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SUMMARY:Getting under the skin: How do plants generate and maintain an eff
 ective epidermis? - Gwyneth Ingram\, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
 \, University of Edinburgh
DTSTART:20091029T160000Z
DTEND:20091029T170000Z
UID:TALK20034@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Ian Henderson
DESCRIPTION:The epidermal cells of plants fulfil a multitude of extremely 
 diverse functions and consequently demonstrate a plethora of morphological
  and physiological traits. Despite this diversity\, the ‘basal’ functi
 on of the epidermis as a protective yet interactive interface with the env
 ironment\, requires the majority of epidermal tissues to show one major fe
 ature\; continuity. However\, although the maintenance of an unbroken epid
 ermal cell layer across the plant surface is critical to plant survival\, 
 neither the signalling pathways which control the acquisition and maintena
 nce of "basal" epidermal identity\, nor the mechanisms regulating the grow
 th of the epidermal cell layer\, are well understood. Our recent work\, an
 d the work of several other groups\, has identified factors which are requ
 ired both for epidermal specification during early embryogenesis\, and for
  the maintenance of both epidermal identity and integrity later in plant d
 evelopment. I will discuss this work with particular reference to the impo
 rtant question of how epidermal development is co-ordinated with the devel
 opment of underlying tissues to produce biologically efficient plant organ
 s. 
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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