Plant biotechnology is an integral part of modern plant breeding. The establishment of genome editing in recent years has led to another quantum leap in the biotechnological possibilities for improving crops and has also increased society's openness towards plant genetic engineering. The aim of this youngest working group of the Plant Breeding Society (Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung,…

Speaker: Prof.Dr. Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge, Department of Plant Sciences, RG Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants, Cambridge, UK)

Title: “Genetic and epigenetic structure of plant centromeres”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gatersleben-de.zoom-x.de/j/64783767811?pwd=hndGuIynz0tMsTZ3oKnPjTsgHfQ…

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eric Lam (Department of Plant Biology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ/USA)

Title: “From Functional Orphans to Multitasking Mediators - Plant Metacaspases for stress management”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gaterslebe…