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Plant Biology Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Plant Sciences.
29
Jan
2021
3.30pm 29 January 2021
Yu Zhou, PhD Student, Whitney Group, PS, RSB
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.
03
Feb
2021
3.30–4.30pm 3 February 2021
Yi-Chang Sung, PhD Student, Solomon Group, PS, RSB
Wheat is an important food supplier contributing to about one-fifth of worldwide daily caloric and protein needs.
05
Feb
2021
12–1pm 5 February 2021
Yiheng Hu, PhD Student, Rathjen Group, PS, RSB
Devastating fungal diseases threaten global food security and plant and animal populations, highlighting the need for rapid and accurate identification of fungal pathogens.
Past events
10
Jun
2020
PS Webinar Series: Photorespiration - Friend or foe? »
Photorespiratory metabolism is essential for plants to maintain functional photosynthesis in an oxygen-containing environment. Because the oxygenation reaction of Rubisco is followed by the loss of previously fixed carbon, photorespiration is often considered a wasteful process and considerable efforts are aimed at min
25
Mar
2020
04
Mar
2020
28
Feb
2020
19
Feb
2020
07
Feb
2020
18
Dec
2019
Functional analysis of a putative master regulator of plant development »
Remi Branco presents his exit Seminar, Functional analysis of a putative master regulator of plant development
13
Dec
2019
05
Dec
2019
PS Seminar Series - Two talks from Professors in Shanghai Normal University »
Title of the Talks
(Prof Hongquan Yang) - Light Regulates Phytohormone Signaling through Direct Interactions of Cryptochrome with Transcriptional Regulators in Arabidopsis
(Prof Zhongnan Yang) - The components of sporopollenin for plant survival, landing and prosper
18
Nov
2019
PS Seminar Series -Isotopic Labeling-Based Metabolic Flux Analysis: From CO2 Assimilation to Storage Reserve Production in Plants »
At the heart of plant productivity is the balance of carbon assimilation through photosynthetic activity. Though central metabolism is context specific and changes with conditions, we will present recent insights with isotopic tracers, metabolite measurements and metabolic flux analyses that describe the dynamics of central carbon metabolism resulting in altered balance between resource assimilation and allocation.
18
Nov
2019
Symposium on Host-Microbiome Interactions – from Structure to Function »
A symposium on all aspects of host-microbiome interactions.
11
Nov
2019
PS Seminar: Engineering crops for resistance to disease and tolerance to environmental stress »
A major goal for food and agricultural research is to increase the resiliency of agricultural systems to adapt to rapid changes and extreme conditions. Prof. Ronald will describe how genetic approaches are being used to generate the next generation of crops that will help farmers thrive in these challenging conditions.
06
Nov
2019
PS Seminar Series: Accuracy of genomic selection within-families »
Explore how Genomic Selection (GS) is used to select superior seedlings, resulting in rapid genetic gains.
11
Oct
2019
PS Seminar Series: Genetic approaches to understand plant photosynthesis »
The quantitative genetics of photosynthesis efficiency in plants is not much investigated, even though breeding for photosynthesis would be interesting to maintain or improve annual increases in crop yields.
27
Sep
2019
PS PhD Exit Seminar: Monocot Rubisco meets Dicot Chloroplast: A Structure-Function Relationship Study »
Explore the elimination of the folding/assembly incompatibility between the monocot crop (rice, wheat and maize) Rubisco and dicot model plant (tobacco) chloroplasts through a mutagenesis strategy which introduces certain amino acid substitutions into the large subunit of the monocot Rubisco.
