Plant Biology Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Plant Sciences.
29
Mar
2023
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
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
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
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.
24
Jul
2019