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SUMMARY:Developmental and epigenetic reprograming by meiosis  - Frédéric
  Berger (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology\, Vienna\, Aus
 tria)
DTSTART:20250220T121500Z
DTEND:20250220T134500Z
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CONTACT:115405
DESCRIPTION:*Host* The Postdoc Committee\n\n*Abstract* Meiosis is a hallma
 rk of sexual reproduction because it represents the transition from one li
 fe cycle to the next\, and in animals meiosis produces gametes. Why meiosi
 s evolved has been debated and most studies have focused on recombination 
 of the parental alleles as the main function of meiosis. However\, forty y
 ears ago\, Robin Holliday proposed that an essential function of meiosis i
 s to oppose the consequence of successive mitoses including accumulated mo
 difications of chromatin in the form of DNA methylation and histone modifi
 cations referred collectively as epigenetic marks.  Recent findings supp
 orting the hypothesis will be presented. \n\n*Biography* The Berger lab tr
 avelled from France to Singapore and is currently at the Gregor Mendel Ins
 titute in Vienna. Past work focused on plant reproduction and chromatin. C
 urrently the Berger lab focuses works on evolution of chromatin using vari
 ous multicellular and unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes.\n\n*Please n
 ote the seminars are for University Of Cambridge members ONLY.*
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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