Plants, Crops and Bioeconomy Cluster Workshop

    Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 10:00 to 13:00
    Location Classhall H in the Arts Building

    Title
    Plants, Crops and Bioeconomy Cluster Workshop

    Location
    Classhall H in the Arts Building

    Agenda
    10 to 11.30am: Welcome address and talks from three cluster speakers
    11.30-12noon: Coffee break
    12-1pm: Guest speaker, Professor Jim Bever

    Guest speaker
    Professor Jim Bever, Indiana University, USA, talk title: Ecological Dynamics and Evolutionary Stability of the Plant-Mycorrhizal Fungal Mutualism.

    Cluster speakers
    Jackie Nugent: Mitochondrial/nuclear signaling and male reproductive development in flowering plants.
    Özgur Bayram: Regulation of fungal secondary metabolism
    Ciarán Pollard: 'A Temperature-Dependent Development Model for Willow Beetle Species: Simulation of Phenology/Voltinism in Response to Climate Change'

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    Plants, Crops & the Bioeconomy