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Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series - Professor Thorsten Hamann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Dates:26 November 2024
Times:13:00 - 14:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Who is it for:University staff
Speaker:Professor Thorsten Hamann
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Introducing the next speaker in November for the Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series: Professor Thorsten Hamann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Title: "Plant cell wall integrity at the crossroads of plant defence, mechanics and making a difference"

Abtract: Plant cell walls surround all plant cells, provide support during growth and development and form the interface with the environment. In this context they frequently also form the first line of defense against biotic and abiotic stress originating in the environment. The walls consist mainly of different types of polysaccharides such as cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins, proteins and dependent on the specific wall type also lignin. We are interested in understanding the mode of action of the cell wall integrity (CWI) maintenance mechanism, which is monitoring the functional integrity of plant cell walls similar to mechanisms in other organisms such as yeast. In case cell wall damage occurs, the mechanism is initiating adaptive changes in composition and structure to maintain integrity. Such damage can arise during exposure to biotic and abiotic stresses as well as growth and development. We have combined functional studies with the use of Brillouin microscopy to investigate the mode of action of the CWI maintenance mechanism. We found that the mechanism modulates Abscisic and Jasmonic acid production as well as cell wall stiffness in Arabidopsis seedling roots. Here I will present our latest findings on this topic.

Speaker Bio: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YKr-gqsAAAAJ&hl=no Lab website: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/thorsten.hamann

• EDUCATION 1997-2001 Dr. rer. nat. Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universita?t Tu?bingen, Germany, magna cum laude, 1991-1997 Diploma Thesis in Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universita?t Tu?bingen, Germany

• CURRENT POSITION(S) 2019 Promotion to full Professor 2012-2019 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

• PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2007-2012 Lecturer in the Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London 2006 Independent Research Fellow, Imperial College London 2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Carnegie Department of Plant Biology, Stanford 2002 Golm Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Expression Profiling Group at Bayer Crop Science, Frankfurt

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Professor Thorsten Hamann

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Organisation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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