报告题目：Interactions between plant development and climate change
报告时间：9月28日上午08:30-10:00
报告地点：食品与环境学院办公楼D05-209
报告人：Professor Astrid Wingler
报告摘要：
Climate change and elevated carbon dioxide concentrations have a direct impact on plant developmental events, such as leaf formation, flowering and leaf senescence. During leaf senescence photosynthesis declines and nutrients, such as nitrogen, are recycled from the old leaves. These nutrients can be used for the growth of new leaves or for the formation of seeds. Importantly, changes in the timing of leaf formation and senescence affect photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation and therefore have a direct impact on future climate change. The lecture will focus on the interactions between climate change and leaf senescence, and explain the consequences for agriculture and forestry.
报告人简介：
Astrid Wingler
Professor of Plant Biology, Head of Plant Science
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Distillery Fields
University College Cork
North Mall Campus
Cork, Ireland
T: +353 490 4660
E: astrid.wingler@ucc.ie
Employment:
Since 2015: Professor of Plant Biology, Head of Plant Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland
2006-2015: Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, UK
2000-2006: Lecturer in Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University College London, UK
1999-2000: Scientific Assistant, Botanisches Institut, Universität Basel, Switzerland
1995-1998: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
Editorial roles:
Monitoring Editor, Plant Physiology since 2011
Section Editor (Plant Biochemistry and Physiology section), BMC Plant Biology since 2014; Associate Editor (2009-2014)
Education:
1995: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Plant Physiology, Universität Tübingen, Germany
1992: Diplom in Biology (Dipl.-Biol.), Universität Tübingen, Germany
Research Interests
My research focuses on the role of sugar signalling in plant development and in the perception of environmental signals. For example, my group exploits natural genetic variation to investigate the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms that regulate leaf senescence. Most of this research is conducted with the model species Arabidopsis, but we also use a perennial relative of Arabidopsis, Arabis alpina, to explore how senescence is regulated by environmental conditions in perennial plants. In addition, I am interested in the pathways that determine plant growth in response to temperature, for example in perennial grasses.
