Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Websites
Please see Andrew's University profile: edweb.ed.ac.uk/profile/andrew-millar;
Overview of Research Data Management: https://biology.ed.ac.uk/research/facilities/research-data-management
Detailed BioRDM team wiki: www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/RDMS
Publication cross-references
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-3654. View Public ORCID Record
My research in a nutshell
My group's experimental biology studies (2009-2020) on a biological clockwork, which seems to be shared in many organisms but remains mysterious: www.nutshell-videos.ed.ac.uk/andrew-millar-biological-clocks/
Media
Group members Eilidh Troup and Dr. Tomasz Zielinski present a simple Electronic Lab Notebook, using the Socratic method, at the Dealing with Data workshop 2017.
Education/Academic qualification
Plant Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Plant Molecular Genetics; Supervisor, Prof. Nam-Hai Chua, FRS., Rockefeller University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1994
Genetics, Bachelor of Arts, University Prize for Botany, 1987; for Genetics, 1988., University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 1988
External positions
Chief Scientific Advisor for the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Scottish Government
1 Oct 2018 → 31 Dec 2021
Council Member, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1 Apr 2018 → 31 Mar 2024
Non-Executive Director, James Hutton Institute
2016 → 2019
Keywords
- QH426 Genetics
- Plant Molecular Genetics
- QH301 Biology
- Systems Biology
- QA76 Computer software
- Data infrastructure
- Modelling infrastructure
- QK Botany
- Micro-algae
- Genetic model species
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Photoperiodic control of the Arabidopsis proteome reveals a translational coincidence mechanism
Seaton, D. D., Graf, A., Baerenfaller, K., Stitt, M., Millar, A. J. & Gruissem, W., 1 Mar 2018, In: Molecular Systems Biology. 14, 3, p. e7962 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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BioDare2, online data analysis resource
Zielinski, T. (Developer) & Millar, A., Jun 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Software
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Linking circadian time to growth rate quantitatively via carbon metabolism
Chew, Y. H., Seaton, D., Mengin, V., Flis, A., Mugford, S. T., Smith, A. M., Stitt, M. & Millar, A., 6 Feb 2017, bioRxiv, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.Research output: Working paper
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Valuing the project: A knowledge-action response to network governance in collaborative research
Freeman, P. & Millar, A., Jan 2017, In: Public Money & Management. 37, 1, p. 23-30Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linked circadian outputs control elongation growth and flowering in response to photoperiod and temperature
Seaton, D. D., Smith, R. W., Song, Y. H., MacGregor, D. R., Stewart, K., Steel, G., Foreman, J., Penfield, S., Imaizumi, T., Millar, A. J. & Halliday, K. J., 19 Jan 2015, In: Molecular Systems Biology. 11, 1, 19 p., 776.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Science and Impact Advisory Group, JIC
Millar, A. (Advisor)
2 Mar 2026 → 1 Mar 2029Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Trainee day for EBRS - Basics of Chronobiology: Entrainment
Millar, A. (Speaker)
24 Sept 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Talk: Practical steps to build a future digital plant: counting proteins, sharing data and an anchoring institution.
Millar, A. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Molecular Biology has arrived, where is Engineering Biology?
Millar, A. (Invited speaker)
26 Jun 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Open Data in the CMH Network
Millar, A. (Assessor)
5 Jun 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Dame Janet Thornton Lecture, Earlham Institute: So your research area has Arrived, how could that change your priorities for mid-century?
Millar, A. (Recipient), Nov 2025
Prize: Other distinctions
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BioClocks UK: Supporting The Biological Rhythm Research Community To Deliver Impact
Millar, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/24 → 30/04/29
Project: Research
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Ambient and passive collection of sleep, circadian rhythm and light exposure data to understand symptom trajectories in early-stage bipolar disorder (AMBIENT-BD)
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator), Smith, D. (Principal Investigator) & Millar, A. (Co-investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Adoption by Example: Reflecting Open Research Progress to Guide Transformations in Assessment
Millar, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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BioClocksUK, a transformation in the Chronobiology community
Millar, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/23 → 30/04/25
Project: Research
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Open and healthy research cultures: bringing insights into policy and practice
Lyall, C. (Principal Investigator) & Millar, A. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
Datasets
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Algal phospho- and protein rhythms mass spec data
Imrie, L. (Creator), Millar, A. (Creator), Noordally, Z. (Creator), Hindle, M. (Creator), Martin, S. (Creator), Seaton, D. (Creator), Simpson, I. (Creator), Le Bihan, T. (Creator), Imrie, L. (Data Manager) & Imrie, L. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, 2019
DOI: 10.7488/8a96caae-db2a-42c5-9361-e366faa26e3f, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/
Dataset
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Plant Systems Modelling database
Millar, A. (Creator), University of Edinburgh, 2009
https://fairdomhub.org/projects/129 and one more link, http://www.plasmo.ed.ac.uk (show fewer)
Dataset
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Timeseries used in Zielinski et al. Strengths and Limitations of Period Estimation Methods
Zielinski, T. (Creator) & Millar, A. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 22 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2636, https://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/24809473 and one more link, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096462 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Circadian expression of genes: modelling the Arabidopsis circadian clock
Edwards, K. D. (Creator) & Millar, A. (Creator), University of Edinburgh, 2005
http://affymetrix.arabidopsis.info/narrays/experimentpage.pl?experimentid=108 and one more link, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE5612 (show fewer)
Dataset
Press/Media
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Second Fellow resigns from the Royal Society over Fellowship of Elon Musk
14/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Andrew Millar comments on 2017 Noble prize awarded for Biological clock discoveries
2/10/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Professor Andrew Millar talks about the durability of vegetables
20/06/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Professor Andrew Millar responds to reader's science question
3/05/12
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Professor Andrew Millar explains how plants know when to flower
26/05/12
13 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research