Lecture 'Meet the PhD Jury: Role and regulation of inter-individual transcriptional variability in plants'

Abstract

Proper gene expression is needed for plant development and environmental response. However, an observation is still not understood: multiple phenotypes can derive from one genome in one environment. This unexpected variability has been overlooked for a long time. Phenotypic and transcriptional variability are not the same as plasticity or genetic variation as it is observed without environmental and genetic differences.
There are evidences this variability could be at least partly genetically controlled and biologically relevant. However, we still lack information about the mechanisms regulating plant-to-plant variability.
I will show our recent work in understanding the role and regulation of inter-individual transcriptional variability using a combination of imaging and transcriptomic approaches.

Dr. Cortijo will be available for meetings with students at the FSVM I building (Technologiepark 71) from 13:30 until 15:00. Please contact steven.maere@psb.vib-ugent.be.