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SUMMARY:Development of petal nanoscale ridges that scatter light and influ
 ence animal behaviour - Prof Beverley Glover (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20200213T180000Z
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CONTACT:Trinity College Science Society
DESCRIPTION:Come to the Old Combination Room on February 13 to hear from P
 rofessor Beverley Glover\, the Director of Cambridge University Botanic Ga
 rden! She will tell us about her research in the evolution and development
  of floral features which attract pollinating animals.\n\nProfessor Glover
  is keen to approach questions of floral evolution in an integrative way\,
  combining molecular genetic approaches to understand floral development w
 ith functional analyses using bumblebees and other pollinators.\n\nThis fr
 ee talk will start at 18:15 with refreshments available from 18:00. To rea
 ch Old Combination Room\, enter via Great Gate\, go diagonally across the 
 court\, into the hall and upstairs. You can find our banner near the entra
 nce.\n\n"Flowers and the animals that pollinate them interact at the petal
 epidermis. It is this single layer of tissue that often provides the visua
 lsurface that advertises nectar and pollen rewards. We take an integratede
 vo-devo approach to understanding the petal epidermis\, and our recentrese
 arch has focused on its optical properties. In particular\, we have beenex
 ploring the function and development of cuticular ridges present on thepet
 al surface of a range of flowering plant species that scatter light\,gener
 ating a "blue halo" effect which improves foraging efficiency ofbumblebee 
 pollinators. I will present recent work on these nanoscaleridges\, describ
 ing a variety of developmental genetic and modellingapproaches to understa
 nd their patterning and morphogenesis."
LOCATION:Old Combination Room (OCR)\, Trinity College
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