The 5th Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2019
Kay M. Tye (The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, USA)
Cyril Zipfel
Professor, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich
Cell surface receptor kinases are essential to perceive extracellular stimuli and to modulate cellular outputs during growth and development, as well as in response to environmental challenges. In plants, cell surface-localised pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) involved in ‘non-self’ innate immune perception are receptor kinases, or are part of heteromeric receptor kinase complexes. In my presentation, I will present our recent work that shed light on the molecular mechanisms that control the formation and activation of plant PRR complexes leading to downstream immune responses. In addition, I will illustrate how the use of plant PRRs represents a promising biotechnological tool to engineer broad-spectrum and potentially durable disease resistance in crops.
Reference
Date | Thursday, October 4th, 2018 |
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Time | 13:30 - 15:10 |
Place | Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University |
Website | https://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/istbm-6/program.html#day-1 |
Kay M. Tye (The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, USA)
Marina Barna (Stanford University, USA)
Yukiko Yamashita (University of Michigan, USA)