Events under 'Seminar'

Title: The Arabidopsis methyl-binding protein MBD13 is a regulator of gene expression
Wim Reidt, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Presentation of Master Thesis Title: Screening for mutants with delayed leaf senescence in Arabidopsis by Iftikhar Ahmad Place: KBF30, UPSC

Programme
Place: Lecture Hall N320, Naturvetarhuset

13.00 Introduction and Presentation of the new Electron Microscopy Platform

13.15 Dr. York-Dieter Stierhof, University of Tübingen, Germany, Improved cryosection immunolabelling and ultra-structure preservation of plant, insect and nematode tissues.

14.15 Dr Thomas Marlovits, IMBA, Vienna, Austria, Armed Bacteria: Reprogramming of the Type III Secretion System.

Place: KBC-huset, 5th floor, Chemistry 15.00 Refreshments and demo of EM facility (room B5-43-01 - B5-41-07)

Poster

Umeå Plant Science Centre and UPSC Berzelii Centre of Forest Biotechnology organises
09.00-14.30 in KB3A9, KBC
15.00-16.30 in KB3B3, KBC

Programme

Title: An International Consortium In Conifer Genomics. Why, How, Who and What?
by John MacKay, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Place: "Lilla hörsalen" KB3A9, KBC
Host: Pär Ingvarsson

Title: Active Oxygen Involvement in Developmental Processes in Populus. With Emphasis on HipI-Superoxide Dismutase
by Vaibhav Srivastava, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Place: P-O Bäckströms sal, SLU

Opponent: Prof. Birte Svensson, Department of Systems Biology, The Technical University of Denmark, Söltoft Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Title: Induction of leaf senescence by low light
Bastiaan Brouwer, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå university
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Degree thesis in Plant and Forest Biotechnology, 30 ECTS
Title: Comparative Genomics: Understanding Regulation of Hydrogenases in the Nitrogen-Fixing Frankia
by Chatchai Kosawang
Place: KBF30, UPSC

Title: Investigation of enzymes and substrates of the Arabidopsis SUMO conjugation system
Dr Rebecca Hermkes, Max-Planck Institut für Züchtungsfoschung, Köln, Germany
Place: KB4C10, KBC

Title: Functional Characterization of Putative Cellulose Biosynthesis Genes in Populus
David Öhman, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Degree thesis in Plant Molecular Biology, 30 ECTS
Title: CLE/RLK Regulated Vascular Signalling Pathways in Plants
by Melis Kucukoglu
Place: KBF30, UPSC

Title: Metabolic Aspects of the Carbon Concentrating Mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
by Linda Renberg, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå university
Place: KB3A9 "Lilla hörsalen", KBC

Title: Modification of the Plant Retinoblastoma-Related Protein (RBR1) by SUMO: Structural and Functional Studies
Edward Businge
Place: KBF30, UPSC

Title: Gibberellin Signalling: From Models to Crops
by Dr Stephen G. Thomas, Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research
Place: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9, KBC

Title: Integration of stress sensing and plant growth by cross talk between ER and brassinosteroid signalling
Professor Steven M Smith, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia
Place: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9, KBC

Presentation of Degree thesis in Plant and Forest Biotechnology
Title: Diurnal dynamics in the levels of indole acetic acid
by Ilkka Sairanen
Place: KBF30, UPSC

Title: The role of Sucrose Synthase in Hybrid Aspen – Clues from an in-depth cell wall characterization of an RNAi construct
Lorenz Gerber, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Title: Micropropagation, slow growth storage and cryopreservation of woody plant germplasm at the CNR-IVALSA Institute of Florence
Dr. Maurizio Lambardi, CNR, National Research Council of Italy, IVALSA/Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Place: KBF30, UPSC

Title: Defensive pigmentation (coloration) in plants
Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun, Dept of Biology, University of Haifa – Oranim, Tivon, Israel
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Title: Wood fibers in Arabidopsis
Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Title: Visualization of protein complex formation
by Dr Thorsten Seidel, Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Bielefeld University, Germany
Place: KBF30, UPSC

The candidates for the position as Assistant Professor in “Experimental Plant Biology” (at Dept. Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, UPSC) will  present their research. Each presentation is  40 min + time for question.

The schedule is:

13:00 ? 13:50  Catherine Campbell (UPSC)
14:00 ? 14:50 Nathaniel Street (UPSC)
15:00 ? 16:00 Stephanie Robert (VIB, Gent)

Place: Lecture hall KBF31 (opposite our lecture hall KBF30)

Welcome

Title: Chloroplast - Nuclear Signalling: A tale of unexpected locations, phosphatases and gene regulation
by Prof. Barry Pogson, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Prof. Conrad Mullineaux, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Place: KB3A9

Title: Intercellular communication in filamentous cyanobacteria

Abstract:
Filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria are multicellular prokaryotes in which different cell types must communicate and co-operate.  In particular, heterocysts and vegetative cells must exchange signals and metabolites.  We have used a technique involving fluorescent tracer dyes, confocal microscopy and Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching to demonstrate that there are channels allowing the rapid, non-selective of diffusion of small molecules from cell to cell in the filament.  These channels are probably the "microplasmodesmata":tiny protein structures observed long ago in electron micrographs that appear to link the cytoplasms of adjacent cells.  We have identified a protein known as FraG as the key component of the channels. The activity of the channels is strongly regulated, and this regulation sheds new light on the relationship between the different cells in the filament

Title: iUPSC database project: a UPSC marked place and contact interface under development

Presentation by Lottie Eriksson (UPSC, international officer) and Simon Birve (UPSC, web developer)

Place: UPSC lunchroom

Title: Information on insurance

E. Törngren (Kammarkollegiet), A. Konradsson and C. Jacobsson (Länsförsäkringar)

Place: UPSC's lunchroom

Title: X-ray Spectroscopy for Studying Photosynthetic Water-Splitting Reactions
by Dr. Junko Yano, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Title: EU grant opportunities

Presentation by Lars Wikman (External Relations, Umeå university) & Professor Petter Gustafsson (UPSC)

Place: UPSC lunchroom

Title: Microtubules and xylem vessel cell wall patterning
Edouard Pesquet, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå university
Place: KB3A9, KBC

Title: Polarized Rac/Rop signaling underlying directional cell expansion
by Benedikt Kost, Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, SLU, Uppsala
Place: KB3A9, KBC