Event from the University of Adelaide
R.H. Symons Lecture
Free
Friday, 24 May 2013, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Plant Research Centre Auditorium, Waite Campus
Speaker: Professor David Bird, North Carolina State University, USA.
Title: Root-knot nematodes deploy a complex repertoire of peptide hormone mimics to subvert plant developmental processes.
The primary focus of Dr. Bird's research group is to understand the mechanisms underlying parasitic interactions between nematodes and plants. David was a pioneer in framing the key questions in the context of nematode and host development. Together with collaborators world-wide, his group has been instrumental in establishing the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla, as the preeminent genetic system to model less-tractable nematode-host interactions, and as a platform for comparative genomics (www.hapla.org [1]). His current program also emphasizes vaccine development for malaria-like diseases of cats and dogs.
This lecture is named in honour of former Emeritus Professor in Plant Science at the Waite, Professor Bob Symons. Please see weblink for more details.
The audience is invited to stay and talk with the speaker over drinks and finger food following the seminar.
Dr Matthew Gilliham, Email: matthew.gilliham@adelaide.edu.au [3], Website: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/matthew.gilliham, ARC Future Fellow and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Business: +61 8 8313 8145, Mobile: +61 431 663 614
[0] https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/events/event24881.html
[1] http://www.hapla.org
[2] http://agwine.adelaide.edu.au/news_events/seminar/#bird
[3] mailto:matthew.gilliham@adelaide.edu.au