Plant Biology Seminar Series

Seminars from the RSB Division of Plant Sciences.

29
Mar
2023

PS Seminar Series: The roots of productivity: deciphering how small, secreted peptides regulate nitrogen demand signalling and symbiotic root nodule formation »

12pm 29 March 2023
Nijat Imin, Assoc Professor Intensive Food Production, Western Sydney University
Nitrogen is a key determinant of crop productivity as the acquisition of nitrogen is crucial for photosynthesis and growth.
31
Mar
2023

PS PhD Exit Seminar - Characterisation of the SIX6 effector protein from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici »

3.30pm 31 March 2023
Pravin Khambalkar, PhD candidate Jones Group - Disease resistance
Fungal pathogens of crop plants are a major cause for yield loss and a critical concern for global food security.
06
Apr
2023

PS Seminar Series - Turning up the heat: How will climate change affect forests and crops?  »

12pm 6 April 2023
Assoc Professor Danielle Way - Way Group - Plant Ecophysiology and Global Change Biology
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations could reach >1000 ppm by 2100, increasing global temperatures 3-4 °C. Both elevated CO2 and warming affect photosynthesis, altering plant growth, survival, and crop yield and quality.

Past events

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
02
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

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