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SUMMARY:Strategies of microorganisms to conquer plant tissues - Sebastian 
 Schornack (The Sainsbury Laboratory\, Cambridge)
DTSTART:20131107T130000Z
DTEND:20131107T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ian Henderson
DESCRIPTION:Plants are hosts to diverse mutualistic and parasitic microbes
  which impact all aspects of their life. Plant diseases caused by microbes
  affect our food production significantly. On the other hand\, beneficial 
 microbes support plants by delivering nutrients and by providing protectio
 n.\nWe are studying the strategies of microbes to reprogram plants in orde
 r to achieve and maintain colonisation. Knowing the microbial toolset help
 s to identify key plant processes that are targeted by microorganisms. We 
 are interested to find out how these plant-microbe interaction principles 
 evolved and how we can modify elements to protect plants from pathogens bu
 t maintain their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms.\n\nI wi
 ll present examples of plant pathogenic bacteria which reprogram plant tra
 nscription and show that we can exploit their strategy for biotechnologica
 l applications. Furthermore I will give an overview on our more recent res
 earch that explores commonalities and differences between colonisation by 
 pathogenic and mutualistic filamentous microbes.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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