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Plant Biology Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Plant Sciences.
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Past events
08
Jul
2022
PS Seminar Series - When to open or close the door: exploring cell-to-cell communication via plasmodesmata closure in stress signalling »
Cell-to-cell communication is essential for the co-ordination of responses in all multicellular organisms. One mechanism plants employ as defence against pathogens is restriction of cell-to-cell communication by plasmodesmata closure during infection.
01
Jul
2022
PhD Exit Seminar - TRUEE; a bioinformatic pipeline to define the functional microRNA targetome of plants »
In plants, microRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs of approximately 20-24 nt in length which are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of genes controlling many fundamental biological pathways.
24
Jun
2022
PS Seminar Series - Fun with Fungi at the Chemistry-Biology Interface »
Specialised metabolites are one of the major means of how microbes and sessile organisms express extended phenotype for the selective advantage of the organisms —or, more fundamentally, their genes.
17
Jun
2022
PS Seminar Series - Feeding the world while restoring the planet »
Natural capital describes the stocks of renewable and non-renewable resources (e.g. plants, animals, air, water, soils and minerals) that produce flows of benefits to people.
10
Jun
2022
PS Seminar Series - Coupling carbon allocation & sugar signaling with development for yield & resilience »
Source-to-sink allocation of, and sink-to-sink competition for, photoassimilates, mainly in the form of sucrose, play a key role in determining energy and resource distribution in plants for growth and reproduction.
27
May
2022
PS Seminar Series- PhD Exit Seminar - How does scald pathogen infect barley? Characterisation of the virulence factors of Rhynchosporium commune »
Rhynchosporium commune is a pathogenic fungus causing barley scald disease. Although scald disease has become a significant issue for commercial barley growers, the molecular mechanisms underpinning the disease are poorly understood.
25
May
2022
PS Seminar Series - Gene regulatory dynamics of germinating seeds from bulk tissue to single-cell resolution »
Seeds provide 70% of global food resources, being the most valuable output from plant production. They also play a critical role in agriculture because the lifecycle of most crops begins from seed germination.
20
May
2022
PS Seminar Series- PhD Exit Seminar- Tales of mitochondria: How have the roles of mitochondria in C4 plants affected respiratory metabolism? »
C4 photosynthesis involves a number of biochemical and anatomical traits that significantly improve plant productivity under conditions that reduce the efficiency of C3 photosynthesis.
18
May
2022
PS Seminar Series - Right place, right time: Connecting soil Nitrogen and plant uptake for greener agriculture »
Nitrogen (N) is a primary nutrient that is essential to the survival of all living organisms. Crops are inefficient in their N use, losing 50-70% of applied N, which transforms to reactive nitrogen Nr, to the environment.
29
Apr
2022
PS Seminar Series- PhD Exit Seminar- Defining interaction partners for CEPR1, a key regulator of root growth and nutrient transport in Arabidopsis »
The interaction of C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDEs (CEPs) with CEP RECEPTOR1 (CEPR1) controls root growth and development, as well as nitrate uptake, but the underlying protein interactions involved are yet to be comprehensively defined.
29
Apr
2022
PS Seminar Series- JOINT SEMINAR - Exploring a new pathway for crown root development »
Crown roots make up the bulk of the mature root system in grasses and are essential for anchorage and water and nutrient absorption.
29
Apr
2022
PS Seminar Series- JOINT SEMINAR - Moisture-regulated root branching »
Plants that exhibit moisture-regulated root branching, called hydropatterning, are able to detect spatial differences in water distribution around their root growth zone, which leads to pre-patterning of lateral root primordia towards regions of higher water availability.
22
Apr
2022
PS Seminar Series- PhD Exit Seminar- The flax-rust AvrP protein appears to be a bifunctional effector targeting both glucose and RNA metabolism in flax »
Rust diseases are a serious threat to cereals and other crops worldwide. The interaction between flax and the flax rust fungus, Melampsora lini, is a model pathosystem helping us to understand the molecular basis of rust fungal pathogenicity in plants.
30
Mar
2022
PS Seminar Series- Enhancing Rubisco catalysis improves plant growth »
The rate of photosynthesis and plant growth is often rate limited by the activity of the CO2-fixing enzyme Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco).
25
Mar
2022
Joint Seminar : PS Seminar Series - Overview of ARC Discovery Project: Cereal blueprints for a water-limited world »
Plants are sessile organisms and are therefore unable to seek out environmental conditions optimal for their growth and development.
