Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 1:30 pm — Large Conference Room, Bldg. 490
Our laboratory, through funding from the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program, has conducted extensive functional studies of soybean root hairs after infection by the nitrogen fixing bacterium, Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Root hairs are single cell projections of the root that increase surface area but also are the preferred site of infection by rhizobia. We have conducted transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and small RNA analysis of root hairs after bacterial infection. These data present perhaps the most extensive set of functional data on a single, differentiated plant cell type. We are using this information to understand the early events in the establishment of the nitrogen fixing symbiosis on soybean roots. However, perhaps more importantly, our system provides an opportunity to develop a systems view of a differentiated, plant cell type. The challenge we now face is the integration of dissimilar datasets in order to get a truly systems view of this biological system.
Hosted by: Joanna Fowler, Senior Chemist
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