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SUMMARY:Aquatic carbon concentrating mechanisms as a source of genes for i
 mproving terrestrial C3 photosynthesis - Moritz Meyer (Griffiths Group)
DTSTART:20140321T130000Z
DTEND:20140321T132500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Yoan Coudert
DESCRIPTION:All photosynthesis is ultimately contingent on the efficacy wi
 th which CO2 is supplied to the active sites of Rubisco. Extant photosynth
 etic organisms have adapted to the relatively low atmospheric and aquatic 
 CO2:O2 ratios\, either by adopting Rubisco variants with high specificity 
 for CO2 or by acquiring some form of CO2-pump to turbocharge photosynthesi
 s.\n\nMaking use of components of the carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM)
  present in the green alga Chlamydomonas for transfer to land plant chloro
 plasts is the focus of a collaborative effort between the Griffiths lab\, 
 JIC (Prof. Alison Smith) and Carnegie/Stanford (Dr. Martin Jonikas) – Co
 mbining Algal and Plant Photosynthesis (BBSRC BB/I024518/1).\n\nHere\, we 
 present the latest collective progress in identifying key CCM components\,
  understanding the regulation of the algal CCM and pyrenoid biogenesis\, a
 nd introducing algal genes into the model system Arabidopsis.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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