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SUMMARY:Rea Antoniou-Kourounioti - Modelling how plants sense and remembe
 r winter
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DESCRIPTION:(via Zoom)\nJoin us for this seminar by Rea Antoniou-Kourouni
 oti  (John-Innes Centre) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences
  Series.\n\nAbstract: To ensure reproductive success\, many plants align
  their flowering with spring\, avoiding the harsh conditions of winter\,
  by a process called “vernalization” (before they can flower\, plants mu
 st sense a prolonged period of cold). We used experiments in field and l
 ab conditions as well as mathematical modelling\, to understand how plan
 ts perceive the cold and how different temperature signals are integrate
 d. In this work\, we used a variety of simple models including ODE and m
 ulticellular models\, finally combining a subset of these into a composi
 te ODE model. The full ODE model we developed was able to predict the ex
 pression of two key vernalization genes\, showing that it can forecast h
 ow changing climates may impact vernalization. The model development led
  to breakthroughs in mechanistic understanding of temperature sensing an
 d epigenetic regulation. In particular\, it provided a new view of tempe
 rature sensing\, including a novel physical mechanism for recording long
 -term temperature information that involved plant growth.\n\nDetails of 
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 nces mailing list. If you have missed the e-mail please contact the semi
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