EPS Theme 1 “Developmental Biology of Plants”
Kaisa Kajala (UU) and Viola Willemsen (WUR) , EPS coordinators of theme 1 invite you to join the yearly EPS Theme 1 symposium on the 21th of November 2024 at the Science Park of Utrecht University.
Date: 21.11.2024
Location: Science Park, Utrecht University
Registration: open
Time: 09:30 – 17:00
Organizers: Kaisa Kajala (UU), Viola Willemsen (WUR) and Juliane Teapal (EPS)
In EPS theme 1 the research aims at elucidating the molecular and cellular bases of the processes that govern plant development. During development of plants, the genetic information contained in the zygote is passed to successive generations of cells by cell division. During this process the cells become arranged in tissues and organs with different specific functions. This year Anne Vatén University of Helsinki, and Rüdiger Simon, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf will be the keynote speakers., joined by PhD candidates and postdocs of the EPS community.
Call for Speakers
Are you a PhD candidate or a postdoc of EPS and would like to present your research at the Theme 1 symposium? Send an email Kaisa Kajala and/or Viola Willemsen with a a few sentences about your research not later than 1st of October 2024. We will let you know a few days afterwards, if you were selected to give a presentation.
Keynote Speakers
Anne Vatén University of Helsinki
We study how environmental information is integrated into plant development and growth. We approach this broad issue by looking at the stomatal lineage, an emerging model system with important role in gas exchange and global plant-climate interactions.
Stomatal development is plastic: this can be seen as a response of stomatal density, for example, to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide [CO2], which leads to reduced stomatal numbers. We investigate how stomatal developmental plasticity is regulated and use Arabidopsis, Silver birch and Norway spruce as a model species. Our goal is to pioneer studies on the genetic basis of plant-environment interaction by focusing on regulatory mechanisms controlling stomatal development in gymnosperms and angiosperms. It will be essential to understand how growth and development of boreal forest trees will be affected by rapidly changing climate.
Rüdiger Simon, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
We are analysing the intercellular signalling pathways that control growth and development of plant shoot and root meristems. Meristems harbour a plant’s stem cells and determine the capacity to grow for extended periods, generate new organs such as leaves and control the growth pattern of the root system. We identify the regulatory networks that control plant architecture, study the signalling systems that facilitate intercellular communication within and between meristems and organs, and explore structure and function of plasmodesmata, which allow nutrient and signal exchange via cytoplasmic connections between cells.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Science Park, Utrecht University
Utrecht Science Park
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