“Understanding vascular development using chemical and single cell biology”
The plant vasculature is a complex tissue composed of multiple cell types, each with a specific function. In the Arabidopsis root apical meristem, vascular tissues are organised according to a bilateral symmetry with a central xylem axis flanked by two phloem poles with intervening procambium cells. This patterning is established and maintained by a domain of high auxin signalling in the xylem cells and a domain of high cytokinin signalling in the procambium and phloem cell lineages, making this an excellent model system to study cell proliferation and coordinated development involving transcriptional networks and hormonal signalling. Here, I will give an overview of our latest advances to understand cell proliferation and cell division orientation during vascular development using chemical and single cell biology approaches.
If anyone is interested in meeting with the speaker, please contact Javier Agustí (jagusti@ibmcp.upv.es)
