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We are surrounded by plants every day. We take care of them and admire their flowers and we grow and eat them. But plants still hold many secrets for research: how do they decide when to start flowering, why are there so many different species and how can we use them better to fight hunger in the world. This evening we hope to unlock some of these secrets and we are very happy that the Scientists for Future will join us.
Variation in flowering behaviour of perennial plant
Yi-Chen Ethan Lin
(PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
The natural variation of flowering behaviour was observed within and among different European populations of perennial plants Arabis alpina. The talk will centre on the interesting flowering behaviour appearing in a Norwegian population and relate ongoing studies to the issue of climate change.
Time to bloom? Let's do a visual check up first
Chloé Pocard
(PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana perceives the environment and flowers in spring when the temperature and light are optimal. Producing flowers requires a lot of energy. To meet its needs, the plant continuously grows leaves which get bigger with the time. With more photosynthesis, there is more sugar and the plant switch on into the transition programming: morphological changes happen and the plant quickly produces flowers. Chloé will use microscopy images to show how plants manage this complex process.
About genetic diversity: Let's make tomatoes great again!
Laia Capilla-Pérez, PhD
(Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Yellow, red, almost black, kumato, cherry, cocktail, heirloom, roma...the reason way we can eat al these tomato varieties is the same why you are different from your relatives: Genetics. Let's try to understand together how diversity works.
CRISPR: the food for the future
Martina Cerise, PhD
(Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Nowadays, the climate change and the increasing number of people are challenging our way to get food. The genome editing is a new biotechnology which allows to select plants with interesting traits. How does this technology work? Could genome editing resolve our agricultural problems? Come to find the answers in a Pint of Science!
Scientists for Future - Pub Quiz
Scientists for Future - Köln/Bonn
(Quiz)
The region group Köln/Bonn of Scinetist for Future will join us and finish the evening with a quiz.
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