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CSB Seminar: Prof. Jeffrey F. Harper, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno

November 21, 2014 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

CSB Departmental Seminar

Prof. Jeffrey F. Harper
Chair of Department of Biochemistry
University of Nevada, Reno

Coding and Decoding Calcium Signals in Plants

Abstract:
Research in the Harper lab is focused on the role of Ca2+ signalling in various aspects of plant biology, including pollen tube growth and fertilization, and regulation of biotic and abiotic stress responses. Projects include understanding the structure and biological functions of proteins that both create and decode Ca2+ transients. For example, ion channels such as CNGCs (Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ca2+-permeable ion Channels) and Ca2+ pumps such as the ACAs (Autoinhibited Ca-ATPases).  These pumps and channels form circuits that are regulated to control the influx and efflux of Ca2+ into the cytosol (i.e., Ca2+ transients). In addition, the lab is interested in how different Ca2+ transients are decoded through the activation of CPKs (Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases) and how these phospho-regulatory pathways are used to control processes important for growth, such as secretion and cell wall biosynthesis.

Host:  Prof. Keiko Yoshioka

Video Conferencing at UTM (DV 4001) & UTSc (MW 229)

Details

Date:
November 21, 2014
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Venue

Ramsay Wright Building, Room 432
25 Harbord St.
Toronto, ON M5S 3G5 Canada