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| 10 Juni 2002 |  | Biology at the University of Fribourg: Recent Highlights |
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ReferentInnen:
| | Prof. Dr. J.- P. Métraux, Dept. de Biologie, Université de Fribourg |
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Ort:
| | EMPA, St. Gallen |
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Auskunft:
| | Research in biology at the University of Fribourg includes three broad areas: developmental biology, ecology and evolution as well as plant biology. An overview will be presented of the current research in plant biology, which is directed at the molecular basis of plant resistance to pathogenic micro-organisms.
Plants can sense pathogens and induce a number of defence reactions. Salicylic acid, the active principle of Aspirin, is one of the endogenous regulators for such defence responses. Recent data on its synthesis and regulation will be briefly discussed. The pathway between pathogen perception and its conversion into a physiological action, e.g. the activation of defence genes, will be shown. This apparently linear chain of events is in fact linked to other reactions and should be considered as an information network. Current work at the Plant Unit also includes the development of a logical representation of such a network using Boolean operators.
Der Vortrag wird in deutscher Sprache gehalten
Leiterin EMPA Akademie
Dr. Anne Satir
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