REMINDER Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Dinsdag 13 september 2022 17:04:57 Onderwerp: You are invited to attend “Plant and seed priming as ‘green’ tools for sustainable agriculture” ON September 23, 2022 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 ] . '' Plant and seed priming as ‘green’ tools for sustainable agriculture '' Dr Va sileios Fotopoulos Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science Cyprus University of Technology Limassol CYPRUS Friday, September 23, 2022 11:30 Increased frequency of extreme environmental events resulting from global climatic changes remarkably influences plant growth and development. Close examination of plant-to-plant communication in nature has revealed the development of unique strategies from plants for responding to abiotic stress, with one of the most interesting being through priming for improved defense responses. The process of priming involves prior exposure to a biotic or abiotic stress factor making a plant more tolerant to future exposure. Priming can also be achieved by applying natural or synthetic compounds which act as signaling transducers, ‘activating’ the plant’s defense system. The development of sustainable, ‘green’ technologies is therefore becoming of utmost importance, also due to the need for reduced agrochemical use. The current presentation gives an up-to-date description of main research activities carried out at the Cyprus University of Technology with the employment of chemical compounds, microorganisms and advanced nanomaterials and polymers applied as priming agents for stress protection and improved growth at plant and seed level, with current efforts focusing on potential commercialization approaches. This technology offers an attractive alternative to established approaches such as conventional breeding and genetic modification with key advantages, representing a characteristic example of integrative plant physiology where multiple disciplines such as materials science, agriculture and analytical chemistry join forces to develop exciting new tools in modern agriculture. 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/ ]

Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Woensdag 28 september 2022 12:01:05 Onderwerp: Seminar Prof Staffan Persson TOMORROW at 11 am in the Schell room REMINDER Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Vrijdag 2 september 2022 17:27:09 Onderwerp: You are invited to attend “Regulation of cell wall synthesis in land plants” ON September 29, 2022 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 ] . '' Regulation of cell wall synthesis in land plants '' Prof Staffan Persson Department for Plant & Environmental Sciences (PLEN) Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC) Copenhagen University DENMARK Thursday, September 29, 2022 11:00 Plant cell walls are exocellular structures that control plant cell morphology and thus regulate the shape of a plant. These walls consist largely of polysaccharides that are interlinked via bonds that can be changed to support expansion of plant cells. The bulk of the cell wall is produced inside of the cells, in the Golgi apparatus, and are then secreted to the apoplast and becomes incorporated into the growing cell walls. However, there are also polysaccharides that are produced at the cell surface, for example the major cell wall polymer cellulose. In this seminar Prof Persson will give an overview of his group’s work in elucidating how plant cells make cellulose and approaches that they have used to understand how cell wall synthesis is regulated. 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: Vrijdag 23 september 2022 13:57:45 Onderwerp: Seminar Prof Javier Palatnik MONDAY at 11 am in the Schell room REMINDER Van: "Delphine Verspeel" <delphine.verspeel@psb.vib-ugent.be> Aan: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be> Verzonden: Vrijdag 26 augustus 2022 17:39:00 Onderwerp: You are invited to attend “MicroRNAs in plants: biogenesis and roles in plant growth and development” ON September 26, 2022 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 ] . '' Plant microRNAs: biogenesis and roles in growth and development '' Prof Javier Palatnik Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario (IBR ) ARGENTINA Monday, September 26, 2022 11:00 MicroRNAs are essential endogenous regulators of gene expression in plants and animals. They are generated from foldback precursors by the microprocessor, whose main component is DICER-LIKE1. The mature miRNAs of ~21 nt length are incorporated into ARGONAUTE complexes, which they then guide to target mRNAs that are subsequently cleaved or translationally arrested. In contrast to their stereotypical animal counterparts, plant microRNA precursors are very heterogeneous in size and shape. We have discovered that plant microRNAs can be generated by different processing modes which depend on precise sequence and structural features in the precursors of these small RNAs. Many evolutionary conserved plant microRNAs regulate transcription factors involved in plant development. MicroRNA miR396 regulates GROWTH-REGUALTING FACTORS (GRFs), which are plant-specific transcription factors. The microRNA miR396-GRF module has been implicated in the promotion of organ growth and crop yield. We have been studying the integration of the miR396 regulatory network in different plant developmental programs. Interestingly, while miR396 regulates cell proliferation in arabidopsis leaves, in the root meristem it aids to control and maintain the stem cell population. A general view of the microRNA biogenesis pathway, as well as the roles of the miR396 regulatory network will be presented. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé and Prof Lieven De Veylder 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/ ]