InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is promoting the “Plant Biotech talks”, at which internationally renowned experts in the fields of applied plant biotechnology and cereal crop biotechnology will share developments in these areas, as well as the new genomic techniques that have been applied to rice production and crop protection. The event will take place next Tuesday, September 24th, in the INIAV auditorium in Elvas.
The “Plant Biotech talks” kick off at 10 a.m. with the session entitled “Plant biotechnology, 1980-2024".. From Round-up Ready soy to Genome Editing and beyond” which will feature Paul Christou, Professor and director of the Applied Plant Biotechnology Laboratory at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) at the University of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, who will reveal the path and evolution of the field of Plant Biotechnology. The starting point will be the first commercial crop sold by the Multinational Company Monsanto, Roundup Ready Soybean, developed by the researcher through genetic transformation technology.
The second session entitled “Communicating science through art and archaeology” will take place at 11 a.m. with speaker Teresa Capell, Professor and Director of the Department of Plant Production and Forestry Sciences at ICREA, who will explore how science can be communicated through art, since the combination of art and science can be beneficial not only for science itself but for society as a whole. This practice has become a favorite for conveying science to the public.
Now Xin Huang, a researcher in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering at ICREA, will be the speaker at the third session entitled “Knocking our rice blast susceptibility genes through Genome Editing”, which will take place from 12h00.In this session, the guest speaker will talk about the genes responsible for plant susceptibility to pests and pathogens, in particular the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, This is the first time that we've heard of a pathogen that causes an important disease affecting the rice plant, pyriculariosis. Genome editing technologies that allow, in a very specific and controlled way, to alter genes in the plant, making it more tolerant to pathogens will be other topics covered in this session.
Participation in the event is free and not subject to registration.
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