Utilising Nanotechnology in Plant Technology for Food and Energy
Tuesday, 19th February, 2008 at 10:30pm
Professor Peter Gresshoff will discuss Understanding plant stem cells by nanotechnology approaches: Plants like humans contain cell populations that either divide or have divided. Critical signal exchange is needed to keep the balance. Otherwise we have abnormal growths. My laboratory is using a combination of biotechnology and nanotechnology approaches (including work at attomole level!) to dissect the molecular events underlying these complex signal exchanges. The research now has high significance for the sustainable production of biodiesel from non-food legume trees.
