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by Delphine Verspeel 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Dear All, Enclosed you can find our upcoming seminars for March. Kind regards, Delphine ___________________________________________ Delphine Verspeel Administrative Assistant VIB, Department of Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark 927 9052 Gent Belgium Phone: +32/9/33.13.800 Fax: +32/9/33.13.809 Http://www.psb.ugent.be despe(a)psb.vib-ugent.be

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Seminar Dr Markus Teige on Thursday, June 6 at 11 am
by Delphine Verspeel 29 May '13

29 May '13

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by contact＠psb.vib-ugent.be 28 May '13

28 May '13

Calendar Name: seminars Scheduled for: Tuesday, May 28 2013, 11:00 - 12:30 Event text: Prof Ueli Grossniklaus Plant Developmental Genetics Institute of Plant Biology University of Z�rich Z�rich Switzerland Details: �Molecular control of fertilization and interspecific hybridization� ABSTRACT Lena M�ller, Heike Lindner, Sharon A. Kessler, Michael T. Raissig, Hiroko Shimosato-Asano, Ueli Grossniklaus Research in our laboratory focuses on the developmental genetics of plant reproduction, with an emphasis on cellular interactions during double fertilization. I will focus on the reception of the pollen tube by the synergid cells, where the pollen tube arrests growth and ruptures to release the sperm cells. We have isolated and characterized female gametophytic mutants that disrupt pollen tube reception. Pollen tubes that encounter such mutant female gametophytes are unable to rupture and release the sperm cells (Huck et al., Development 130:2149; Kessler et al., Science 330:968). These phenotypes suggest that the female gametophyte controls the behaviour of the male gametophyte (pollen) in this process. One of the mutants, feronia, was shown to affect a receptor-like kinase (Escobar-Restrepo et al., Science 317:656), while another, nortia, disrupts a seven-transmembrane-domain-protein similar to the powdery mildew resistance protein Mlo (Kessler et al., Science 330:968). The identification of additional components in this signal transduction cascade suggest the involvement of glycosylation in this recognition process. Furthermore, interspecific crosses between Brassicaceae can result in a similar phenotype, suggesting the cell-cell interactions during pollen tube reception may be involved in interspecific crossing barriers. Using genome-wide association studies, we have been able to identify a factor that plays a specific role in interspecific compatibility while intraspecific crosses are not affected. Thus, pollen tube reception may be involved in establishing crossing barriers essential to maintain species boundaries similar to sperm-egg interactions in animals.

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by Sara El-Esawe 27 May '13

27 May '13

Quoting seminars-request(a)psb.vib-ugent.be: > Send Seminars mailing list submissions to > seminars(a)psb.ugent.be > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > seminars-request(a)psb.ugent.be > > You can reach the person managing the list at > seminars-owner(a)psb.ugent.be > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Seminars digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PSB event reminder (contact(a)psb.vib-ugent.be) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:10:02 +0200 (CEST) > From: contact(a)psb.vib-ugent.be > To: meetings(a)psb.vib-ugent.be > Subject: [Seminars] PSB event reminder > Message-ID: <20130526091002.1CC8D803B(a)psbweb03.psb.ugent.be> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Calendar Name: seminars > Scheduled for: Tuesday, May 28 2013, 11:00 - 12:30 > Event text: Prof Ueli Grossniklaus > > Plant Developmental Genetics > Institute of Plant Biology > University of Zürich > > Zürich > Switzerland > Details: ?Molecular control of fertilization and interspecific > hybridization? > > ABSTRACT > Lena Müller, Heike Lindner, Sharon A. Kessler, Michael > T. Raissig, Hiroko Shimosato-Asano, Ueli Grossniklaus > > Research in our laboratory focuses on the developmental > genetics of plant reproduction, with an emphasis on > cellular interactions during double fertilization. I > will focus on the reception of the pollen tube by the > synergid cells, where the pollen tube arrests growth and > ruptures to release the sperm cells. We have isolated > and characterized female gametophytic mutants that > disrupt pollen tube reception. Pollen tubes that > encounter such mutant female gametophytes are unable to > rupture and release the sperm cells (Huck et al., > Development 130:2149; Kessler et al., Science 330:968). > These phenotypes suggest that the female gametophyte > controls the behaviour of the male gametophyte (pollen) > in this process. One of the mutants, feronia, was shown > to affect a receptor-like kinase (Escobar-Restrepo et > al., Science 317:656), while another, nortia, disrupts a > seven-transmembrane-domain-protein similar to the > powdery mildew resistance protein Mlo (Kessler et al., > Science 330:968). The identification of additional > components in this signal transduction cascade suggest > the involvement of glycosylation in this recognition > process. Furthermore, interspecific crosses between > Brassicaceae can result in a similar phenotype, > suggesting the cell-cell interactions during pollen tube > reception may be involved in interspecific crossing > barriers. Using genome-wide association studies, we have > been able to identify a factor that plays a specific > role in interspecific compatibility while intraspecific > crosses are not affected. Thus, pollen tube reception > may be involved in establishing crossing barriers > essential to maintain species boundaries similar to > sperm-egg interactions in animals. > >

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by Sara El-Esawe 27 May '13

27 May '13

Dear Mam/Sir, I would like to subcribe in mailing list. Thanks, Sara

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by contact＠psb.vib-ugent.be 26 May '13

26 May '13

Calendar Name: seminars Scheduled for: Tuesday, May 28 2013, 11:00 - 12:30 Event text: Prof Ueli Grossniklaus Plant Developmental Genetics Institute of Plant Biology University of Z�rich Z�rich Switzerland Details: �Molecular control of fertilization and interspecific hybridization� ABSTRACT Lena M�ller, Heike Lindner, Sharon A. Kessler, Michael T. Raissig, Hiroko Shimosato-Asano, Ueli Grossniklaus Research in our laboratory focuses on the developmental genetics of plant reproduction, with an emphasis on cellular interactions during double fertilization. I will focus on the reception of the pollen tube by the synergid cells, where the pollen tube arrests growth and ruptures to release the sperm cells. We have isolated and characterized female gametophytic mutants that disrupt pollen tube reception. Pollen tubes that encounter such mutant female gametophytes are unable to rupture and release the sperm cells (Huck et al., Development 130:2149; Kessler et al., Science 330:968). These phenotypes suggest that the female gametophyte controls the behaviour of the male gametophyte (pollen) in this process. One of the mutants, feronia, was shown to affect a receptor-like kinase (Escobar-Restrepo et al., Science 317:656), while another, nortia, disrupts a seven-transmembrane-domain-protein similar to the powdery mildew resistance protein Mlo (Kessler et al., Science 330:968). The identification of additional components in this signal transduction cascade suggest the involvement of glycosylation in this recognition process. Furthermore, interspecific crosses between Brassicaceae can result in a similar phenotype, suggesting the cell-cell interactions during pollen tube reception may be involved in interspecific crossing barriers. Using genome-wide association studies, we have been able to identify a factor that plays a specific role in interspecific compatibility while intraspecific crosses are not affected. Thus, pollen tube reception may be involved in establishing crossing barriers essential to maintain species boundaries similar to sperm-egg interactions in animals.

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by contact＠psb.vib-ugent.be 23 May '13

23 May '13

Calendar Name: seminars Scheduled for: Thursday, May 23 2013, 11:00 - 12:30 Event text: Prof Ann Depicker VIB, Dept. of Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Gent BELGIUM Details: �Plant transgenes: integration, silencing and overexpression� ABSTRACT Plant transgene expression group I will describe the general picture of plant transgenesis by presenting the latest results obtained in the group on the integration and expression of transgenes in plants. Although Agrobacterium mediated transformation is widely used, the system is certainly not completely understood and there are still many unanswered questions. A first big unknown is how and when the variable number of T-DNA copies are integrated at random positions in the plant chromosomes. However, using the new recombination technologies, the target position and copy number of transgenes can now better be controlled. A second enigma is how a particular transgene may show up to 1000 fold different expression levels in independently obtained transformants. It became clear that the transgene expression level is not only controlled by its sequence such as the quality of the promotor and transcript maturation signals but also by the transgene insertion site, the copy number, genetic background and several expression controlling mechanisms. Studying transgenes, it was found that chromatin modifications, DNA scanning mechanisms and posttranscriptional control all modulate the expression level. Particular determinants are inverted repeats and thresholds for aberrantly processed transcripts in nucleus and cytoplasm.. We will present 2 examples of how various epigenetic mechanisms can change transgene expression levels. I will conclude by illustrating the application of plant transgene expression for molecular farming of valuable recombinant proteins. For this, we will focus on the protective ability of IgA antibodies when provided in the feed against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection in weaned piglets.

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by contact＠psb.vib-ugent.be 21 May '13

21 May '13

Calendar Name: seminars Scheduled for: Thursday, May 23 2013, 11:00 - 12:30 Event text: Prof Ann Depicker VIB, Dept. of Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Gent BELGIUM Details: �Plant transgenes: integration, silencing and overexpression� ABSTRACT Plant transgene expression group I will describe the general picture of plant transgenesis by presenting the latest results obtained in the group on the integration and expression of transgenes in plants. Although Agrobacterium mediated transformation is widely used, the system is certainly not completely understood and there are still many unanswered questions. A first big unknown is how and when the variable number of T-DNA copies are integrated at random positions in the plant chromosomes. However, using the new recombination technologies, the target position and copy number of transgenes can now better be controlled. A second enigma is how a particular transgene may show up to 1000 fold different expression levels in independently obtained transformants. It became clear that the transgene expression level is not only controlled by its sequence such as the quality of the promotor and transcript maturation signals but also by the transgene insertion site, the copy number, genetic background and several expression controlling mechanisms. Studying transgenes, it was found that chromatin modifications, DNA scanning mechanisms and posttranscriptional control all modulate the expression level. Particular determinants are inverted repeats and thresholds for aberrantly processed transcripts in nucleus and cytoplasm.. We will present 2 examples of how various epigenetic mechanisms can change transgene expression levels. I will conclude by illustrating the application of plant transgene expression for molecular farming of valuable recombinant proteins. For this, we will focus on the protective ability of IgA antibodies when provided in the feed against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection in weaned piglets.

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Seminar Prof Ueli Grossniklaus on Tuesday, May 28 at 11 am
by Delphine Verspeel 14 May '13

14 May '13

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Seminar Prof Ann Depicker on Thursday, May 23 at 11 am
by Delphine Verspeel 13 May '13

13 May '13

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