BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars SUMMARY:Inter-organellar interactions - known unknowns in metabolic engineering of membrane-spanning pathway s in plants - Payam Mehrshahi\, Alison Smith Lab DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160128T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160128T133000 UID:TALK63124AT URL: DESCRIPTION:In eukaryotic cells\, membrane-bound organelles al low the compartmentation and regulation of a myria d of reactions. For cells to function\, their orga nelles exchange specific substrates\, intermediate s and products of these reactions. These inter-org anellar exchanges are facilitated by numerous mech anisms. In plants\, inter-organellar interactions (at the cell biology and biochemical level) have b een reported to occur between all organelles. For example\, plastids and the endoplasmic reticulum ( ER) interact to produce major lipophilic (nonpolar ) compounds. However\, despite their importance an d decades of intensive research\, how plastid-ER i nteractions occur remains largely unknown. I will present my research into plastid-ER interactions a nd their significance for inter-organellar biosynt hesis and trafficking of nonpolar compounds. I wil l show how knowledge of these interactions will ai d engineering efforts towards addressing an increa sing global demand for pharmaceuticals. LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theat re CONTACT:Jeongmin Choi END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR