Events
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Upcoming events
The genotype-to-phenotype architecture (GPA), defined by complex interactions such as pleiotropy, epistasis, and regulatory control together with all the plasticity associated to these processes are fundamental yet often overlooked drivers of biodiversity dynamics.
This seminar is supported by the Centre for Biodiversity Analysis.
RSB Director's Seminar featuring Professor Alison Rodger, Director of the Research School of Chemistry at ANU, Group Leader in the Division of Biological Chemistry, Research School of Chemistry, ANU.
C4 photosynthesis is a highly efficient carbon assimilation pathway that contributes to the high productivity of major crops such as maize, sorghum, and sugarcane. Understanding the genetic mechanisms regulating C4 photosynthesis and leaf senescence is important for improving photosynthetic efficiency and crop productivity.
As drought events become increasingly frequent and severe, improving crop drought resistance is a major challenge for global agricultural production. However, the translation of crop drought research from laboratory discovery to field application has been persistently constrained by a disconnect between controlled-environment drought treatments and field-based drought conditions.
The photosynthetic bacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 is a widely used model organism for studying bacterial photosynthesis and has considerable biotechnological potential.
Plants detect invading pathogens using immune receptors that are located both inside the cell and at its surface. Structural and biochemical studies have transformed our understanding of how intracellular immune receptors recognise effector proteins secreted by pathogens. But far less is known about how plant cell-surface receptors recognise effectors in the apoplast – the space outside the plant cell where many fungal pathogens colonise their hosts.
In this seminar, I will present our recent work using high-resolution structural biology approaches to investigate the architecture and organization of complex microbial biofilms.
Past events
This seminar will outline a predictive modelling research theme and highlight recent examples integrating physiology, phenotyping and genetics to evaluate potential interventions and guide crop adaptation.
Using poecilid fishes as models, this talk will outline long term research investigating the impacts of pharmaceutical pollution on the behaviour of exposed organisms and their weighty ecological and evolutionary consequences
Sphingolipids constitute an important class of lipids found in all eukaryotes. In addition to their essential structural roles in cellular membranes, sphingolipids act as signalling molecules and regulate a wide range of cellular processes.
Australia’s alpine regions are known for their rapidly changing weather, cold, snowy winters, clear running streams and wonderfully unique biodiversity. However, things won’t be this way forever, with future climates predicted to challenge plant communities through warmer soils, more frequent droughts and heatwaves, and potentially greater exposure to frost as snow cover declines.
Seabirds spend much of their lives moving through vast and dynamic marine environments, making movement ecology a powerful framework through which to understand how animals respond to environmental change.
RSB Director's Seminar, in collaboration with the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, featuring Professor Andreas Wagner, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.