“Recoding Regulation - Synthetic Expansions of Plant Metabolism” Plants evolved regulatory networks to coordinate complex chemical defences as well as changes to their growth and development to help them survive…
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“Why all eukaryotes have homeodomain genes; a view from land plants” One innovation of eukaryotes is sex, which establishes a life cycle alternating between haploid (one set of chromosomes)…
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Dr Marcus Heisler is a developmental biologist interested in pattern formation in plants. He did his PhD in the laboratory of Professor David Smyth at Monash University (Australia). Then he…
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“Trimethylamine N-oxide is a new plant molecule that promotes abiotic stress tolerance” The sessile lifestyle of plants severely conditions their response to environmental changes, which frequently derivates in stressful situations.…
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Laura Botigué is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow and Group Leader of the "Genomics of ancient crops and domestication" at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG). Her group…
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Juan Carlos Montesinos began his scientific career as cell biologist at the University of Valencia (Spain) in the group of Dr. Fernando Aniento and Dr. Maria Jesús Marcote, where he…
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Isabel earned her Ph.D. in 2008 and, after completing postdoctoral training at MSU, she joined Algoma University in 2011 at the rank of Assistant Professor. Isabel’s research focuses on investigating…
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Prof Hao YU is currently Provost Chair Professor & Head of the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS), and Board Director & Temasek Senior Investigator of Temasek…
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Jorge Casal undertook his early studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he completed his MSc in 1987. Then he moved to the University of Leicester (UK) where…
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