: understanding epigenetic contributions to agronomic traits

Vafadarshamasbi, Ulduz, Mace, Emma, Jordan, David and Crisp, Peter A. (2022). Decoding the sorghum methylome: understanding epigenetic contributions to agronomic traits. Biochemical Society Transactions, 50 (1), 583-596. doi: 10.1042/bst20210908

Decoding the sorghum methylome: understanding epigenetic contributions to agronomic traits

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Unlocking crop epigenomics to uncover and engineer hidden diversity
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding for Agricultural Futures
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Program 2 - Resistance Sources: Using 'FastStack' to develop effective durable net blotch resistance gene stacks
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    EpiGrape: Exploring intra-varietal variation in grapevine using epigenetics
    Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    An epigenetic blueprint for Queensland¿s sorghum crop of the future
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Discovering hidden control elements for crop improvement
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant

Availability

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Supervision history

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