Extraordinary Seminar – 4th November – Dr. Shih-Shun Lin
Dr. Shih-Shun Lin Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “The unique biological properties of AGO1 reveal the autonomy of gene regulation in RNA silencing” Abstract RNA silencing is essential for plant gene regulation and viral defense. Our study reveals that the potyviral viral suppressor HC-Pro inhibits RNA silencing, disrupting microRNA (miRNA)-mediated regulation. To explore […]
Friday October 18th 12:30h. Conference Hall, 3rd floor, IBMCP
Prof. Robert Sablowski John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR47UH, UK “Cell size regulation in the meristem and beyond” Abstract Across biological kingdoms, cell size has important developmental and physiological roles, but its regulation remains unclear [1]. In the Arabidopsis shoot stem cell niche, cell size is one of the features that is maintained in […]
Friday October 4th 12:30h. Conference Hall, 3rd floor, IBMCP
Prof. Christer Löfstedt Lund University, Sweden “From the lab bench to the market: towards biotechnological production of moth pheromones“ Abstract Pheromones have become an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional insecticides for pest control. Most current pheromone-based pest control products target lepidopteran pests of high-value crops, as today’s manufacturing processes cannot yet produce pheromones at low enough costs […]
Extraordinary Seminar – 30th September – Dr. Facundo Romani
Dr. Facundo Romani Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK “Cellular organization of the vegetative meristem in Marchantia: a unique form of multicellular growth“ Abstract The regulation of the meristem in plants shares fundamental principles throughout evolution, but the molecular mechanisms are not as well understood outside of flowering plants. Marchantia has a reduced number of […]