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SUMMARY:Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series - Professor Thorsten Haman
 n\, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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DESCRIPTION:Introducing the next speaker in November for the Advances in 
 Biosciences Seminar Series: Professor Thorsten Hamann\, Norwegian Univer
 sity of Science and Technology - Title: "Plant cell wall integrity at th
 e crossroads of plant defence\, mechanics and making a difference"\n\nAb
 tract: Plant cell walls surround all plant cells\, provide support durin
 g growth and development and form the interface with the environment. In
  this context they frequently also form the first line of defense agains
 t biotic and abiotic stress originating in the environment. The walls co
 nsist mainly of different types of polysaccharides such as cellulose\, h
 emicellulose\, pectins\, proteins and dependent on the specific wall typ
 e also lignin. We are interested in understanding the mode of action of 
 the cell wall integrity (CWI) maintenance mechanism\, which is monitorin
 g the functional integrity of plant cell walls similar to mechanisms in 
 other organisms such as yeast. In case cell wall damage occurs\, the mec
 hanism is initiating adaptive changes in composition and structure to ma
 intain integrity. Such damage can arise during exposure to biotic and ab
 iotic stresses as well as growth and development. We have combined funct
 ional studies with the use of Brillouin microscopy to investigate the mo
 de of action of the CWI maintenance mechanism. We found that the mechani
 sm 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.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nhttps://scholar.google.com/cita
 tions?user=YKr-gqsAAAAJ&hl=no \nLab website: https://www.ntnu.edu/employ
 ees/thorsten.hamann \n\n• EDUCATION\n1997-2001 Dr. rer. nat. Biology\, E
 berhard-Karls-Universita?t Tu?bingen\, Germany\, magna cum laude\, 1991-
 1997 Diploma Thesis in Biology\, Eberhard-Karls-Universita?t Tu?bingen\,
  Germany \n\n• CURRENT POSITION(S)\n2019 Promotion to full Professor\n20
 12-2019 Associate Professor\, Department of Biology\, Norwegian Universi
 ty of Science and Technology (NTNU)\, Trondheim\, Norway \n\n• PREVIOUS 
 POSITIONS \n2007-2012 Lecturer in the Division of Cell and Molecular Bio
 logy\, Imperial College London\n2006 Independent Research Fellow\, Imper
 ial College London \n2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Scientist\, Carnegi
 e Department of Plant Biology\, Stanford\n2002 Golm Postdoctoral Researc
 h Scientist\, Expression Profiling Group at Bayer Crop Science\, Frankfu
 rt\n\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Michael Smith Lecture Theatre\, Michael Smith Building\, Manches
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