BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Systems approaches towards understanding temperature signalling in
  plants - Dr Philip Wigge\, Sainsbury Laboratory
DTSTART:20141015T130000Z
DTEND:20141015T140000Z
UID:TALK55316@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:38916
DESCRIPTION:Plants are sessile\, and must therefore adapt their growth and
  development to their environment. A major environmental variable is ambie
 nt temperature. Annual variations in temperature provide plants with impor
 tant seasonal information\, and 24 h temperature cycles are important for 
 entraining the circadian clock. Temperature extremes are also major threat
 s to crop yield\, with yields decreasing about 10% for every 1ºC increase
  in mean temperature.\n\nDespite the importance and interest of temperatur
 e signalling in plants\, very little is known about the underlying mechani
 sms by which temperature is sensed and how this information is integrated 
 into development. To address this question\, our laboratory has adopted a 
 variety of forward and reverse genetics approaches to identify key nodes i
 n the temperature perception pathways. These have revealed an important co
 nnection between chromatin status and temperature signalling. Because temp
 erature has global scale effects on a large proportion of the transcriptom
 e\, this problem is ideally suited to being addressed with systems biology
  approaches.
LOCATION:MR4\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cambr
 idge
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR