You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' How we can use knowledge on Arabidopsis meristems to reengineer barley shoot architecture '' Prof Rüdiger Simon Institute of Developmental Genetics Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf GERMANY Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:00 Plant growth and development strongly depends on the activities of meristems, which can generate flowers, leaves or new branches. The number, size, position and identity of meristems ultimately determines how many seeds a plant can generate, or the size of its fruits. The last decades have allowed immense progress in our understanding of basic meristem activities, mostly with lab model plants such as Arabidopsis. Grasses like barley are important crop plants, and we are now starting to employ knowledge on meristems to investigate how barley architecture is determined. But there are also fundamental biological questions that we can now address using barley, and Prof Rüdiger Simon will report on some new unexpected discoveries that they made recently. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé, Prof Daniël Van Damme & Prof Jenny Russinova If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]

You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' predicting microbiome composition and successful inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi '' Dr Natacha Bodenhausen FiBL-Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Department of Soil Sciences SWITZERLAND Tuesday, March 7, 2023 11:00 Natacha Bodenhausen, Stefanie Lutz, Julia Hess, Alain Valzano-Held, Jan Waelchli, Gabriel Deslandes-Hérold, Marcel van der Heijden, Klaus Schlaeppi To reduce the environmental impact of mineral fertilizers including loss of biodiversity and eutrophication of rivers and lakes, it is necessary to find alternative solutions. One such solution is the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which form a symbiotic relationship with most plant species and contribute to plant growth by providing essential nutrients like phosphorus. However, successful inoculation with AMF can vary depending on soil fertility and the soil microbial complexity. To address this issue, they suggest developing “microbiome diagnostics” to better predict the success of AMF inoculation. The proposed approach involves two steps. The first step is to predict the soil microbiome based on the soil properties, and the second step is to predict the success of AMF inoculation success based on soil properties and the soil microbiome. They carried out on-farm experiments in 54 fields. They analyzed the soil physical-chemical properties and sequenced the fungal communities at the start of the experiment. They then combined the data using redundancy analysis to create a predictive model for soil microbiome. Using leave-one-out validation, they evaluated the model for its suitability for prediction. In the next step, they developed a model to predict inoculation success. They determined that the abundance of pathogenic fungi present in the soil during the spring season was the most reliable predictor. Additionally, they sequenced the fungal communities in maize roots at harvest time and found that AMF inoculation resulted in a decline in the abundance of pathogenic fungi. Ultimately, the two approaches must be to be merged to eliminate the need for expensive and time-consuming sequencing. Improving the predictability of AMF inoculation success can lead in a more a more sustainable agriculture and to more efficient use of biofertilizers. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé and Prof Sofie Goormachtig If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]

You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' P-bodies and post-transcriptional gene regulation in plant reproduction and stress response '' Dr Karel Riha CEITEC Masaryk University Brno CZECH REPUBLIC Thursday, March 16, 2023 11:00 Gene expression is a multilayer process that can be regulated at the level of RNA production, processing, transport, translation and RNA stability. Many of these processes are associated with membraneless organelles, dynamic structures formed by multivalent interactions of proteins and nucleic acids that may exhibit properties of liquid-liquid phase condensates. In his presentation Dr Karel Riha will explore the role of P-bodies, cytoplasmic biocondensates sequestering translationally repressed mRNA and RNA decay proteins, in plant germline differentiation and stress response. He will show how dynamic behavior of P-bodies contributes to regulation of meiosis and discuss a broader function of these structures in other plant physiological processes. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]

REMINDER Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Woensdag 22 februari 2023 15:02:54 Onderwerp: You are invited to attend “predicting microbiome composition and successful inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi” ON March 7, 2023 You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' predicting microbiome composition and successful inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi '' Dr Natacha Bodenhausen FiBL-Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Department of Soil Sciences SWITZERLAND Tuesday, March 7, 2023 11:00 Natacha Bodenhausen, Stefanie Lutz, Julia Hess, Alain Valzano-Held, Jan Waelchli, Gabriel Deslandes-Hérold, Marcel van der Heijden, Klaus Schlaeppi To reduce the environmental impact of mineral fertilizers including loss of biodiversity and eutrophication of rivers and lakes, it is necessary to find alternative solutions. One such solution is the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which form a symbiotic relationship with most plant species and contribute to plant growth by providing essential nutrients like phosphorus. However, successful inoculation with AMF can vary depending on soil fertility and the soil microbial complexity. To address this issue, they suggest developing “microbiome diagnostics” to better predict the success of AMF inoculation. The proposed approach involves two steps. The first step is to predict the soil microbiome based on the soil properties, and the second step is to predict the success of AMF inoculation success based on soil properties and the soil microbiome. They carried out on-farm experiments in 54 fields. They analyzed the soil physical-chemical properties and sequenced the fungal communities at the start of the experiment. They then combined the data using redundancy analysis to create a predictive model for soil microbiome. Using leave-one-out validation, they evaluated the model for its suitability for prediction. In the next step, they developed a model to predict inoculation success. They determined that the abundance of pathogenic fungi present in the soil during the spring season was the most reliable predictor. Additionally, they sequenced the fungal communities in maize roots at harvest time and found that AMF inoculation resulted in a decline in the abundance of pathogenic fungi. Ultimately, the two approaches must be to be merged to eliminate the need for expensive and time-consuming sequencing. Improving the predictability of AMF inoculation success can lead in a more a more sustainable agriculture and to more efficient use of biofertilizers. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé and Prof Sofie Goormachtig If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]

REMINDER Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Dinsdag 24 januari 2023 14:45:10 Onderwerp: You are invited to attend “Leaves are solar panels; chloroplast, solar cells. Genetic approaches to understand their biogenesis.” ON February 16, 2023 You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' Leaves are solar panels; chloroplast, solar cells. Genetic approaches to understand their biogenesis. '' Dr Enrique Lopez-Juez Department of Biological Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Egham UNITED KINGDOM Thursday, February 16, 2023 11:00 Photosynthesis sustains the entire biosphere, with plants providing, directly or indirectly, the majority of our food and tempering our climate. This makes understanding the development of chloroplasts, plant cells’ photosynthetic organelles, a particularly important biological question. Our knowledge of chloroplast development drivers is surprisingly limited. In one approach, developing cereal (wheat) leaves are being examined through cellular and whole-genome expression approaches to understand the natural process of “greening”, providing one of the most complete pictures to-date of the “biography of a chloroplast”. In another approach, our lab is using Arabidopsis mutant screens to identify regulators of chloroplast biogenesis. One screen has provided insight into the mechanisms of protein import into developing chloroplasts and into chloroplast-to-nucleus communication, while another has revealed a role for chromatin modifications in the control of organelle biogenesis. Progress in the search for core chloroplast regulators, and on the simultaneous insights this is providing concerning leaf development, will be discussed. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]