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Plant Biology Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Plant Sciences.
12
May
2021
12pm 12 May 2021
Dr Maria Ermakova, Post Doc, Furbank and von Caemmerer Group, RSB, ANU
Photosynthetic improvement has become a major focus for researchers seeking to increase yields of crop plants.
Past events
28
Apr
2021
PS Webinar Series: Peptides take center-stage: Regulation of Nitrogen Acquisition by peptide hormones »
The root system of a plant performs vital functions including resource uptake when nutrient availability in soil is non-homogenous; while also providing a surface for interactions with beneficial microbes.
31
Mar
2021
PS Webinar Series: The use of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy to study the “battle for nutrients” between plant and pathogen »
Metal homeostasis is essential to normal plant growth and development. The balance is potentially impacted during plant-pathogen interactions as the host and pathogen compete for the same nutrients.
26
Mar
2021
PS Webinar Series: Mathematical Modelling of Moisture Transport in Plant Cuticles »
Food production needs to increase significantly and water loss from plants may hold one key, especially relevant in a time of climate change.
24
Mar
2021
PS Webinar Series: The structure of rice blast effector AVR-Pii in complex with host Exo70 defines a new effector/target interface and a novel family of blast effectors »
Pathogens and pests as diverse as bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, nematodes and aphids are sophisticated manipulators of their hosts.
19
Feb
2021
PS Webinar Series- PhD Exit Seminar : Redesigning phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase for improved catalysis in C4 photosynthesis »
C4 photosynthesis, a carbon concentrating mechanism, evolved as an adaptation to improve photosynthetic CO2 assimilation in terrestrial plants under conditions of low CO2, increased temperatures and varying rainfall patterns.
05
Feb
2021
PS Webinar Series- PhD Exit Seminar: Pathogen detection and microbial community compositions during fungal infections »
Devastating fungal diseases threaten global food security and plant and animal populations, highlighting the need for rapid and accurate identification of fungal pathogens.
03
Feb
2021
PS Webinar Series- PhD Exit Seminar : Understanding how a wheat pathogen avoids host immune responses »
Wheat is an important food supplier contributing to about one-fifth of worldwide daily caloric and protein needs.
29
Jan
2021
PS Webinar Series- PhD Exit Seminar - Evolving red-type Rubisco towards enhancing plant carbon fixation »
I have developed a novel E.coli based directed evolution system to evolve Ribulose-1,5 -bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), the rate-limiting enzyme in the Calvin Cycle of photosynthetic organisms.
18
Dec
2020
PS Webinar Series: PhD Exit Seminar - Dynamics of water and carbon dioxide gas-exchange through the adaxial and abaxial surfaces of leaves »
Accurate estimation of gas exchange parameters has always been a fundamental aim of plant physiologists; from the more general assumptions and calculations presented by Moss and Rawlins (1963) up to the widely used model introduced by von Caemmerer and Farquhar (1981).
11
Dec
2020
PS Webinar Series: PhD Exit Seminar - Putting Rubisco into a carboxysome. »
This thesis aimed to resolve how cyanobacterial Rubisco interacts with its binding partners both in vivo and in vitro.
02
Dec
2020
PS Webinar Series: Understanding and engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance in crops »
Fungal pathogens are a major constraint to global crop production, hence plant genes encoding pathogen resistance are important tools for combating disease.
23
Nov
2020
Workshop on engineering ion channel aquaporins and boosting food security »
Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p
16
Nov
2020
Workshop on engineering ion channel aquaporins and boosting food security »
Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p
11
Nov
2020
Special Plantae Seminar - Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Solutions »
This event is presented by Plantae, and co-hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.
10
Nov
2020
Workshop on engineering ion channel aquaporins and boosting food security »
Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p
