Title: "Harnessing plant metabolic evolution for new catalysts, medicines, and materials"
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Host: Yanran Li
Abstract: Plants contain a diverse tapestry of specialized metabolites, many of which are of significant pharmaceutical and industrial importance to humans. Nevertheless,…
Title: "Single-cell Epigenomics: Gene regulation at unprecedented resolution"
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Host: Sihem Cheloufi
Abstract: We seek to understand how cells regulate their genes and how these circuits change to alter cell fate decisions in normal…
Title: "UC Berkeley's Entrepreneurial Program on Plant Based Foods"
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Host: Ruth Jean Ae Kim, Plants3D Trainee
The Sutardjia Plant Based Foods program is a unique experience where students learn about food chemistry, product design, and entrepreneurship at the same time.…
Title: "Biochemical functions of plant NLRs"
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Host: Hailing Jin
Abstract: Nucleotide binding and leucine-rich repeat containing receptors (NLRs) play a critical role in innate immunity of both animals and plants. Plant NLRs mediate specific recognition of pathogen effector…
Title: "Babbage's Cabbage: The Logic of Information Processing in Plants"
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Host: Julia Bailey-Serres
Abstract: At least one in seven people on this planet right now is malnourished. This incalculable loss to human potential will grow only more dire with the…