Richard Twyman's Publications

Review articles

Kouhen M, García-Caparrós P, Twyman RM, Abdelly C, Mahmoudi H, Schillberg S, Debez A (2023) Improving environmental stress resilience in crops by genome editing: insights from extremophile plants. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 43 (4) 559–574.  DOI

Gurke R, Bendes A, Bowes J, Koehm M, Twyman RM, Barton A, Elewaut D, Goodyear C, Hahnefeld L, Hillenbrand R, Hunter E, Ibberson M, Ioannidis V, Kugler S, Lories RJ, Resch E, Rüping S, Scholich K, Schwenk JM, Waddington JC, Whitfield P, Geisslinger G, FitzGerald O, Behrens F, Pennington S (2022) OMICS and multi‐OMICS analysis for the early identification and improved outcome of patients with psoriatic arthritis. Biomedicines 10 (10) 2387.  DOI

Hundleby PAC, D’Aoust MA, Finkle C, Atkins J, Twyman RM (2022) Regulation of molecular farming products. Methods in Molecular Biology 2480, 313–333.  DOI

He W, Baysal C, Lobato Gómez M, Huang X, Alvarez D, Zhu C, Armario-Najera V, Blanco Perera A, Cerda Bennaser P, Saba-Mayoral A, Sobrino-Mengual G, Vargheese A, Abranches R, Abreu IA, Balamurugan S, Bock R, Buyel JF, Cunha NBD, Daniell H, Faller R, Folgado A, Gowtham I, Häkkinen ST, Shashi K, Ramalingam SK, Lacorte C, Lomonossoff GP, Luís IM, K-C Ma J, McDonald KA, Murad A, Nandi S, O'Keefe B, Parthiban S, Paul MJ, Ponndorf D, Rech E, Rodrigues JCM, Ruf S, Schillberg S, Schwestka J, Shah PS, Singh R, Stoger E, Twyman RM, Varghese IP, Vianna GR, Webster G, Wilbers RHP, Christou P, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Capell T (2021) Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans - part 2: affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (10) 19211936.  DOI

Lobato Gómez M, Huang X, Alvarez D, He W, Baysal C, Zhu C, Armario-Najera V, Blanco Perera A, Cerda Bennasser P, Saba-Mayoral A, Sobrino-Mengual G, Vargheese A, Abranches R, Abreu IA, Balamurugan S, Bock R, Buyel JF, da Cunha NB, Daniell H, Faller R, Folgado A, Gowtham I, Häkkinen S, Shashi K, Kumar Ramalingam S, Lacorte C, Lomonossoff GP, Luís IM, Ma JK, McDonald KA, Murad A, Nandi S, O'Keefe B, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Parthiban S, Paul M, Ponndorf D, Rech E, Rodrigues JCM, Ruf S, Schillberg S, Schwestka J, Shah PS, Singh R, Stoger E, Twyman RM, Varghese IP, Vianna GR, Webster G, Wilbers RHP, Capell T, Christou P (2021) Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against human infectious diseases - part 1: epidemic and pandemic diseases. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (10) 19011920.  DOI

Capell T, Twyman RM, Armario-Najera V, Ma JK-C, Schillberg S, Christou P (2020) Potential applications of plant biotechnology against SARS-CoV-2. Trends in Plant Science 25 (7) 635–643.  DOI

Girón-Calva PS, Twyman RM, Albajes R, Gatehouse AMR, Christou P (2020) The impact of environmental stress on Bt crop performance. Trends in Plant Science 25 (3) 264–278.  DOI

Webb SR, Twyman RM, Moloney M (2020) Agtech infrastructure for pandemic preparedness. Nature Biotechnology 38, 1025–1027.  DOI

Armario Najera V, Twyman RM, Christou P, Zhu C (2019) Applications of multiplex genome editing in higher plants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 59, 93–102.  DOI

Fischer R, Holland T, Sack M, Schillberg S, Stoger E, Twyman RM, Buyel JF (2018) Glyco-engineering of plant-based expression systems. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology 175, 137–166.  DOI

Zhu C, Farré G, Zanga D, Lloveras J, Michelena A, Ferrio JP, Voltas J, Slafer G, Savin R, Albajes R, Eizaguirre M, Lopez C, Cantero-Martínez C, Díaz-Gómez J, Nogareda C, Moreno JA, Angulo E, Estany J, Pena RN, Tor M, Portero-Otin M, Eritja N, Arjó G, Serrano JCE, Matias-Guiu X, Twyman RM, Sandmann G, Capell T, Christou P (2018) High-carotenoid maize: development of plant biotechnology prototypes for human and animal health and nutrition. Phytochemistry Reviews 17 (2) 195209.  DOI

Buyel JF, Twyman RM, Fischer R (2017) Very-large-scale production of antibodies in plants: the biologization of manufacturing. Biotechnology Advances 35 (4) 458465.  DOI

Díaz-Gómez J, Twyman RM, Zhu C, Farré G, Serrano JCE, Portero-Otin M, Muñoz P, Sandmann G, Capell T, Christou P (2017) Biofortification of crops with nutrients: factors affecting utilization and storage. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 44, 115123.  DOI

Edgue G, Twyman RM, Beiss V, Fischer R, Sack M (2017) Antibodies from plants for bionanomaterials. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 9 (6) e1462.  DOI

Zhu C, Bortesi L, Baysal C, Twyman RM, Fischer R, Capell T, Schillberg S, Christou P (2017) Characteristics of genome editing mutations in cereal crops. Trends in Plant Science 22 (1) 38–52.  DOI

Boes A, Reimann A, Twyman RM, Fischer R, Schillberg S, Spiegel H (2016) A plant-based transient expression system for the rapid production of malaria vaccine candidates. Methods in Molecular Biology 1404, 597–619.  DOI

Bortesi L, Zhu C, Zischewski J, Perez L, Bassié L, Nadi R, Forni G, Lade S, Soto E, Jin X, Medina V, Villorbina G, Munoz P, Farré G, Fischer R, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P, Schillberg S (2016) Patterns of CRISPR/Cas9 activity in plants, animals and microbes. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14 (12) 2203–2216.  DOI

Lee KL, Twyman RM, Fiering S, Steinmetz NF (2016) Virus-based nanoparticles as platform technologies for modern vaccines. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 8 (4) 544–578.  DOI

Berman J, Zorrilla-López U, Farré G, Zhu C, Sandmann G, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P (2015) Nutritionally important carotenoids as consumer products. Phytochemistry Reviews 14 (5) 727–743.  DOI

Buyel JF, Fischer R, Twyman RM (2015) Extraction and downstream processing of plant-derived recombinant proteins. Biotechnology Advances 33 (6.1) 902–913.  DOI

Farré G, Twyman RM, Christou P, Capell T, Zhu C (2015) Knowledge-driven approaches for engineering complex metabolic pathways in plants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 32, 54–60.  DOI

Fischer R, Vasilev N, Twyman RM, Schillberg S (2015) High-value products from plants: the challenges of process optimization. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 32, 156–162.  DOI

Laibach N, Post J, Twyman RM, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2015) The characteristics and potential applications of structural lipid droplet proteins in plants. Journal of Biotechnology 201, 15–27.  DOI

Mukherjee K, Twyman RM, Vilcinskas A (2015) Insects as models to study the epigenetic basis of disease. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 118 (1–2) 69–78.  DOI

Fischer R, Buyel JF, Schillberg S, Twyman RM (2014) Molecular farming in plants: the long road to the market. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 68, 27–41.  DOI

Miralpeix B, Sabalza M, Twyman RM, Christou P, Capell T (2014) Strategic patent analysis in plant biotechnology: terpenoid indole alkaloid metabolic engineering as a case study. Plant Biotechnology Journal 12 (2) 117–134.  DOI

Salgado D, Fischer R, Schillberg S, Twyman RM, Rasche S (2014) Comparative evaluation of heterologous production systems for recombinant pulmonary surfactant protein D. Frontiers in Immunology 5, 623.  DOI

Vamvaka E, Twyman RM, Christou P, Capell T (2014) Can plant biotechnology help to break the HIVmalaria link? Biotechnology Advances 32 (2) 575–582.  DOI

Berman J, Zhu C, Pérez-Massot E, Arjó G, Zorrilla-López U, Masip G, Banakar R, Sanahuja G, Farré G, Miralpeix B, Bai C, Vamvaka E, Sabalza M, Twyman RM, Bassié L, Capell T, Christou P (2013) Can the world afford to ignore biotechnology solutions that address food insecurity? Plant Molecular Biology 83 (1–2) 5–19.  DOI

Fischer R, Ostafe R, Twyman RM (2013) Cellulases from insects. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology 136, 51–64.  DOI

Fischer R, Schillberg S, Buyel JF, Twyman RM (2013) Commercial aspects of pharmaceutical production in plants. Current Pharmaceutical Design 19 (31) 5471–5477.  DOI

Masip G, Sabalza M, Pérez-Massot E, Banakar R, Cebrian D, Twyman RM, Capell T, Albajes R, Christou P (2013) Paradoxical EU agricultural policies on genetically engineered crops. Trends in Plant Science 18 (6) 312–324.  DOI

Paul MJ, Teh AYH, Twyman RM, Ma JKC (2013) Target product selection  where can molecular pharming make the difference? Current Pharmaceutical Design 19 (31) 5478–5485.  DOI

Pérez-Massot E, Banakar R, Gómez-Galera S, Zorrilla-López U, Sanahuja G, Arjó G, Miralpeix B, Vamvaka E, Farré G, Rivera SM, Dashevskaya S, Berman J, Sabalza M, Yuan D, Bai C, Bassie L, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P, Zhu C (2013) The contribution of transgenic plants to better health through improved nutrition: opportunities and constraints. Genes and Nutrition 8 (1) 29–41.  DOI

Sanahuja G, Farré G, Berman J, Zorrilla-López U, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P, Zhu C (2013) A question of balance: achieving appropriate nutrient levels in biofortified staple crops. Nutrition Research Reviews 26 (2) 235–245.  DOI

Schillberg S, Raven N, Fischer R, Twyman RM, Schiermeyer A (2013) Molecular farming of pharmaceutical proteins using plant suspension cell and tissue cultures. Current Pharmaceutical Design 19 (31) 5531–5542.  DOI

Twyman RM, Schillberg S, Fischer R (2013) Optimizing the yield of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins in plants. Current Pharmaceutical Design 19 (31) 5486–5494.  DOI

Zorrilla-López U, Masip G, Arjó G, Bai C, Banakar R, Bassie L, Berman J, Farré G, Miralpeix B, Pérez-Massot E, Sabalza M, Sanahuja G, Vamvaka E, Twyman RMChristou P, Zhu C, Capell T (2013) Engineering metabolic pathways in plants by multigene transformation. The International Journal of Developmental Biology 57 (6–8) 565–576.  DOI

Farré G, Naqvi S, Sanahuja G, Sanahuja G, Bai C, Zorrilla-López U, Rivera SM, Canela R, Sandman G, Twyman RM, Capell T, Zhu C, Christou P (2012) Combinatorial genetic transformation of cereals and the creation of metabolic libraries for the carotenoid pathway. Methods in Molecular Biology 847, 419–435.  DOI

Fischer R, Schillberg S, Hellwig S, Twyman RM, Drossard J (2012) GMP issues for plant-derived recombinant proteins. Biotechnology Advances 30 (2) 434–439.  DOI

Gómez-Galera S, Twyman RM, Sparrow PAC, Van Droogenbroek B, Capell T, Christou P (2012) Field trials and tribulations  making sense of the regulations for experimental field trials of transgenic crops in Europe. Plant Biotechnology Journal 10 (5) 511–523.  DOI

Khan I, Twyman RM, Arcalis E, Stoger E (2012) Using storage organelles for the accumulation and encapsulation of recombinant proteins. Journal of Biotechnology 7 (9) 1099–1108.  DOI

Lico C, Santi L, Twyman RM, Pezzotti M, Avesani L (2012) The use of plants for the production of human therapeutic peptides. Plant Cell Reports 31 (3) 439–451.  DOI

Bai C, Twyman RM, Farré G, Sanahuja G, Christou P, Capell T, Zhu C (2011) A golden era  pro-vitamin A enhancement in diverse crops. In Vitro Cell and Developmental Biology Plants 47 (2) 205–221.  DOI

Farré G, Bai C, Twyman RM, Capell C, Christou P, Zhu C (2011) Nutritious crops producing multiple carotenoids  a metabolic balancing act. Trends in Plant Science 16 (10) 532–540.  DOI

Farré G, Twyman RM, Zhu C, Capell T, Christou P (2011) Nutritionally enhanced crops and food security: scientific achievements versus political expediency. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 22 (2) 245–251.  DOI

Naqvi S, Ramessar K, Farré G, Sabalza M, Miralpeix B, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P, Zhu C (2011) High-value products from transgenic maize. Biotechnology Advances 29 (1) 40–53.  DOI

Noll GA, Müller B, Twyman RM, Prüfer D (2011) Native and artificial forisomes: functions and applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 89 (6) 1675–1682.  DOI

Sabalza M, Miralpeix B, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P (2011) EU legitimizes GM crop exclusion zones. Nature Biotechnology 29 (4) 315–317.  DOI

Safarnejad MR, Salehi-Jouzani GR, Tabatabaie M, Twyman RM, Schillberg S (2011) Antibody-mediated resistance against plant pathogens. Biotechnology Advances 29 (6) 961–971.  DOI

Sanahuja G, Subhasappa RB, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P (2011) Bacillus thuringiensis – a century of research, development and commercial applications. Plant Biotechnology Journal 9 (3) 283–300.  DOI

Yuan D, Bassie L, Sabalza M, Miralpeix B, Dashevskaya S, Farré G, Rivera SM, Subhasappa RB, Bai C, Sanahuja G, Arjó G, Avilla E, Zorrilla-López U, Ugido N, López A, Almacellas D, Zhu C, Capell T, Hahne G, Twyman RM, Christou P (2011) The potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals. Plant Cell Reports 30 (3) 249–265.  DOI

Farré G, Ramessar K, Twyman RM, Capell T, Christou P (2010) The humanitarian impact of plant biotechnology: recent breakthroughs vs bottlenecks for adoption. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2) 219–225.  DOI

Peremarti A, Twyman RM, Gómez-Galera S, Naqvi S, Farré G, Sabalza M, Miralpeix B, Dashevskaya S, Yuan D, Ramessar K, Christou P, Zhu C, Bassie L, Capell T (2010) Promoter diversity in multigene transformation. Plant Molecular Biology 73 (45) 363–378.  DOI

Ramessar K, Capell T, Twyman RM, Christou P (2010) Going to ridiculous lengths  European coexistence regulations for GM crops. Nature Biotechnology 28 (2) 133–136.  DOI

Ramessar K, Capell T, Twyman RM, Quemada H, Christou P (2009) Calling the tunes on transgenic crops  the case for regulatory harmony. Molecular Breeding 23 (1) 99–112.  DOI

Sparrow PAC, Twyman RM (2009) Biosafety and risk assessment of plant-made pharmaceuticals. Methods in Molecular Biology 483, 341–353.  DOI

Twyman RM, Ramessar K, Quemada H, Capell T, Christou P (2009) Plant biotechnology: the importance of being accurate. Trends in Biotechnology 27 (11) 609–612.  DOI

Ramessar K, Capell T, Twyman RM, Quemada H, Christou P (2008) Trace and traceability  a call for regulatory harmony. Nature Biotechnology 26 (9) 975–978.  DOI

Spök A, Twyman RM, Fischer R, Ma JKC, Sparrow PAC (2008) Evolution of a regulatory framework for pharmaceuticals derived from genetically modified plants. Trends in Biotechnology 26 (9) 506–517.  DOI

Sparrow PAC, Irwin JA, Dale PJ, Twyman RM, Ma JKC (2007) Pharma-Planta: road testing the developing regulatory guidelines for plant-made pharmaceuticals. Transgenic Research 16 (2) 147–161.  DOI

Yusibov V, Rabindran S, Commandeur U, Twyman RM, Fischer R (2006) The potential of plant virus vectors for vaccine production. Drugs in R&D 7 (4) 203–217.  DOI

Schillberg S, Twyman RM, Fischer R (2005) Opportunities for recombinant antigen and antibody expression in transgenic plants  technology assessment. Vaccine 23 (15) 1764–1769.  DOI

Ma JKC, Barros E, Bock R, Christou P, Dale PJ, Dix PJ, Fischer R, Irwin J, Mahoney R, Pezzotti M, Schillberg S, Sparrow P, Stoger E, Twyman RM (2005) Molecular farming for new drugs and vaccines. Current perspectives on the production of pharmaceuticals in transgenic plants. EMBO Reports 6 (7) 593–599.  DOI

Ma JKC, Chikwamba R, Sparrow P, Fischer R, Mahoney R, Twyman RM (2005) Plant-derived pharmaceuticals  the road forward. Trends in Plant Science 10 (12) 580–585.  DOI

Twyman RM, Schillberg S, Fischer R (2005) Transgenic plants in the biopharmaceutical market. Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs 10 (1) 185–218.  DOI

Christou P, Twyman RM (2004) The potential of genetically enhanced plants to address food insecurity. Nutrition Research Reviews 17 (1) 23–42.  DOI

Fischer R, Stoger E, Schillberg S, Christou P, Twyman RM (2004) Plant-based production of biopharmaceuticals. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7 (2) 152–158.  DOI

Hellwig S, Drossard J, Twyman RM, Fischer R (2004) Plant cell cultures for the production of recombinant proteins. Nature Biotechnology 22 (11) 1415–1422.  DOI

Stoger E, Schillberg S, Twyman RM, Fischer R, Christou P (2004) Antibody production in transgenic plants. Methods in Molecular Biology 248, 301–318.  DOI

Twyman RM (2004) SNP discovery and typing technologies for pharmacogenomics. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 4 (13) 1421–1429.  DOI

Fischer R, Twyman RM, Schillberg S (2003) Production of antibodies in plants and their use for global health. Vaccine 21 (78) 820–825.  DOI

Kohli A, Twyman RM, Abranches A, Wegel E, Shaw P, Christou P, Stoger E (2003) Transgene integration, organization and interaction in plants. Plant Molecular Biology 52 (2) 247–258.  DOI

Twyman RM, Primrose SB (2003) Techniques patents for SNP genotyping. Pharmacogenomics 4 (1) 67–79.  DOI

Twyman RM, Stoger E, Schillberg S, Christou P, Fischer R (2003) Molecular farming in plants: host systems and expression technology. Trends in Biotechnology 21 (12) 570–578.  DOI

Stoger E, Sack M, Perrin Y, Vaquero C, Torres E, Twyman RM, Christou P, Fischer R (2002) Practical considerations for pharmaceutical antibody production in different crop systems. Molecular Breeding 9 (3) 149–158. DOI

Twyman RM, Stoger E, Kohli A, Capell T, Christou P (2002) Selectable and screenable markers for rice transformation. Molecular Methods of Plant Analysis 22, 1–17.  DOI

Twyman RM, Stoger E, Kohli A, Christou P (2002) Foreign DNA: integration and expression in transgenic plants. Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods 24, 107–136.  DOI

Twyman RM, Jones EA (1995) The regulation of neuron-specific gene expression in the mammalian nervous system. Journal of Neurogenetics 10 (2) 67–101.  DOI