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When is it? Friday, March 22nd
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What time? At 12:00 noon
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Where? Quorum Building (See location)
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How do I register? Attendance is free, prior registration HERE
It is held within the framework of the first scientific meeting of the thematic network “Roots for the future (RED2022-134836-T)” funded by the State Research Agency.
Dr. Ana I. Caño-Delgado will be in charge of giving this conference, which will deal with the analysis of Arabidopsis roots to create crops more resistant to climate change. In this regard, this researcher of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is director of the group “Brassinosteroid signaling in plant development and adaptation to climate change of the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Barcelona.
Specifically, this group works to design crops capable of growing under drought conditions. These achievements are the result of two decades of studies on plant steroid hormones, brassinosteroids, in which she is a pioneer in the study of signaling mechanisms at the cellular level. Her team discovered that vascular brassinosteroid receptors confer drought resistance without penalizing growth.
In the current context of climate emergency, Dr. Caño-Delgado is translating her scientific results to crops to ensure food security.
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