2024 Honours/Masters Cohort Initial Student Seminars - PS
10:00-10:20 | Laura Bailey, | Hons | Investigating stress resilience mechanisms in Australian native grasses |
10:20-10:40 | Jessica Caley | Hons | Characterising the interaction between aquaporin AtlPIP2:1 and calcium dependent protein kinases, AtCPK3 and AtCPK21 |
10:40-11:00 | Holly Howdle | Hons | Impacts of elevated CO2 on wheat yield and nutritional value |
11:00-11:20 | Riley Furbank | Hons | Investigating cell specific stress-signalling pathways in C4 photosynthesis |
11:20-11:40 | Amy McEachern | Hons | Impacts of elevated CO2 on wheat yield and nutritional value |
Break (40mins) | |||
12:20-12:40 | Avanthika Cheyanne Gunasekeran | Mast | Aggressiveness in Australian wheat strip rust isolates |
12:40-13:00 | Senwei Tan | Hons | Investigating the molecular mechanisms of PR1 mediated plant immunity |
13:00-13:20 | Harrison Christie | Hons | Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of two putative hyperparasitic fungal isolates of Epicoccum nigrum |
13:20-13:40 | Lucy Molloy | Hons | Synthetic Biology to Engineer Novel Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops |
13:40-14:00 | Ben Silke | Hons | Designing protein inhibitors to disarm plant pathogens |
Break (20mins) | |||
14:20-14:40 | Haoran Li | Hons | Elucidating the role of plasmadesmata in wheat stripe rust fungal infection |
14:40-15:00 | Tumi Thorsteinsson | Hons | Identifying the genetic basis of cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration in wheat (Triticumaestivum) carrying Aegilops kotschyi mitochondria. |
15:00-15:20 | Tasman Singh Uppal | Hons | Planning, selection and genetic modification of Carinata for improved flowering maturation times |
15:20-15:40 | Xiaowen Chen | Mast | Uncovering the molecular function of RFL-mTERF proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana |
15:40-16:00 | Zirui Zhang | Mast | Genome biology of pollinator adaptation in orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis |