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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:OEB Seminar Series: Fay-Wei Li
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SUMMARY:OEB Seminar Series: Fay-Wei Li
DESCRIPTION:<drupal-media alt="Fay-Wei Li" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3b6749f2-9e27-4dc4-839e-7b80c40e7dc5" data-view-mode="hwp_small" data-align="left">&nbsp;</drupal-media><p><a href="https://www.fernway.net/">Fay-Wei Li</a><br>Assistant Professor<br>Boyce Thompson Institute</p><p><em><span>Sex, symbiosis, and CO2-concentrating mechanism: the secret life of hornworts</span></em></p><p><span><strong>Abstract:</strong> Hornworts are one of the three lineages of bryophytes and are distinct in many aspects. They diverged from other extant land plants over 480 million years ago; as such, hornworts are of paramount importance to retrace plant evolutionary history. Furthermore, hornworts have evolved a suite of unique traits, including sex chromosomes, endophytic symbiosis with N2-fixing cyanobacteria, and pyrenoids composed of phase separated Rubisco for CO2-concentrating mechanism. To facilitate hornwort research, we have generated a “pan-phylum” genomic dataset and greatly improved the efficiency of genetic transformation. Here I will present how we have been applying these new resources and tools to study hornwort sex chromosomes, cyanobacteria symbiosis, and Rubisco phase separation.</span></p><p><span><strong>Host:</strong> OEB Postdoctoral Fellows</span></p>
LOCATION:Northwest Building B101, 52 Oxford Street
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20250417T193000Z
DTEND:20250417T203000Z
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