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SUMMARY:Centre for Plant Success Webinar Series: Chantelle Beagley and Chamilka Ratnayake
DESCRIPTION:Chantelle Beagley\nDissecting the genetics of domestication in legumes as a contribution towards a comparative understanding of crop evolution.\nCrop domestication is a complex process in which wild species become adapted for human use. Many species in the legume family are important global food crops\, but compared to other major crops such as cereals\, very little is known about the genetic basis for their domestication. This knowledge is critical for understanding of domestication history\, conservation of adaptative mechanisms across phylogenies\, and trait interaction and trade-offs. It can also inform crop improvement strategies including neo-domestication and the use of diversity from wild relatives. \nMy PhD examines the genetic basis for domestication in two major crop legumes\, common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and pea (Pisum spp). I will present an overview of work on a number of different traits (including flowering time\, seed size and dormancy) and highlight some of the interesting new insights that have emerged. \nChamilka Ratnayake\nAnthocyanin – An alternative to conventional reporter systems (Towards a combinatorial strategy for novel regulatory networks and modified metabolic pathways in Nicotiana benthamiana)\nGiven that many agronomical plants are polyploids\, mixing and matching the biochemical pathways in the allotetraploid model plant Nicotiana benthamiana has an enormous potential to contribute towards expanding the metabolic solution space of crop plants. To study the regulation of metabolic pathways of interest at transcriptional level\, we are undertaking a transgene-free genome editing approach to engineer the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway\, in a way that differently-hued anthocyanins will function as a reporter system to monitor the gene expression of those selected pathways. Through bioinformatic analyses\, we have identified the flavonoid hydroxylase genes in N. benthamiana that are responsible for the different shades of anthocyanins. Moreover\, we have generated some stable transformants of different anthocyanin shades by silencing the above genes using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Subsequently\, these colours will be linked to specific metabolic pathways of interest through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homologous recombination. This novel non-transgenic reporter system will help to overcome the limitations of existing transgene-based plant monitoring systems\, enabling real time plant monitoring in field through visual cues to detect and assess the activation and deactivation of metabolic pathways. Furthermore\, this study aids to address the constraints faced by a conventional plant breeder as well as a synthetic biologist\, bridging the gap in-between. \nThis event is open to Centre Members only. If you are a Centre Member who would like to attend\, please contact admin@plantsuccess.org for the Zoom invitation.
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/centre-for-plant-success-webinar-series-chantelle-beagley-and-chamilka-ratnayake/
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SUMMARY:Talking Plant Science: Jenny Mortimer
DESCRIPTION:The ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is proud to bring you the next seminar in our Talking Plant Science series presented by Associate Professor Jenny Mortimer. \nRedesigning plants to support long-term Space exploration and for on Earth sustainability\nHumans are planning to explore Space further than ever before\, with a return to the lunar surface happening as part of the Artemis III mission in 2026\, and with a crewed landing planned for the surface of Mars in the 2030s. Important to this is the ability to support astronauts to thrive in space\, as opposed to just survive. Food is a key part of this\, and with ~10 tonnes of food required for a 4-person mission to Mars\, there is an urgent need to produce food in situ\, as well as materials and therapeutics. Growth of plants on planetary surfaces will be in closed environment agriculture (CEA) facilities\, similar to vertical farming systems being developed here on Earth. However\, plants did not evolve to grow in these environments. Here\, I will discuss how we can use the lens of Space to innovate for sustainable agriculture. Beyond that\, we can use the strict circular economy of Space to develop robust and sustainable in plantabiomanufacturing\, supporting a transition to a bioeconomy .  \n \n  \nAssociate Professor Jenny Mortimer\nJenny Mortimer is Associate Professor of Plant Synthetic Biology in the School of Agriculture\, Food and Wine at the University of Adelaide (UoA)\, Australia\, where she is also Deputy Director of the Waite Research Institute. She is Chief Investigator (CI) and UoA node leader of the ARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space (P4S). She is also an Affiliate Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, USA\, and a Director of Plant Systems Biology at the Joint BioEnergy Institute\, USA. After completing her PhD at Cambridge University\, UK\, she began exploring how engineering the plant cell wall could deliver sustainable and economically viable biofuels: first as a postdoc in Cambridge\, then as a research fellow at RIKEN Japan\, before joining Berkeley Lab in 2014\, and Adelaide in 2021. Her team’s research focuses on understanding and manipulating plant cell metabolism\, with a focus on complex glycosylation. The goal is to develop crops which contribute to a sustainable and renewable bioeconomy. \nAt Adelaide\, her group is using synthetic biology to develop new crops for food and materials production in controlled growth environments – including for Space settlement (P4S)\, applying new agricultural biotechnologies to develop resilient field crops as a CI in the ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development\, and developing Australian feedstocks for sustainable jet fuel as a CI in ARC Research Hub for Engineering Plants to Replace Fossil Carbon. In the US\, her group works to reengineer the plant cell wall for the sustainable production of fuels and biochemicals from biomass\, and to enhance plant-microbiome interactions for sustainable biomass crop production. She was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist (2016/17)\, where she contributed to the WEF Code of Ethics for Researchers (widgets.weforum.org/coe)\, and she is an editor for the journals Plant Cell Physiology and Plant Journal. \nYou can find out more information on the lab here: mortimerlab.org/
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/talking-plant-science-jenny-mortimer/
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SUMMARY:National Science Quiz 2024
DESCRIPTION:The ARC CoE for Plant Success is proud to be a sponsor of the 2024 National Science Quiz! \nHosted by ABC’s Nate Byrne this year’s quiz features top scientists\, comedians\, and exciting demonstrations. The quiz will be broadcast on YouTube from Monday 12 August. Get ready to test your knowledge and have fun with STEM! Play along at any time at home or at school. \nFind out more here: www.nationalsciencequiz.com.au
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/national-science-quiz-2024/
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