March 2015
Mon. 2 Mar, 2015
Half-time Seminar - Stefano Papazian: Metabolomics of plant defense under multiple stress conditions
Mon. 2 Mar, 2015 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC Seminar 2015
Half-time Seminar
Speaker:
Stefano Papazian
Title: Metabolomics of plant defense under multiple stress conditions
Host: Benedicte Albrectsen
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Half-time Seminar
Speaker:
Stefano Papazian
Title: Metabolomics of plant defense under multiple stress conditions
Host: Benedicte Albrectsen
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Mon. 9 Mar, 2015
Seminar - Barbara Terebieniec: A Systems Genetics Approach to Understanding the Genetic Control of Leaf Shape Variation in SwAsp
Mon. 9 Mar, 2015 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC Seminars 2015
Half-time Seminar
Speaker:
Barbara Terebieniec
Title: A Systems Genetics Approach to Understanding the Genetic Control of Leaf Shape Variation in SwAsp
Host: Nathanial Street
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Half-time Seminar
Speaker:
Barbara Terebieniec
Title: A Systems Genetics Approach to Understanding the Genetic Control of Leaf Shape Variation in SwAsp
Host: Nathanial Street
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Mon. 16 Mar, 2015
Cutting Edge Seminar - Miguel Blazguez: Oxygen as a positional signal during seedling development
Mon. 16 Mar, 2015 14:00 - 15:00
UPSC Seminar Series 2015
Cutting Edge Seminar
Speaker:
Miguel Blazguez
Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain
Title: Oxygen as a positional signal during seedling development
Room: NOTE! Stora hörsalen KB3B1
Host: Hannele Tuominen
Cutting Edge Seminar
Speaker:
Miguel Blazguez
Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain
Title: Oxygen as a positional signal during seedling development
Room: NOTE! Stora hörsalen KB3B1
Host: Hannele Tuominen
Seminar-Jörg Nickelsen: Biogenesis and Biomedical Utilization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
Mon. 16 Mar, 2015 15:00 - 16:00
Department of Chemistry
Seminar
Speaker:
Jörg Nickelsen
Biozentrum der LMU München, AG Molekulare Pflanzenwissenschaften, Botanik, Munich Germany
Title:
Biogenesis and Biomedical Utilization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
Host: Christiane Funk
Room: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen KBC
Abstract:
Cyanobacteria, algae and plants can convert light energy to chemical energy using a very similar type of photosynthetic membrane system, named thylakoids. Current molecular analyses suggest that the initial steps of the biogenesis of the cyanobacterial energy conversion system, in particular photosystem (PS) II, progress in a membrane subfraction representing a biosynthetic center which is marked by the PS II assembly factor PratA. This factor binds and delivers manganese (Mn) to PS II and, consequently, is involved in the assembly of its oxygen evolving Mn4CaO5 cluster.
Also in chloroplasts of the eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, PSII biogenesis centres – so called translation (T) zones – have been described. We have recently identified the DLA2 factor which appears to target the chloroplast psbA mRNA to these T-zones. Interestingly, DLA2 represents the E2 subunit of the plastid pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme suggesting a crosstalk between gene expression and carbon metabolism via this protein.
In an applied approach, the oxygen evolving activity of PSII is used to provide a constant source of oxygen supply to engineered mammalian skin tissues which usually suffer from hypoxia due to poor vascularization. In particular, our data suggest that bioartificial scaffolds can be loaded with the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, showing high biocompatibility and photosynthetic activity in vitro. The results of this study represent a first step towards the establishment of engineered autotrophic tissues and suggest that the use of photosynthetic cells can overcome a broader spectrum of hypoxic stress conditions.
Seminar
Speaker:
Jörg Nickelsen
Biozentrum der LMU München, AG Molekulare Pflanzenwissenschaften, Botanik, Munich Germany
Title:
Biogenesis and Biomedical Utilization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
Host: Christiane Funk
Room: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen KBC
Abstract:
Cyanobacteria, algae and plants can convert light energy to chemical energy using a very similar type of photosynthetic membrane system, named thylakoids. Current molecular analyses suggest that the initial steps of the biogenesis of the cyanobacterial energy conversion system, in particular photosystem (PS) II, progress in a membrane subfraction representing a biosynthetic center which is marked by the PS II assembly factor PratA. This factor binds and delivers manganese (Mn) to PS II and, consequently, is involved in the assembly of its oxygen evolving Mn4CaO5 cluster.
Also in chloroplasts of the eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, PSII biogenesis centres – so called translation (T) zones – have been described. We have recently identified the DLA2 factor which appears to target the chloroplast psbA mRNA to these T-zones. Interestingly, DLA2 represents the E2 subunit of the plastid pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme suggesting a crosstalk between gene expression and carbon metabolism via this protein.
In an applied approach, the oxygen evolving activity of PSII is used to provide a constant source of oxygen supply to engineered mammalian skin tissues which usually suffer from hypoxia due to poor vascularization. In particular, our data suggest that bioartificial scaffolds can be loaded with the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, showing high biocompatibility and photosynthetic activity in vitro. The results of this study represent a first step towards the establishment of engineered autotrophic tissues and suggest that the use of photosynthetic cells can overcome a broader spectrum of hypoxic stress conditions.
Mon. 23 Mar, 2015
Half-time Seminar - Unmut Rende: Sucrose Cleavage During Wood Formation
Mon. 23 Mar, 2015 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC Seminars 2015
Half time Seminar
Speaker:
Unmut Rende
Title: Sucrose Cleavage During Wood Formation
Host Totte Niittylä
Room Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9
Half time Seminar
Speaker:
Unmut Rende
Title: Sucrose Cleavage During Wood Formation
Host Totte Niittylä
Room Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9
Mon. 30 Mar, 2015
Cutting Edge Seminar - Chrisanto Gutierrez: A chromatin perspective of cell cycle and genome replication during Arabidopsis organogenesis
Mon. 30 Mar, 2015 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC Seminar Series 2015
Cutting Edge Seminar
Speaker:
Chrisanto Gutierrez
Title:
A chromatin perspective of cell cycle and genome replication during Arabidopsis organogenesis
Host: László Bakó
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Abstract:
A chromatin perspective of cell cycle and genome replication during Arabidopsis organogenesis
Crisanto Gutierrez
Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM)
The cell cycle is defined by a series of complex events, finely coordinated through hormonal, developmental and environmental signals, which occur in a unidirectional manner and end up in producing two daughter cells. Accumulating evidence reveals that chromatin is not a static entity throughout the cell cycle. In fact, there are many changes. It is possible to correlate the occurrence of several of these chromatin-related events with specific processes necessary for cell cycle progression. Therefore, an emerging view is that chromatin dynamics must be considered as an intrinsic part of cell cycle regulation. In this talk, I will briefly review the results supporting a chromatin perspective of the cell cycle. Also I will focus on events related to genome replication and cell division control in the meristems linked to chromatin dynamics.
Cutting Edge Seminar
Speaker:
Chrisanto Gutierrez
Title:
A chromatin perspective of cell cycle and genome replication during Arabidopsis organogenesis
Host: László Bakó
Room: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9
Abstract:
A chromatin perspective of cell cycle and genome replication during Arabidopsis organogenesis
Crisanto Gutierrez
Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM)
The cell cycle is defined by a series of complex events, finely coordinated through hormonal, developmental and environmental signals, which occur in a unidirectional manner and end up in producing two daughter cells. Accumulating evidence reveals that chromatin is not a static entity throughout the cell cycle. In fact, there are many changes. It is possible to correlate the occurrence of several of these chromatin-related events with specific processes necessary for cell cycle progression. Therefore, an emerging view is that chromatin dynamics must be considered as an intrinsic part of cell cycle regulation. In this talk, I will briefly review the results supporting a chromatin perspective of the cell cycle. Also I will focus on events related to genome replication and cell division control in the meristems linked to chromatin dynamics.