Molecular Mechanism & Structure — Zooming in on Plant Immunity
This symposium will be held July 12-13, 2021, hosted by Jian-Min Zhou (Beijing, China) and Jane Parker (Cologne, Germany). This event will highlight key, recent advances in our mechanistic understanding of the activation of immune signaling gleaned from structural biology, biochemistry and functional genomics.
July 12–13 eSymposia Chairs:
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Jane Parker
Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Jane Parker works at The Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Her group uses a combination of genetics, phylogenomics, protein structure-function analyses and infection phenotyping to understand plant host immunity pathway regulation and homeostasis. A current interest in the Parker group is to molecularly connect activation of intracellular NLR receptors by recognized pathogen effectors to the timely mobilization of resistance and cell death execution mechanisms.
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Jian-Min Zhou
Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jian-Min Zhou is broadly interested in plant-microbe interactions, with a focus on anti-bacterial immunity. His research uncovered how phytopathogenic bacteria subvert host immunity during infection. Much of his recent research is centered on mechanisms underlying immune receptor-mediated signaling and application of disease resistance genes in sustainable agriculture.
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